Guys, rewatched every play on defense last night

I'll keep this shorter than I did on Tigerbait or TSD . But after rewatching every defensive play a few times, I think the problem was much more scheme than personnel.

We blitzed almost every 3rd down in the first three quarters, they were just horribly designed and executed. We had Alem either dropping in coverage, or having to stunt inside to make room for a blitzer. He rarely got to use his edge speed until the 4th quarter. Same for Nevis, he wasn't freed up until the 4th quarter.

The reason our defense played better at the end is bc we let our DL get after it! Alem and Nevis are studs, we may not need to blitz so much to have a good pass rush.

I'm telling you, we were being too exotic, and not putting our best players in a position to succeed. If we simply let Alem and Nevis get after the QB, we'll be much better than we were on defense. But if we stick with the same 3 man defensive line and zone blitzing we did on Saturday, then Chavis is an idiot.

But I will say this, Chavis definitely has Cutrera and Sheppard playing better football. He's definitely a good LB coach. And despite what everyone is saying, Haley has Woods playing much better than he ever has before.

If we just stick to basics, a simple 4 man rush with timely blitzes, I think we'll be a good defense again.