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Pro's: Kaaya looked good for most of the game, had a terrible INT on the goal-line where he stumbled out of the snap & just threw it to Marquez without seeing the LB there reading his eyes. (Joku was wide open too)
Other than that, he was pretty accurate all game, Coley dropped a TD on that drive that Joku caught one & Richards had a clear drop on a button hook, but Kaaya was for the most part sharp, I'd give him a high B+/A-.
The run game was solid, not as dominant as it's been in the first two games, but I think that had more to do with gameplan than anything. I think Richt wanted to air it out & focus more on the passing game.
Walton is a future 1st round pick, he runs with great balance & never goes down off of initial contact.
On Defense, we ****in' got after it when it counted the most.
Obviously, there were some plays/drives where they were gashing us, but most of the game they couldn't move the ball on us.
Pass Defense was absolutely exceptional! Elder & Redwine locked **** down on the outside & thanks to Ron Cherry, Red had his first INT taken off the board, but he played great this game.
Gotta give Coach Rumph some credit thus far.
The LB Corp played solid, the obvious blown coverage by McCloud is one of the downsides of having a Freshman at that Sam spot.
I was really happy with the way Mike Smith has been stepping up these last couple of games, dude is talented & has drastically improved in Diaz's Defense.
Cons: Need to clean up the penalties, granted some of that was the Ron Cherry special, but a lot of penalties were just dumb mental mistakes.
Kaaya's gotta tighten up and stop making boneheaded throws. I don't expect perfection & I'm not a nitpicker at all, but that goaline INT was just a clear mental lapse on his part, a faster more talented LB would've taken that b*tch to the house.
The young LB Corp needs to be more disciplined against those cutback stretch runs, we gave up way too many Rushing yards on plays that should've been stopped in the backfield.
We had drives where we would completely shut their run game down, we need to amplify those plays in film study & drive it home to the LB's not to bite on those plays where they broke us for a couple big gains.
I have to watch the replay again to see specifics on Safety play, for the most part I think they did well, not great but solid.
I know Carter had a for sure INT he missed on.
Overall, I don't have much to complain about, again I don't expect perfection, but I think we played pretty **** good.
I've been somewhat placed in the "homer" role thus far, but I legitimately believe that this Coaching staff has what it takes for us to be a contending team in the ACC this year.
I think the Coastal is ours to lose, Pitt ain't winning sh*t, UNC is weak AF on Defense & I don't see any team in our division as talented as us.
We have the ingredients of **** good team, good QB, great RB, speed on the outside, playmakers at TE & most importantly...
Defense, Defense, Defense!
