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Post by A&T-roy on Sept 17, 2021 8:33:30 GMT -5
After looking at the 4th and 4 clip, a couple times, I don't believe they were playing man defense. The most inside receiver pulled Howard (LB) inside, Stuckey (8) went to the flat, 14 dropped into the deep third and Reams (20) had the deep middle. That left the middle receiver with an open spot where Howard might have had a chance to stop had he not been pulled inside by the innermost receiver. What do we do in the case of 5 wide? We could go man - Replace Howard with a DB and put him on the middle receiver that caught the pass and put Stuckey on the innermost receiver. If we stay in zone, it would be a hard/lucky stop...even with replacing Howard with a DB. The difficulty of handling 5-wide. Let's do it! #Periodically Run a 4-2-5 Nickel !!! That's it, with Stuckey and Roberts as the 2 LBs, or even replace one of them with Stephen Davis (Swiss Army Knife - DE/LB/ROV). I think an issue we might have is recognizing it when the opponent goes 5 wide and then getting the right personnel in and them knowing their responsibilities. Maybe they'll practice it during this time off.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 17, 2021 9:29:23 GMT -5
The problem is that we use hybrid outside linebackers/safeties in our style of defense.
In the past that hybrid has been more safety (pass coverage) than linebacker (run stopper). Now it is the opposite.
Whereas a guy like Jeremy Taylor or a Headless Horseman matched up well against slot receivers, our current hybrids Joseph Stuckey and Richie Kittles are being exposed on passing downs.
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Post by Gator on Sept 17, 2021 10:05:30 GMT -5
As coach says, no pressure coming from the defensive line. When you don't have a pressure it allows the QB to pick you apart. No one is commanding double-teams which leads to one on one battles and openings for linebackers to blitz.
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Post by saabman on Sept 17, 2021 10:15:45 GMT -5
As coach says, no pressure coming from the defensive line. When you don't have a pressure it allows the QB to pick you apart. No one is commanding double-teams which leads to one on one battles and openings for linebackers to blitz. Also a CONFUSED 2 & 3 level makes it even easier to EXPLOIT.
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 17, 2021 11:37:38 GMT -5
As coach says, no pressure coming from the defensive line. When you don't have a pressure it allows the QB to pick you apart. No one is commanding double-teams which leads to one on one battles and openings for linebackers to blitz. Coach is making excuses for getting the crap kicked out of him with Xs and O’s.
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Post by Gator on Sept 17, 2021 14:42:27 GMT -5
As coach says, no pressure coming from the defensive line. When you don't have a pressure it allows the QB to pick you apart. No one is commanding double-teams which leads to one on one battles and openings for linebackers to blitz. Coach is making excuses for getting the crap kicked out of him with Xs and O’s. Or a lot of speculations by some of us!
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Post by Maxell on Sept 17, 2021 14:57:23 GMT -5
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Post by saabman on Sept 17, 2021 15:20:25 GMT -5
We will see in two weeks what adjustments that are made to get us back on track . 2 weeks gentlemen 2 weeks .
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 17, 2021 15:33:56 GMT -5
In 2019 the Duke postgame thread was only five(5) pages. LOL that's because we beat a "ranked" elon team just before playing duke that year, resulting in an acceptable 1-1 start. but this year, we lose to furman and then loss to duke, resulting in an unacceptable 0-2 start. its been a very long time since we started our season with a 0-2 record and most of us don't even wanna remember when that last happened. we're "spoiled" now, we're too used to "winning" now and to me, that's the difference. so now we have to sit on top of a "losing record" for at least 3 more weeks before we can reach .500 at a minimum and a full 4 weeks (a month) before we can have a winning record again. man, that stinks...
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 17, 2021 16:39:34 GMT -5
Coach is making excuses for getting the crap kicked out of him with Xs and O’s. Or a lot of speculations by some of us! Not speculation, it’s an excuse point blank.
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 19, 2021 12:48:04 GMT -5
FYSA, Duke beat Northwestern by 7
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