Damone at Mike had one solo tackle.. Who’s concerned ?

Jacoby is our thumper. We certainly don’t have one in our LB group. 18 has been a non factor on defense. He doesn’t seem to have a great motor, misses his gap assignments, is easily blocked and is rarely in in tackles. Jabril Cox has been good.

Definitely need to see more from him

Is josh white healthy? I know he’s young but some have said he’s a stud.

The rush defense is gonna kill the pass. Non-QB backs averaged 4.5 yards per carry to Vandy whose backs were certainly nowhere near the size or speed of some they will face like Harris. This defense is poor at backer. Speed to the point of attack and gap assignment is dramatically different from the previous seasons. It could be the dline play will improve enough to make a difference in the run game. When you don’t have the beef pushing the opponents Olinemen into the backfield AND assisting in the run game, it creates a big concern with what we have seen thus far. As others have pointed out the lack o gap assignment and speed to the point of the attack has been disappointing overall.

What I’m really concerned about is coverage on wheel routes by the RBs and TE releases. They are terrible. Those have to be improved or someone like Mullins will abuse them.

Yes it does. I think this team is going to get into a lot of shootouts this year though. Hopefully we can make enough stops/big plays to win

Seems to be playing from behind and out of position a lot the first 2 games. Several long runs up the middle tonight where he was in the picture but over-pursued the play. Has the fix that and fill a gap if anything.

One thing I don’t worry about with Coach O is he knows what’s going on and you better believe Pelini is hearing it about our run defense. I believe if Clark or Baskerville can’t get it done you will begin to see the younger guys getting more playing time and real soon. Clark with 1 solo tackle is just terrible.

I did not see much of the game last night, so I really can’t say. But I’ve seen enough of Damone Clark to know he is an excellent LB. Maybe he was nicked or feeling under the weather, but you can rest easy that Damone is a stud.

Last week it seemed like he was always looking for someone else to make the tackle, this week, he might as well have been invisible. And Baskerville looks lost as a goose. Thank the Lord we landed Cox, or the LB’s as a group would be complete doggie doo doo. We might miss Aranda here even more than as DC, look around in Sunday to see what good position coaches in college can do for players deemed average otherwise.