Run Defense or Pass Defense

Our defensive issues are mainly concerning scheme.

2 trash linebackers and no real elite DL will do that

Against Bama it was like the LBs weren’t even there. This last game a certain someone finally collided with a ball carrier in the gap twice but could only bear hug each time until the whistle bailed him out. Devin White would be ashamed.

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I agree with a poster who posted this. We should be good in at least one of these. Even if talent isn’t there, we should be scheming to stop one of the two. We are bad at both. I don’t get it

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We are playing a stripped down version of the scheme now that’s vanilla all the time, so that doesn’t help. There’s no disguising anything we’re doing right now.

The biggest problem with the pass D is playing true freshmen who just aren’t ready. Any QB with a pulse can beat a vanilla zone playing 10 yards off with no blitz or pressure. Other than Ryan (who played well Sat), no one breaks on the ball quickly enough to stop an accurate throw.

As for the run, we get stops inside when the ILBs and Safeties do their jobs filling gaps. That happens maybe 50% of the time. We have no speed at ILB other than Weeks, so outside runs are a huge problem. But we won’t commit numbers up so the secondary doesn’t give up big plays, which gives up a lot of 4-10 yard runs.

We are not really set up to be consistently successful at stopping either. Maybe Weeks playing a bunch Saturday will help with outside runs. He and Perkins have the speed to make a real impact there. But we still have to hope whoever plays inside with him will also hit the right gap.

Need Weeks back in the worst way. His speed is DESPERATELY needed in front 7. Most players look like they’re running in quick sand. Mason still looks hurt because when he runs it looks like he’s jogging.

I lot of this is poor coaching and poor schemes.
We also never blitz..