ALL I know is Barmore is suspended for the first half of USM game-- but if he plays in the second half - i would like to see his phyiscalness moved up in rotation sooner rather than later
Let’s discuss our defense...so many injuries, so many freshmen.
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This -- some guys just have the ability to make noise and gunk up the middle....
Not sure how many plays he played -- but he was making it complicated for USCe to do stuff.....
Yes, he was very aggressive. I feel like (as Coach alluded to after the game) the defensive scheme was kept conservative and simple to help the young LB’s adjust a hostile environment. Lee played pretty well and Harris struggled a good bit. Kaho was on and off, but I think it’s valuable experience and these guys all show flashes of brilliance. I think this could be a very good defense later in the year and stay good in the coming years with all these guys getting experience this early.
yes, no serious prognosticator should have Alabama in the top 5 right now and I seriously doubt we could beat a top 5 team right now but now is one thing, weeks from now is something else. If these kids can start getting lined up right against what these offenses are doing we have a fighting chance because they aren't bad players, they were just forced into that roll before they were ready. Then of course is the issue of the offense. The firepower is obvious, It's not as impressive to look at this season but It appears they are taking what the defense is giving. Last season teams adjusted to Tua's long game and he failed to adjust well enough. If he can pivot in game depending on what they are doing it could well be one of those offences that can only be slowed down, but not stopped.
Then it might boil down to turnovers.
What? I know some think the sky is falling since our D gave up some big numbers but some of us need to get a grip.
We have the best QB and group of WRs in the country and probably the most or 2nd most talented roster in the country. There isn't a single game we can't win.
But the starting defense playing with 4 or 5 freshmen in their first road game the majority of the game gave up 16 points to USCe. We are clearly doomed.
I think the bigger issue on offense is we still have not developed the run game to the point that we would be able to consume some clock and keep possession for a bit to allow the D to rest and make adjustments. If we can somehow get a bit of that back it will help the D out significantly.
Yes, with one of the touchdown passes being a ball that would be incomplete or intercepted the vast majority of the time. Watching it live I thought the ball was going to be picked.
I really wish we were less doom and gloom. We are undefeated and have a couple of issues. None of them are so severe that we can't improve and win the national championship. I just hope the team keeps improving throughout the year, which hasn't been the case in some of our previous seasons.
No, they are not dominant, they have weaknesses and gave up yardage to USC, but Bama's first team defense has given up one TD (an amazing pass completion that should have never been thrown into great double coverage) this season and taken 8 TOs. This vs two middle of the pack P5 programs and one very weak FBS program.
We all know we have weaknesses. The question is...what can be done to fix it?
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Just game reps. They understand what they are supposed to do, but they have to learn to trust their eyes and react instead of thinking.
When you watch Auburn’s D you can see how slow we are to the ball. I know it’s our youth because those guys we have on D have good speed.
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The freshman linebackers are still learning the scheme but their over pursuing of plays has cost us big plays and few touchdowns. I remember specifically against New Mexico State and this game where Shane Lee just totally over pursues the runner allowing them for a touchdown. Mac Wilson was doing the same thing last year so I wonder if it is coaching from Golding on tackling?
At this juncture I think injuries are also affecting our offense. We may not be calling many run plays because we really can't afford Najee Harris to get hurt. Sure it really is in line with our talent mix (a minimum of 4 NFL-bound WRs on the roster) but Sanders was a huge loss. B-Rob has been getting better as he gets more snaps but there is a noticeable drop off between Najee and Brian Robinson. Gotta think that we've kinda had to abandon what seemed to be a lead up to a run and play action heavy strategy for 2019 once Sanders went down. Definitely been seeing a lot more RPO passing than we were allegedly planning to do. Defense being battered to the point of ineffectiveness and already short a high-end tailback, we're just running a lot more of the easy money RPO stuff to put up numbers.
If it was that simple it would be done. Tackling got better because that is the easier part to grasp.
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Yep, the tackling is starting to improve across the defense over the last couple of games. You like seeing that in the very least. I'd prefer to not see many 5-yard runs but I prefer runs stopping at 5 yards instead of becoming 15+ yards due to a bad tackle attempt.
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