8-0 but not championship level defense

[joglen15]

We all loved Lance Guidry first season as defensive coordinator then the second year his defense cost us dearly……. I see this moving in that directionwith Heatherman

I thought of the exact same thing earlier

 

[GeorgiaHurricane]

Heatherman has got to trust some man coverage to show wrinkles

Mix in some stunts

More A gap pressure from SPEEDY backers enough with the long safety blitzes that are telegraphed

Sitting in soft zone and hoping your Dline is gonna win in 1.5seconds is not the answer

Any QB who has a pulse takes the easy read and moves the chains and keeps the offense humming

We went cover 2 man on North Carolina’s last possession and got smoked too.

 

[Mike Thot]

Loads and loads of flawed teams out there and we are the best of them

 

[fatnasty187]

not champhionship level defense or defensive talent. I do not get what Wilson is being paid for at DE.

I will say this. good news is Mario seems to be able to now win those games he use to lose.

We literally had a below average push. I won't even say anything about coverage and tackling. The difference is last year all those short passes with big gains would be stuffed or no gain. We'll get beat buy teams with good defense.

 

[longtimecanefan]

In a game where we had no punts and no turnovers we only won by 3 points.
Thats a defense with problems

 

[mr.h]

Is there any team that doesn’t have a big flaw?

Indiana: dog****/hurt QBs, significantly worse OL/Running game.
OSU: in big trouble to make playoff. QB issues, clearly worse along the trenches than 2025.
Texas: Arch’s decision-making, Smothers/Simmons/Goosby all hurt

ND: underwhelming in the trenches, banged up in secondsry
Oregon: Insert whatever you want
UGA: Poor passing game as usual, inconsistent QB play
Bama: Probably the most injured team in the country
UCLA: On a backup (and banged up) QB
Ole Miss: Lacy gonna be banged up all year, secondary is feast or famine

LSU: banged up (although getting healthier), disappointing on the DL

Texas Tech: Poor QB play and pedestrian defense
BYU: Slow on defense, struggle sideline to sideline
Utah: inconsistent QB play

Our defense is absolutely a problem, and there’s no excuses for continuously going to soft zone coverages where we can’t communicate properly…but it’s not like there’s a team out there that I’m petrified to play.

This was a confidence killer

 

[htownkidd]

Is there any team that doesn’t have a big flaw?

Indiana: dog****/hurt QBs, significantly worse OL/Running game.
OSU: in big trouble to make playoff. QB issues, clearly worse along the trenches than 2025.
Texas: Arch’s decision-making, Smothers/Simmons/Goosby all hurt

ND: underwhelming in the trenches, banged up in secondsry
Oregon: Insert whatever you want
UGA: Poor passing game as usual, inconsistent QB play
Bama: Probably the most injured team in the country
UCLA: On a backup (and banged up) QB
Ole Miss: Lacy gonna be banged up all year, secondary is feast or famine

LSU: banged up (although getting healthier), disappointing on the DL

Texas Tech: Poor QB play and pedestrian defense
BYU: Slow on defense, struggle sideline to sideline
Utah: inconsistent QB play

Our defense is absolutely a problem, and there’s no excuses for continuously going to soft zone coverages where we can’t communicate properly…but it’s not like there’s a team out there that I’m petrified to play.

Poor and/or inconsistent QB play means absolutely nothing vs us though. That is what we have to accept. There is no point in even pointing it out anymore. They would all have their best days vs us and be extremely efficient in doing so, just like everyone else does that isn’t a backup or G6 QB.

8 games in and nothing has changed in ACC play, so it won’t vs better teams either. I think UGA’s TEs would go for 200+ on us altogether by themselves. Stockton, whose ceiling is a clipboard holder on the next level, is a veteran QB that would have this defense in shambles. Same with Chambliss. We’d have to score 40+ in both IMO, likely the same for South Bend in 6 days.

 

[PIPO]

Is there any team that doesn’t have a big flaw?

Indiana: dog****/hurt QBs, significantly worse OL/Running game.
OSU: in big trouble to make playoff. QB issues, clearly worse along the trenches than 2025.
Texas: Arch’s decision-making, Smothers/Simmons/Goosby all hurt

ND: underwhelming in the trenches, banged up in secondsry
Oregon: Insert whatever you want
UGA: Poor passing game as usual, inconsistent QB play
Bama: Probably the most injured team in the country
UCLA: On a backup (and banged up) QB
Ole Miss: Lacy gonna be banged up all year, secondary is feast or famine

LSU: banged up (although getting healthier), disappointing on the DL

Texas Tech: Poor QB play and pedestrian defense
BYU: Slow on defense, struggle sideline to sideline
Utah: inconsistent QB play

Our defense is absolutely a problem, and there’s no excuses for continuously going to soft zone coverages where we can’t communicate properly…but it’s not like there’s a team out there that I’m petrified to play.

 

[LouDiamondz]

We had to be perfect on offense to win. And I’ll never complain about 8-0. But it’s November now and this defense is falling apart. There is no player coming back that will make us better. It’s not just scheme. We don’t tackle. We don’t play with eye discipline. We lack physicality. This defense won’t take us to the championship against better teams. Beat ND!

Spot on. It’s over guys. Enjoy the ride whatever happens. We can never have both sides clicking at the same time

 

[Tinman64]

Where is this team without toney? Having a generational player sure masks a ton of issues that plague us

 

[Yoyo423]

 

[Tinman64]

My grade is F

 

[Yoyo423]

My grade is F

I think a 30 is worse than an F

 

[Tinman64]

I think a 30 is worse than an F

Z

 

[Hurricane23]

Like they did Auburn?

I'm not defending Georgia, but did you watch that game? Imagine if Mensah turned it over 3 times vs UNC would the game have been close?

 

[Angry Ibis]

Bobby was throwing all over the middle in the same way he threw that chick off his bike back in the day.

Up the middle for what, 3 passing TDs?

That’s the thing, ole Bobby didn’t even have to get in the lab and cook up a great game plan or steal Indiana’s advanced Ai program… he just needed to watch any of our games and say … Miami doesn’t cover the middle and if we can give the QB 2 seconds he can let it rip…

 

[HTXCane]

Heatherman needs to figure out how to get pressure from the front.

I am not ready to say this team can’t win it all. This time last year we thought we had no shot to even make the CFP. Our offense was horrid.

 

[TheEye]

It’s head scratching to say the least. Did our defensive ends cover up these flaws last year? We still had that amazing pick 6 from Keionte Scott back then. It’s like a different team.

 

[KrazyCane]

We scored 38 on Syracuse how was it the offense fault with your logic ?

Syracuse was last game of the season.. the book was already written on how bad our defense was by then. The defense held up for a half 21-0.

Second half Syracuse starts scoring and the offense stalled. Multiple drives ending In Punts and a Fumble they recovered for a Touchdown. Then at the end when we needed a touchdown we settled for a Field Goal.

This years offense is elite enough to keep scoring despite the defensive issues. The main reason is bc we have Malachi Toney and the 2024 offense didn’t.