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Am I the only one worried more about the pass D than the OL?

frostycane

frostycane

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I just feel like our soft zone coverage is going to become a problem. We just played a team that hid not shown the ability to functionally move the ball in the air, and their trio of mediocre QBs completed an astoundingly high rate of passes.
So, while we continue to mix and match highly rated OL prospects, I can’t help but be more concerned about our unwillingness to challenge opposing WR/QB. We just handed them a handful of first downs. If we do things like this vs Clemson and they are easily able to sustain drives it’s going to be a tough night at their place. Their fans are gonna show up! The stadium will be rocking and we can’t just continually give them momentum after every score..
Am I the only one thinking this? Or am I just over thinking it?
 
I'm not sure if giving up 137 yards through the air, regardless of the pass completion, is something that is much of a concern.

The soft zone is frustrating to watch but it hasn't been an issue. If I remember correctly, when Wake torched our secondary it wasn't when we were zone but man (or am I misremembering this?).
 
frostycane said:
I just feel like our soft zone coverage is going to become a problem. We just played a team that hid not shown the ability to functionally move the ball in the air, and their trio of mediocre QBs completed an astoundingly high rate of passes.
So, while we continue to mix and match highly rated OL prospects, I can’t help but be more concerned about our unwillingness to challenge opposing WR/QB. We just handed them a handful of first downs. If we do things like this vs Clemson and they are easily able to sustain drives it’s going to be a tough night at their place. Their fans are gonna show up! The stadium will be rocking and we can’t just continually give them momentum after every score..
Am I the only one thinking this? Or am I just over thinking it?
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Yes.

You are the only one.
 
I think there will be a team that will get hold of us defensively. But that may be to the tune of 28 points.

I just don’t think that will be enough.

Our defense is complementing our offence at the moment. We needed our defence to be the big playmakers last year due to the limitations in the passing attack at times.

This year we need the defence to be above average and give up fgs rather than tds.
 
Silentobserver said:
I'm not sure if giving up 137 yards through the air, regardless of the pass completion, is something that is much of a concern.

The soft zone is frustrating to watch but it hasn't been an issue. If I remember correctly, when Wake torched our secondary it wasn't when we were zone but man (or am I misremembering this?).
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We were in zone at wake- LB’s and thorton at nickel back position had some glaring deficiencies in coverage and Hernandez & Foley settled into their zones for literate after catch b/c we couldn’t wrap up
 
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