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“Bend, Don’t Break”
Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:28 pm
Something I just realized - all year, the narrative around Aranda’s defensive scheme (at least on TD) has been that we may give up yards, but we make teams work for them and drive down the field.
It feels like the Alabama game was the opposite. We were very successful at taking the short game / slants away from Tua, but we gave up a lot of huge chunk plays. Even without the two long DeVonta Smith plays, Tua had a lot of 20+ yard completions.
For those of you that are dialed into the coverages/defensive schemes, a couple of questions:
1. Did we significantly change our defensive scheme in this game, or is this more a testament to Alabama’s WR talent?
2. Was our success against the short passing game due to the zone stuff we’ve been running all year?
It seems to me that we saw more man coverage, but I’m wondering if this is actually a change or if Alabama just took more sideline shots than anyone else.
It feels like the Alabama game was the opposite. We were very successful at taking the short game / slants away from Tua, but we gave up a lot of huge chunk plays. Even without the two long DeVonta Smith plays, Tua had a lot of 20+ yard completions.
For those of you that are dialed into the coverages/defensive schemes, a couple of questions:
1. Did we significantly change our defensive scheme in this game, or is this more a testament to Alabama’s WR talent?
2. Was our success against the short passing game due to the zone stuff we’ve been running all year?
It seems to me that we saw more man coverage, but I’m wondering if this is actually a change or if Alabama just took more sideline shots than anyone else.
This post was edited on 11/14/19 at 12:32 pm
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Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:32 pm to lostinbr
It became very apparent in the second half the game plan revolved around forcing Tua to beat them intermediate/deep... and he did multiple times. While the surgery took away his ability to tuck and run, he was pretty obviously stepping into throws and able to push the ball down the field.
This post was edited on 11/14/19 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:33 pm to lostinbr
A large part was a freshman cornerback against one of the best receivers in the nation.
Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:41 pm to lostinbr
Aranda and Orgeron have assembled a defense full of Swiss Army Knife players. Jacoby Stevens, Grant Delpit, Marcel Brooks, K'lavon Chaisson are all guys who can play multiple positions. It's allowed Aranda to cook up schemes that prevent the QB from making pre-snap reads based on personnel.
Now, the QB has to snap the ball before he can begin to decipher the defense. That puts tremendous pressure on the offense, and it's why teams barely complete over 50% of their passes against LSU. Even Tua, who was completing about 75% for the year, was only 21 for 40, or 52.5%.
Aranda obviously decided to take away Bama's bread and buttter, which was the quick slants. He did it by eliminating Tua's pre-snap reads, and by dropping Chaisson into coverage, sometimes in the middle of the field. I am interested in reading the analyses that usually come out about this point in the week.
Now, the QB has to snap the ball before he can begin to decipher the defense. That puts tremendous pressure on the offense, and it's why teams barely complete over 50% of their passes against LSU. Even Tua, who was completing about 75% for the year, was only 21 for 40, or 52.5%.
Aranda obviously decided to take away Bama's bread and buttter, which was the quick slants. He did it by eliminating Tua's pre-snap reads, and by dropping Chaisson into coverage, sometimes in the middle of the field. I am interested in reading the analyses that usually come out about this point in the week.
Posted on 11/14/19 at 12:44 pm to lostinbr
Aranda is reactive not proactive, it has been his style in many games. It takes him too long to adjust.
This post was edited on 11/14/19 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 11/14/19 at 4:10 pm to CalTiger53
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Aranda is reactive not proactive, it has been his style in many games. It takes him too long to adjust.
Dunno if that is true. Guy has a game plan. Other team wants to win also you know.
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