Only 3 SEC Defenses Had A Better 3rd Down Conversion Rate Than Our Defense

But.... but....

The biggest issue was that the defense wasn't creating turnovers or getting many sacks/tfls

Chassis's biggest problem was not so much 3rd downs it was when he would go from his normal defense, where he would trust his Cbs to go man, and bring pressure. to his soft zone with 3 downlinemen and dropped everyone in to a zone coverage.

It is why we would get eaten apart in a 2 minute drill.

Exactly

I know this is hard for you to believe, but not every school takes 3 years to develop a qb that's capable of completing more than 50% of his passes. Mind boggling, I know...

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I know this is hard for you to believe, but not every school takes 3 years to develop a qb that's capable of completing more than 50% of his passes. Mind boggling, I know...

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and not every school shits their pants with a 1 score lead in the last 2 minutes either.

Yea, aggies posted that same link about 5 days ago.

Stats are great for proving any point of view.

Did anyone takeout our cupcake games?

What did big plays do (10+ yards gains)? Who cares of you held them 10 for 14 on 3rd down when you are losing 0-28.

After Miss St and Auburn went up big, they started to pull first team. Every team does that with a big lead. Much easier to stop the 2nd team.

And so on. Critical take aways:

- our defense was exposed to a running QB continuously. There was no reason ND should have held the ball and run the ball like they did. None

- there were issues with 3rd and longs in critical games. Chavis was known for it at Tenn and it happen here.

- this year, our offense was horrible. However, what about 2013? Our offense was about as good as it could get, yet the defense lacked experience and it showed. Chavis didn't have any problems when he was the issue.

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Show me one D coordinator who has never had his defense lose a lead. Because apparently that's what the rantards are looking for in a new DC.

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Show me a good one who has done it as frequently as Chavis has?

Remember, those stats are for the season...and we played/beat up some real weak non-conference teams.

I always thought 3rd and chavis was more of a "3rd and 17", 3rd and very unlikely kind of situation. It sure seemed like it this season. Miss state converted a few huge 3rd down situations for tds that really changed the game and I remember Bama putting together a td drive after Yeldon converted a 3rd and humongous on a draw play.