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This right hereTime to let Kelly and Thomas Davis get more meaningful looks..
The starters are always close to getting the sack, but just can not finish for some reason.
This right hereTime to let Kelly and Thomas Davis get more meaningful looks..
The starters are always close to getting the sack, but just can not finish for some reason.
Exactly, you make this guy run 7-8 plays or more every series and increase the chances he makes mistakes.Part of me thinks bend but don’t break works against this offense in particular. Haynes King is prone to make mistakes, so making him effectively drive down the field gives us more opportunities to take the ball. Limit the big explosive plays, and let’s see what happens.
Don’t know much, but that makes sense to me.
The LB has been good though. We have one of the best rush defenses so far. They are filling the right gaps. Maybe they are just not as bad as they looked under Diaz. Should know more after playing the next 3 games.Pressure off the edge issues will not lose us any games. Might not win them either like in years past but it's not a concern. Just a reality that we need to still improve there. Regardless, DL is upper tier when compared to other teams. WR & LB is a different story. They will lose us a few games..
No it’s not the dbs… it’s actually the edge rusher positions. We are currently not getting enough of a pass rush. The interior guys are pulling their weight, linebackers are playing well and the dbs overall have been good outside a few lapses at cb. But I’m woefully underwhelmed with the edge rusher play of players not named Akeem mesidor
I know We were spoiled there with the likes of Rousseau, Philips , garvin, Trent Harris, roche and a few others over the last few years but we got to get back to being a force at that position
Came here to say the same. I really want to see more blitzing to manufacture pressure. Get some hands on WR at the line and help the CBs out by speeding the QB's process up.Steele needs to be a bit more aggressive as it comes to the blitz if we can get pressure with 4 or 5. Hoping he was holding some of those blitz packages for this weeks game but we'll see. Run defense has been excellent but a combo of poor pass rush & corners struggling in 1 on 1 on the boundaries is a bad recipe for pass happy teams. Thankfully Jimbos squad isn't too dynamic through the air.
Just for reference, a bad SC State team held Bethune to less points and yards than Miami did. We have looked much better against the run but the red Flaggs are still there. I think we will struggle against a real offense. JMOThe LB has been good though. We have one of the best rush defenses so far. They are filling the right gaps. Maybe they are just not as bad as they looked under Diaz. Should know more after playing the next 3 games.
Using who people played vs other teams is not always indicative. I judge our team based on what they need to do on each play. With the transfer portal, alot of lower level teams have D1, power 5 level talent. Simply putting a name on a team and saying you should holf them to this amount of points is not a good way to look at things. App St got lit up by UNC, Texas A&M could not move the ball against them at home. Our LBs are playing the run very well by being where they need to be. Our DTs are holding the point of attack. I have seen us get gashed for years against teams of the same caliber we played so far. Toledo, Central Michigan, said App St etc. Btw by what metric are u calling SC St a bad team? Teams are now bringing in 15, 20 more D1 level players in 1 offseason. You don't know.Just for reference, a bad SC State team held Bethune to less points and yards than Miami did. We have looked much better against the run but the red Flaggs are still there. I think we will struggle against a real offense. JMO
The LBers have been good??...In what world??The LB has been good though. We have one of the best rush defenses so far. They are filling the right gaps. Maybe they are just not as bad as they looked under Diaz. Should know more after playing the next 3 games.
Yes they have been good filling the gaps and defending the run. That's their main job. The team gave up some runs to the QB against Bethune on poor containment and that wheel route miscommunication TD v Bethune. Overall they have played well otherwise.The LBers have been good??...In what world??
But But everyone said it could possibly be the best DL in the nationBeen saying it. I see zero elite traits on the d-line currently. No one beats their man 1v1 from what I have seen.
Jackson is a monster at DT but still young and raw.
LT flashes but his big play against southern miss was just a missed assignment from them and he wasn’t blocked.
DE I just haven’t seen much at all so far.
We are going to have to blitz more I think but then that leaves us exposed. Steele is a bend don’t break defense. He isn’t going to send blitzes the way Mandy did and get gashed.
Incarnate worldThe LBers have been good??...In what world??