Okay brainiacs, you thought it was hard to find faults on this offense, try to find some on this defense. Other than a messed up play here or there, I see no flaws on the defensive side of the ball. Alabama is known for their defenses and this one is rising up to the top. Again nothing is perfect, but I cannot find one bad thing to say about this defense.OKAY maybe they are a bit boring at times. I mean must they stuff 99% of all runs at the line or within 2 yards of the line? Also do they really have to hit those other poor teams guys so hard? In a nutshell YES. Being a lifer pulling for Bama I love some great defense. And once again I am a happy bama boy. Over the last few years people said running Qb's hurt us, not so much anymore. We have stopped all sorts of offenses.
Opinions on our defense
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Our weakness is delayed passes over the middle -- especially when we blitz and it is picked up. Every d has a weakness -- I just get tired of seeing those passes completed...
I can agree on that the underneath stuff has worked on us. But to be fair those are hard to defend, but hey Nick has one thing he can scream about LOL
DL- Improved.. getting better each game. Evans back really helped.
LB-Love what Mosley is doing. Suprised Keith Holcombe didn't play much. Love the rotation at LBs.
CB-Doing great job. rarely screw up plays.
Safety- Little concerned about Jones, but they're much better.
Bottom line: They're improved, but I want to see some consistency on Defense. Mack Wilson is the truth.
LB-Love what Mosley is doing. Suprised Keith Holcombe didn't play much. Love the rotation at LBs.
CB-Doing great job. rarely screw up plays.
Safety- Little concerned about Jones, but they're much better.
Bottom line: They're improved, but I want to see some consistency on Defense. Mack Wilson is the truth.
Is our best combo ( Buggs, Payne, Davis ) on the field right now? Just askin`.
The biggest area I see for improvement of production is OLB. Even with that position only having one guy on the field in nickel it's usually the group that leads the team in sacks, and they now have one sack for the year (the defensive backs have more), coming against fresno state. Losing Miller and Lewis really, really hurt and Jennings just now appears to be back to full speed. The rest of the OLBs just don't appear to have that pass rushing edge (yet, as many are young and some lack size). Thankfully pruitt was able to manufacture pressure in some other ways.
I thought we played the screen pass a little better the other night with Moseley. He recognized it and turned to defend it.
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Raekwon Davis, Josh Frazier, and LaBryan Ray have gone from being "depth" players to being playmakers. Those guys have been taking advantages of their snaps and are adding a deep, quality rotation that I wasn't sure we had when we played FSU.
I think we have done really well despite the massive number of injuries in the front seven (for games or season). We seem to be dependent on the blitz to get pressure so we're possibly at risk to a team with a solid OL and elite college QB. Considering the injury problems constantly changing the lineup, this has been a good coaching job to get kids ready to play on a moment's notice.
This defense is solid at all three levels. Honestly, I don't think there's a team in the country that wouldn't trade theirs for ours.
Picking nits, I'd say the weakness is the pass rush. Too often, we do seem to need to blitz to get heat. Not talking about sacks, but just affecting the quarterback.
Yes, we miss Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson. But who wouldn't? Maybe us if not for the season-ending injuries against FSU. But injuries are part of the game and we have what we have -- which is still the best 11 in the country.
There are 129 FBS defenses in our rear view mirror. Perfect or not, I'll take it.
Picking nits, I'd say the weakness is the pass rush. Too often, we do seem to need to blitz to get heat. Not talking about sacks, but just affecting the quarterback.
Yes, we miss Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson. But who wouldn't? Maybe us if not for the season-ending injuries against FSU. But injuries are part of the game and we have what we have -- which is still the best 11 in the country.
There are 129 FBS defenses in our rear view mirror. Perfect or not, I'll take it.
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Think Cole is trying to send Auburn a message if the wheel come fully off the Gus Bus? (Design was brilliant)
Our defense is looking strong. The young/new kids are really starting to step up. Pruitt is doing a great job so far.
Our defense is looking strong. The young/new kids are really starting to step up. Pruitt is doing a great job so far.
Our weakness is at Linebacker. Our OLB and MLB continually fail to pick up RB's flaring to the outside. We will also have issues once we face a mobile QB that is able to effectively run the read option and run-pass-option. But those things can be fixed with proper reads. I won't go as far as to call out individual players, but some have more fixing than others.
Alabama has the strongest defense, front to back, sideline to sideline, in college football. You have areas in which you could improve, but when looking at the unit in its entirety, it is as good as it gets, with crazy depth considering the injuries.
I agree with most that the weakness is at OLB. Really hope that at least one of the guys lost against FSU can return for the playoff run.
I agree with most that the weakness is at OLB. Really hope that at least one of the guys lost against FSU can return for the playoff run.
Watching Titans vs. Colts last night...Titans d in 2nd half reminded me of Bama's d . Lots of blitzing from different areas...took Brissett out of his comfort zone.
Is there a defense we would trade ours for? None that I know of...
Is there a defense we would trade ours for? None that I know of...
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