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Do we start dialing up more pressure now that we know our deficiencies?


It's obvious our weak spots on defense are Floyd, the DEs, and backup CBs. It's even more jarring because I would say our strength is the interior of the defense and our 3 starting CBs (Conner, Waller, Farley) and the drop-off when any one of them comes out is immense and immediate.

Some of the DEs can get after the passer decently enough, but none of them are game changers and more often then not will slip a contain and let a RB through to the open field where the rover will probably overrun the play and miss a tackle.

In my mind the natural remedy is bring the heat and put our good cover guys on islands in hopes that we limit the amount of time the defense is on the field. Farley and Waller have both played very well in 1 on 1 coverage this year and Tisdale/Conner are also very effective in coverage. If we start bringing heat from the backer/whip spot and one of the safeties will it result in more 3 and outs?

RI picked us apart on short routes but couldn't score once we didn't have to cover the entire field in the red zone. Miami also was only able to get the ball downfield when we rushed 3.

Posted: 10/14/2019 at 5:53PM



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