OzarCaneSaw
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Yes, 5 to 6 yards is the proper depth against the Flexbone for the MIKE. You put him 3 yards off the ball then I'm running midline all day long and twice on Sundays because he'll be lost in the wash and can't scrap. You don't even understand the offense that I can tell you. There were other things they should have done in that ballgame. They did make some adjustments and move the nose to 1-technique but they really needed to walk the safety up and tighten the edge guys.
He was MORE than 5-6 yards off on MULTIPLE short yardage situations. I'm not arguing to bring him even closer. The fact is, he was not in position to make the plays. You know how I know it was our scheme and NOT our players? Because a team rushed for 343 ****ing yards and we had ZERO tackles for loss. Stop shifting blame on the players and own up to the fact that we were OUTCOACHED.
Sure, we were outcoached. That was obvious. But please tell me how we were to stop the dive when our two tackles were getting dominated. What are you going to do about the midline and the option? You don't stop the dive in a base defense against Flexbone it makes for a long night.
We were protecting all night from the deep ball (Golden even admitted this). Should have stacked the box. Having your LBs playing 8 yards of the ball was insane. Especially on the short yardage situations. Screen shots have been posted on this site. It's there. Not like it's a matter of opinion at this point.
Question for you. Do you think Duke's fumble cost us the game?
No, he was trying to make a play. It was a huge swing.
Glad to hear that answer because it was not the reason for the loss. I don't think it was as huge a swing as Golden made it out to be. We came back and scored and were still only 7 points down early in the 4th. Until we gave up 10 straight points. No doubt it was a hit, but was not the reason why we lost, as many have said on this site.

