Rewatched the tape...I think it can be fixed.

[Bipolarcane]

Bryce was supposed to be elite safety and center fielder - but we are not seeing it. Poyser is not even close to footballs. in 2 seasons, how many passes has he intercepted, or even knocked down in coverage???? I cant remember him getting his hands on a football one time. Yes, he can be aggressive in run game, but he is useless in zone.

Isiah Taylor has more knockdowns than poyser. True story.

 

[Rocketcitycane06]

Some of you stupid MFers seem to have forgotten we are still without CB1 and CB3 and XL has only been back for 2 games.

XL doesn't look like himself at all!

 

[krashlite1975]

One thing that stood out multiple times- Petrino has taught all future opponents how to own us when we blitz from the 3rd level.

 

[valid]

I dont think it can be fixed. this is like 2024 when we wasted Cam's unreal offense as the defense continued to decline all season. history is repeating itself

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Some of you stupid MFers seem to have forgotten we are still without CB1 and CB3 and XL has only been back for 2 games.

XL doesn't look like himself at all!

Agreed. I don’t think he’s in game shape yet.

 

[The Sphinx]

We need 5-6 DBs in the portal this season.

We need a new DB coach in the portal this season

 

[90scane]

Why focus on teams with qb issues? That’s mostly irrelevant to us bc even 2nd stringers and average journeymen can carve us up based on the last 3 games.

Because they are in the top 10. We beat the living **** out of Pitt. I don't give two ***** what the stats say. The 1st team D held them to 14 points and the offense scored on them at will.

Wake has a better QB/WRs than FSU and UNC. We just didn't play as well and UNC/FSU screen you to death. Our LB/S play + DL awareness has to improve.

 

[90scane]

We need a new DB coach in the portal this season

We need better S & LB play from the portal.

 

[Phydeaux]

W

It better be fixable, because we made UNCs QB look like prime Timmy Chang

Wish we did
Timmy threw 80 ints.

 

[Braduhley]

As a team - how many interceptions do we have? I remember Dunnigan against Clemson.

The Bryce on the hail mary, really was a jump ball hail mary.

Poyser hasn’t touched a football in his life here.
There is not one other interception I can think of.

How do you expect our DBs to get INTs when 99% of opponent completions are wide open. I can count on one hand the amount of contested catches our opponents have made the last 3 games combined. Every single time the WR has at least a 3+ yard bubble around him

 

[Allabouttheu95]

Rewatch it again. It can’t be fixed

Win the acc. That’s the ceiling

 

[Bipolarcane]

My optimist side says we will get this **** together and run through the rest of the schedule and lift the title in Vegas.
My realist side says this team will be lucky to win the ACC and a playoff game. Hopefully SMU beats wake and we play them in the title game. I think Wake in its current form is a team we want no part of.

 

[AtrainCane]

Fitz was supposed to pick that ball off when Mack was in coverage on that skinny post. He was too deep in the endzone. If he stands on the goaline and breaks on the ball he picks it clean. Horrible coverage

 

[TaylorWalls]

I’m starting to think the same, a lot of the issues are angles and communication all coaching.

Those aren't ALL coaching. If you work on angles with a guy in practice, and he blows it in a game, the coach can't be out there holding his hand through the play.

 

[SSCanes]

XL doesn't look like himself at all!

Can you believe we went to court for that guy?? Horrible

 

[Steve44]

How do you expect our DBs to get INTs when 99% of opponent completions are wide open. I can count on one hand the amount of contested catches our opponents have made the last 3 games combined. Every single time the WR has at least a 3+ yard bubble around him

exactly my point. The DBs are nowhere near contesting plays. They allow space, run after catch…there is something very wrong here.

 

[Noliaboi]

You don’t need a good QB to carve up this defense. A career of mediocrity guy set his personal records against us less than 12 hours ago.

Exactly! Every team on that guy list has a QB better than Billy.

 

[Rocketcitycane06]

Those aren't ALL coaching. If you work on angles with a guy in practice, and he blows it in a game, the coach can't be out there holding his hand through the play.

Some people really don't understand that. The player still has to do their job.

 

[Unsider]

Feel the same. We are not a program that should be promoting from within at this stage. Get a natty under our belt and then maybe.

While I agree with you on the promoting aspect, any talk of a natty after last night seems far fetched. Our D will be taken to the shed by any of the top teams in the playoffs. That is, unless last night was the bottom and we get/adjust better hereon.

 

[Angry Ibis]

So you saw it and can fix it but no one in the Hecht saw it after Stanford, Wake, FSU and fixed it…