Bigger Concern: Offensive Line or Defensive Speed?

He was coached to do it that way.

 

I think he's a ILB

 

Austin is manning the middle.

 

i.e. AJ is out of position. IMO

 

don't if I would call what we did against Florida as running the ball, 212 attempts and negative 9 yards

 

Will be interesting to see what happens when Lathers returns. We'll need his speed and experience on the field.

 

Not sure if it's their speed I'm concerned with, but the defense certainly concerns me more than the offensive line. We have been out of position way too often. Bray is good enough to overcome our shortcomings in the running game, but I don't know that we can stop teams consistently.

 

Those of you thinking the defense was the biggest problem on Saturday, I recommend reading the recap article on the front page.

 

The defense responded well in a tough situations, but they can't get a pass for the opening drive or the rainey td reception. At some point, big plays aren't just an aberration. I hope our defense can be better than mediocre, but I don't expect it. Our offense will be fine. 6,7,or 8 wins will probably come down to special teams.

 

Our offense will be fine, sure. But we needed them to be fine Saturday, and they weren't. We knew going in that passing the ball was far and away this team's best feature. And yet, we chose to not focus on that in the first half and put up a big fat wad of nothing on the scoreboard. We had a realistic chance to win a huge, early career-defining type game for Dooley, and completely blew it.

 

Our offense will be fine, sure. But we needed them to be fine Saturday, and they weren't. We knew going in that passing the ball was far and away this team's best feature. And yet, we chose to not focus on that in the first half and put up a big fat wad of nothing on the scoreboard. We had a realistic chance to win a huge, early career-defining type game for Dooley, and completely blew it.

 

And WTF is Greg King?

I'm getting tired of asking that.

 

Agree the offense blew it Saturday. I put a lot of that on the coaching staff. It took them about four possessions to realize we're still allowed to try after Hunter went out. Is the offensive line a big concern? Sure. But I still maintain that our defense is the bigger concern going forward. I'm more concerned about stopping people than scoring points.

 

Defense stood strong when they didn't have much of the field to defend. When Florida had room to spread us out and run away from us, that's exactly what they did, especially early.

 

I was wrong. I can admit it. I said defense was the bigger concern, and while they have confirmed many of my fears, the offensive line is simply atrocious. Never seen a team get swarmed in the backfield every single run like we do. And find a new center now. This is experiment should be over. It failed. Move on.