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So tell me how many schools have a better EDGE and overall DLine room than us, when exclusively viewing it from a PROVEN standpoint since yall give absolutely zero credence to us having Four 5 star Lineman in line to earn PT along with 3 other proven starters….
Two of these are Ohio States starting DT duo and one is Miamis DT 3 Ahmad Moten…..hmmm
Go look at Alabamas 2 deep this season and 2nd string last season stats. Ain’t much better than Moten.
Dude doesn’t believe players get better. Teams just don’t have proven players at every position every year it’s cfb. Oregon, osu, bama, uga and etc all have questions at several positions
add texas, osu, oregon DT stats too but people act like it’s just miami. Blay stats last year better than all theirs
Our starting dtackles at UF last year were barrow and mesidor. At Syracuse it was Moten and Clark. If Scott makes a jump and the size of Blay I think we could end up being better there.
I literally posted Ohio Sts starting DTs stats. And previously I have posted their starting EDGEs stats lol. My issue isn’t even saying our guys have to massively step up from what they showed last year. That’s obvious. My issue is acting like the DLine room has no talent lol. Like just say you don’t think the coaches are going to get them to perform. Simple as that. But to question the talent in our EDGE room is straight ludicrous. If you’re going to question our EDGE talent why even say any unit on any team is good? Just makes no sense. And how much people downplay Bain is just straight absurd. If Bain was on literally any other team people would be saying “yeah we have some unproven talent but we don’t have a Bain level player”…
Ppl forgot wat CFB is about. It has always been the next man up.
We did not stunt as much as we did in 3 as we did in 24. its not even close
That's because the back end of the defense was so abhorrently terrible, which is what I've said... about 3500 times by this point.
Hard to evaluate a D-Line getting pass rush with a DC dropping an EDGE every third play and leaving the MOF wide open, whilst your secondary can't communicate and pass off motion and crossing routes.
But I forgot where I'm at for a second, nuance and context isn't necessarily the strong suit.
I don’t know why some people here are so down on our D-Line. I happen to think we are going to have a very good D-Line this upcoming season. Certainly good enough to dominate and be considered in the top 15 or so in the country. When I look at last season, I think people don’t put nearly enough emphasis on how awful our D-Coordinator was. He was stuntin’ like crazy, our guys were constantly out of position, nobody setting the edge properly, poor communication, etc. The D was an absolute mess under Guidry and I’m so glad he’s gone. I expect everyone on that D-Line to perform much better under Hetherman.
I expect a complete turn around to a unit we can’t rely on for many key stops and get off the field , the less game reps the more wins .
Saban said something on Gameday that stuck with me: (something along the lines of) "your defensive back play sets the floor of your defense". Elite passrushers and special DTs elevate the great teams, but any team without solid play in the defensive backfield is going to look mediocre.
People are analyzing Bains tape rn because he's a prospect for next years draft.
Some of the snaps vs Louisville, he can't beat his blocker any faster. Completely impossible. But someone's butt naked in the secondary, so he can't get there in time.
There’s reasons to feel concerned. There are reasons to be excited and optimistic.
Both can be true.
We are in full offseason null mode
Both can be true.
We are in full offseason null mode
8-4 doubt we’re deep enough to handle 7 straight
This is true. The front 7 last season with a slowed down Bain wasn’t bad at all. The secondary just kept getting gashed.
