Does anyone know if the new DCs are cooking something up to improve our defense against mobile QBs? Tebow, Thomas of VT, McFadden (in the wild hog formation) and even Shaeffer of Ole Miss showed that any QB could run on us. Hell, even Andre Woodson scored a rushing TD from 12 yards out...I think his only one of the year (but I could be wrong). What do you think could be done to rectify this? This question came to me this morning as I was reading about how mobile Edwards of App. St. can be. I don't REALLY perceive them as a threat, but they could deny us style points at the very least. You never know when they could come in handy...
Speeeeed!!! Every player who replaces a departed Senior on the back 7 will be faster than the departed player.
This post may be a tad off topic, but it's an opinion that I've been wanting to share for a while now: Statistically, our defense wasn't very good a lot of times last year. However, in a lot of games, they made stops when we needed them the most. The defense played well against Va Tech, in the second half against UF and Auburn, and in the SEC Championship game. The D did NOT do the job in OT against Kentucky or Arkansas. It is my opinion that good offense takes the pressure off of a defense. Anytime you see a team (in any sport) that has one of the better offenses, they're defense isn't usually ranked as one of the best. They don't have to be. If the guys on the defensive side of the ball are confident that their offense can put points on the board, they don't have to stop the opponent everytime; only in certain situations. Having said that, I don't think our offense will be as productive as last year's, because of the inexperience at QB. I think that the Offense can be as good, but I doubt it. With that in mind, our defense will have to keep us in more ball games and I expect that to happen. :crystal::geaux::crystal::geaux::crystal:
Nah, I think our coaches have looked at last year's film and just said "what the heck". It makes the game more exciting when our defense sucks!!!!!!:grin::hihi: In reality I'm sure the co-DC's are working their butts off to try and come up with ways to stop running QB's since we are going to face a few of them starting with App. St, Auburn and Tebow.
there has been a huge emphasis on finally putting the clamps on the spread attack. The schedule reflects it. Appy State = spread Troy = spread The team will have plenty of practice before playing auburn
Our biggest problem last year on defense was over pursuing. We left to many cut back lanes on option plays. Also, there were a lot plays where we sent six or seven leaving no one spying on the qb or even facing the ball. The big numbers in the last two games would not have been given up if we were close to 100% healthy, imo.
That's an interesting statement. I thought just the opposite, that there wasn't enough disruption in the backfield, leaving some teams with talented backs (Arkansas) time to pick a hole. It also seemed to me that most QBs had too much time to throw because our DL contained rather than busted through. Most of our QB hurries seemed to come on Safety blitzes. I haven't researched this - just my impression. So I find your post very interesting.
From ESPN's Team Preview of LSU: ...On the surface the numbers aren't nearly as impressive for a defense with only five returning starters and new defensive coordinators. In addition to losing Dorsey, Steltz, Jackson, Zenon, Highsmith and Sanders, the Tigers also lost defensive coordinator Bo Pelini when he took over as the head coach at Nebraska. Miles chose continuity over a new approach by promoting Doug Mallory and Bradley Dale Peveto to co-defensive coordinators. Pelini didn't coach a position and spent most of his time devising the game plan and calling the game, and the other assistants handled their own individual units. Mallory will continue to coach the secondary and Peveto will still coach the linebackers, and not much will change in terms of philosophy. "We've been fortunate. Even before we got here, LSU was playing good defense. Coach Saban and his staff had done a tremendous job here at LSU, and I think we kind of picked up where they left off," Mallory said. "When Bo was here, he did a tremendous job coordinating the defense. "We're fortunate here at LSU that when Bo was coordinator, he didn't coach a position, so we really didn't lose a position coach when he left. I think the transition has been a little bit smoother because the same coaches are still coaching the same positions. From that standpoint, our kids didn't have to go through a major transition. "We'll do some things differently, add a few of our own wrinkles. Coming out of the spring we were pretty similar to what we were doing the past three years. We introduced a couple of new fronts, a couple of new pressures, but I think you'll see a lot of the same things we've seen around here for the past three years."... http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/insi...espn.go.com/ncf/insider/news/story?id=3467569
Statistics can be deceiving. Ohio State had the #1 ranked defense statistically, but they didn't play 7 out of the top 17 teams either. If you play that much top flight competition, someone is gonna nick you up for some yards. That said, clearly we didn't do a very good job against Arky or Ky. I think Arky handled us, and Dorsey was hurt and not much help. I think Beckwith had knee problems and was out. But the backups have to step up better than they did. Ky. game, I was disappointed with Pelini's calls, in the second half I thought he should have blitzed more, put pressure on Woodson. I've asked before on here, if the spread offense will change defensive player types or schemes. Would we go for a little lighter and faster kid, over a heavier, stronger, but a little slower kid? Seems to me we would. The spread seems to call for it. The players used to play "both ways". Then there was offense and defense. Now, there's the nickle package for 3rd down. Maybe there will be a "spread package". Then again, maybe its just the same old nickle package, or the dime.
Agree somewhat. But late in that game is when Chevis went down. Leaving us with an in-experienced Jai Eugene playing corner the rest of the way. Eugen got beat pretty badly a couple times. So you have to lay off the blit and sit back to give the kid some help.
