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(01-02-2022 01:24 PM)Lurkercat Wrote:  

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(01-02-2022 01:06 PM)cincybb51 Wrote:  

(01-02-2022 12:53 PM)Lurkercat Wrote:  

(01-02-2022 11:39 AM)cincybb51 Wrote:  I think last year's team was better than this year's team especially on defense.

Completely agree. I wouldn't be surprised if this years d was statistically better, but something just felt a bit off with them. Do you think it had more to do with personnel? Or because we lost Freeman?

In my opinion it was personal; White especially was great at making plays to get the defense off the field. We were more agressive at making big plays and less bend but not break as we were this year.

The switch to only 3 DL was a terrible decision and pretty boggling when you think of how good our secondary was. It made no sense to let yourself get run over when you have two of the top DBs in the game.

Our corners were excellent. But as a whole our DBs we're our best position group. Do you think it was more about putting our best players on the field? If you go to a 4 man front then one of the DBs needs to go. Idk just spitballing as to why they stick with it

This absolutely was a reason for it. They could have gone 4-2-5, but I think our staff thought we could confuse the line and pressure better from 3-3-5 than 4-2-5 (and we were really successful with our pressures against Bama). I just think it was a clear calculation...give up some yards in the run game but prevent the big play and give your team a shot for some big plays when they throw...trust your defense to get off the field eventually if you're making them work. And after the first drive until about 5 minutes into the 4th quarter it worked pretty damn well. We were only down 17-6. This game was far more on the offense than the defense or defensive strategy.