Interesting new 3-2-6 defense

[pyhooya]

Knowles would likely be responsible for giving up a 26 yard completion

The fact that the young guys cant beat him out is more alarming to me.

 

[Empirical Cane]

The "new" defense has been in place since the forward pass came into vogue.

Works best with hail mary situational football.

 

[KrazyCane]

I would start Gurvan Hall and Derrick Smith at the traditional safety spots and have Romeo Finley playing rover / striker.

FS - Hall
SS - Smith
Rover - Finley
Nickel - Bandy
CB1 - Blades
CB2 - Ivey

MLB1 - Shaq
MLB2 - Pinckney

DT - Garvin
NT - Ford
DT - Bethel

 

[KrazyCane]

The fact that the young guys cant beat him out is more alarming to me.

Lol the only ones that haven’t beaten him out yet is Keontra Smith bc hes just a freshman and Bubba Bolden bc he just got here.

This lineup being reported is only what the media was able to see... the staff is probably trying multiple possibilities to see what works and I doubt that Carter and Knowles on the field at the same time would be a starting rotation on any unit.

 

[marshallrc13]

I like it. You get more athletes on the field. Would be good for 2nd and long or 3rd and med/long.

 

[nycane]

This doesn’t look formidable with knowles in there honestly

for two years, that kid has been a guarenteed big play for the other team.

 

[Ironmanfootball]

No D used to run it as his Goal Line package.

C'mon- only versus Georgia Tech's flexbone where they run 99.9% of the time regardless of field position.

 

[Ricky904]

Knowles would likely be responsible for giving up a 26 yard completion

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Two reasons you see a guy like Knowles getting reps with the 1s in practice.

1) He works extremely hard to overcome that he is not as athletic as the other safeties so he is compensating by more watching film and is better prepared than the others

2) the S&C program is paying off and he's become faster (not unheard of).

I was looking at his testing numbers:

Football Recruiting - Robert Knowles - Player Profiles - ESPN

Learn about Robert Knowles and other recruit player profiles on RecruitingNation.com.

www.espn.com

4.81 40, maybe he shaved it down to 4.71. That might get him on the field in some situations.

But that shuttle time. Good God almighty. 5.41.

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