How Bama will defend Cam Newton

[Redwood Forrest]

MissSt had a problem with over-pursuing Newton all night and it allowed him get past the defense. Teams like Bama won't make that mistake. The few plays that MSU kept him penned up, he couldn't pass himself out of it even with MSU dbs playing 15-20yds off the barn receivers. Newton may improve on that a bit over time this season, but I didn't see anything that the better SEC defenses can't answer. He's a big guy, and mobile but there's no way he's in Tebow's class yet.
I expect teams to make the barn one dimensional and force Newton out of his comfort zone, which is clearly run first at this point.

We must have been watching the same game. I lost count of the times the defense chased after the fake and left a big hole for Cam to take advantage of. I watched the line part like the Red Sea several times. I wonder why, if we could see it, the Miss St coaches couldn't?

Speaking of their coaches, I have yet to see why everyone is so high on Mullen.

 

[45longcolt]

We won't have to worry about the aubies. We happen to have receivers that don't have five thumbs on each hand. Msu could have beat them with our second line of receivers!!

 

[BornCRIMSON]

The first thing you do is get him a good lawyer..........



ROLL TIDE !! :BigA:

 

[IH8Orange]

A good sprinkling of kryptonite over the field prior to the game should help.

 

[MBA_99]

Bama has 10 more games to be concerned about before they play the barners. What concerns me is that there is a 4-page post on the barn QB.

That's a great question; let me tell you why. Because there is literally nothing else about Auburn to post about in 2010. Their defense is mediocre. MSU made the defense look good and the Auburn press is loving having something positive to write about, since they can't write about the offense that scored 17 points. Their O-line and receivers are bad. The running backs are "good" as some have posted. Auburn fans are pinning their hopes on this QB because there's nothing else to pin them on.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

I thought this was going to end with a lame joke like, "How does Bama defend Cam Newton? Put an Apple computer on the sideline beside a window. How does Auburn defend Cam Newton? With a good lawyer."

I wasn't all that impressed with his ability. Auburn scored 17 points against a weak SEC West team. He is the only running game Auburn has developed at this point in the season.
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Great Joke...
Cam has been 90% of the Auburn Offense; Much as Tebow was at Florida.
If we shut down his runs; I don't believe he can beat us with his arm.

 

[buzzincuzzin]

Gap control defence is what they teach a six-year-old. As a matter of fact it's the only D they teach the peanut league. So the question should be,,, can CNS dumb it down enough to get into Cam's thought process?:biggrin::rolleye2:

 

[Hal Bennett]

Well. I agree with most everyone on here that Newton can be neutralized, but, by golly, I still find it to be a rather interesting thought as to how Saban and company decide to do it.

I personally remember trying to tackle guys who were roughly twice my size. I settled on a method. First, I decided to get my head out to the side away from his knees. Second, well, I long since decided to hit him low, below the knees. When I see guys hitting big runners high, I still have trouble imagining why they've never figured it out -- hit him low. The problem is, most guys aren't short like me, and it is hard to get low sometimes.

Example. All you have to remember is how the freshman Texas quarterback tried to grab Marcel Dareus about chest high. Dareus ran over him like a Tyrannosaurus Rex running over a Raptor. You hit a big guy low, when he has built up any speed, the bulk of his weight is above his knees. You escape that by hitting him below the knees.

Now, if you happen to be a Hightower or a Dareus, where you hit Newton doesn't matter as much.

I just ask you -- what if you were out there, and this guy comes running at you, and the earth is shaking a little, like the glass of water in Jurassic Park? Are you going to tell me, 'Aw, no problem'?

Somebody's going to have to hit that dude somehow, and if it's a Dareus or a Hightower, the collision is going to be pretty seismic. I just can't remember seeing a guy as big as Newton running like he does.

Will he get hurt? Maybe. Maybe not. Tebow never really got hurt when he was running. You get 250-260 pounds moving at about fifteen miles per hour. That I find interesting, if nothing else.

 

[crains]

:BigA:The same way we defended Tebow!:BigA: