Can we add tackling to that as well or is that too big an ask? Our defense had a drug problem on Saturday. Our players would grab the ball carrier, then get drug another five yards….Defensive adjustments? I'd be in favor of it.
I agree. I did a poor job of phrasing what I meant being broad. I was counting the wolf position as a DL no matter and counted it as a 4-2 whether he was on the line or up and moving in the middle. The little variance as far as him moving is not a big adjustment for the offense. More of the d being weaker if he’s in the middle. They even had him line up a foot in front of the LBs when the offense snapped the ball I believe a couple times. Just poor scheme. I meant exotic more like against Uga like you said above having the Lbs on the line. That got uga in the first half. As far as every other game it’s not been imaginative too much. I was hoping for more what USF does To get to the QB on passing downs to create confusion and pressure. Our blitzes are not much if any better than under Golding. It’s easier showing on the whiteboard, I always talked and drew not typed. LolI disgree with that statement. I've actually been pretty surprised at how often we've done something different than the 'base 4-2' front. Womack actually has run a 3-4 alignment (or at least that personnel grouping) more this season than we ran it across the entire season last year) and he's got multiple variants of how he fills out that 4 in the 4-2 front with the number of DTs, Bandits and Wolves. He's also run the 3-3 alignment (same personnel as the 4-2 sometimes, but also sometimes taking the wolf off and having Campbell play that role with Jefferson as an ILB) way more than I would like as it hasn't been that productive so far except when we've stacked 2 LBs into the LOS to show blitz and then had variable drops based on the call.
I’ve been pointing to this really since Wisconsin. You could possibly overlook the 22 play drive versus WKU as “first game, working the kinks out”. But our inability to get off the field on defense has been atrocious. And some of the times when we have gotten the opponent “off the field”, it was more about the offense not executing than it was us “bowing up and stopping them”.The defense has looked bad the entire year. Go back and watch the games against subpar competition that had long and sustained drives and watch how often guys were wide open in the secondary but the QB could not get them the ball. This defense is not good and I see no reason to believe they will get better. They miss Braswell/Turner and it really hurt that Caleb Downs and Trey Amos transferred.
Going into the Vandy disaster, Bama had the #1 3rd down defense in the nation.I’ve been pointing to this really since Wisconsin. You could possibly overlook the 22 play drive versus WKU as “first game, working the kinks out”. But our inability to get off the field on defense has been atrocious. And some of the times when we have gotten the opponent “off the field”, it was more about the offense not executing than it was us “bowing up and stopping them”.
Alabama could not stop GA on 4th down. IMO, you have to include 4th down stats with 3rd down stats if an opponent plans on going for it anyway. Not fair, but it is the reality. 3rd down stats are about stopping drives. Alabama stopped GA 7 times on 3rd down, then gave up the first down anyway. Those should not count as 3rd down stops because they stopped nothingGoing into the Vandy disaster, Bama had the #1 3rd down defense in the nation.
I know it looks bad. Awful, to be honest…the way Vandy handled our defense.
I still maintain they are a better unit than that, and Vandy was a one-off running an offense straight out of 1960.
I don’t think we are as bad as we looked Saturday. We won’t face another offense like that.
I agree. I will add tho that several times we actually did make a stop whether it be 3rd or 4th down…we had a penalty go against us to extend the drive..Alabama could not stop GA on 4th down. IMO, you have to include 4th down stats with 3rd down stats if an opponent plans on going for it anyway. Not fair, but it is the reality. 3rd down stats are about stopping drives. Alabama stopped GA 7 times on 3rd down, then gave up the first down anyway. Those should not count as 3rd down stops because they stopped nothing
Great point!I have several good friends who coach high school ball in Alabama. Each one of them to a man has said they want to play against spread teams week in and week out. The kids are all familiar with it because it's all they know. They cringe at the thought of playing wing-t, veer, etc. teams because it's such a huge difference and very hard to simulate in practices.
Yeah, I heard that too.Wommack gave a whole bunch of platitudes in the presser today. One of his game keys to victory was to be "situationally elite". SMH. How about you start with being situationally adequate.
It sounds like the kind of thing someone would say when they are faking it until they make it.Wommack gave a whole bunch of platitudes in the presser today. One of his game keys to victory was to be "situationally elite". SMH. How about you start with being situationally adequate.