Our Defense is Regressing
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3 points allowed to a top 10 offense and 2 NFL receivers since the first play from scrimmage. Plus SMU has had killer field position.
Bend don't break, get a couple turnovers and let the offense do the rest. That's our defense right now.
Defense won us the game. Yeah the lack of sacks this season is disappointing. But we are now 8-0 ..... enjoy!
I think people are finding out ways to play exploit some things. We have great offensive minds in this league. We made enough plays (and they choked and dropped some easy catches), even though we left a lot of points on the field. Everybody has games like today and you have to make enough plays to win....and we did.
Bad defense? They average 41 points. Good QB really good recievers. They have good coaches and talent. Winning on the road is tough.
This was a quick reaction to the first play of the game. They played fine after that holding SMU to 10 points. Some bend but don't break. They only got it inside the UCF redzone twice and once UCF forced a fumble. There are things to clean up, but the secondary is all new this year and relatively thin. Quinn and Sutton will be playing on Sundays (Sutton will probably go first round). If you had told me before the game that UCF would score 31 points I figured we would be looking at an L.
I had SMU scoring 34. Just because I thought we would score a lot more
24 is very low for them. They average 41
I think that tonight was more about the offense
Joey Connors is a good d lineman but def could use a little more depth at the position.
Bullshit. Our D won us the game. It’s the offense who struggled- well to their high standards.
Erik is the best coach on our team. Period.
#UCFacts
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You sir are correct. Thanks for being in some UCFacts into this thread.
#UCFacts
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Nevelle Clarke made a couple nice plays. Glad to have him back in the fold.
Yes. Also, it looks like he has some height as well. Without him and Hughes last night, we get beat. What was our biggest question mark going into this season (DB) is now above average to very good. Tackling could be better, but the coverage is excellent. We have cut down on the pass interference penalties
Definitely playing against a few pass happy teams this year in SMU and Memphis
We will need the same effort against USF (big receivers) and possibly Memphis.
We played yesterday to avoid the big play and we did except the one tackling debacle
They had a stud WR have 11 receptions for 47 yards (riidiculous) and the other was held somewhat in check. The 3rd guy hurt us, but their overall passing yardage wasn't crazy. I'll take it
They had a stud WR have 11 receptions for 47 yards (riidiculous) and the other was held somewhat in check. The 3rd guy hurt us, but their overall passing yardage wasn't crazy. I'll take it
This was a tougher offense than we’ve played. We aren’t going 51-7 every game. Especially when there is more tape on us for then opposition to study. As long as they can learn from mistakes and adjust we’ll be fine. I’d like to see us continue to improve over the next three games.
They should play that single clip for an hour straight to the defense...
Yes, 1 play but certainly emphasizes the fact that they need to focus more on fundamentals. Just hope 1 play like this doesn't bite us in the ass and cost us a game!
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The Dlinemen are doing their job it seems. In the 3-4, the LBs are supposed to fill the gaps and make/not miss tackles. DBs, as a last line of defense, are committing an even bigger problem when they miss a tackle. Could some changes in personnel be needed? Just a question to consider???
Yes the job of O linemen in 3-4 is to eat up blockers allowing the LBs to get in untouched. LBs are not getting in. Jasinski seems to drop back a lot. Maybe they need to have him pressure more.
Gibson accomplished a rare feat on that play, miss not one but TWO tackles... at least that requires some hustling.
Yes Gibson is good against the pass. Which is why he can be an excellent defender if he bulks up to solidify his tackling.
Plenty of time to do it for next season. But agreed that he should have done it long ago while he was, in his own words, "waiting for his chance."
