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#That'sWhatI'mTalkinBout!!! Defense is and should be priority #1. This one should be a bit difficult to push around in the trenches...Get more beef!!! We need more beef!!! This reads good....

it is seem that we getting a lot of 300 pounds guy who are 6-0
Everybody will run outside against us

(12-18-2013 01:53 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  it is seem that we getting a lot of 300 pounds guy who are 6-0
Everybody will run outside against us

Outside right into Ganus.

Beats having them run right up the middle for six or eight yards virtually at will.

(12-18-2013 01:53 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  it is seem that we getting a lot of 300 pounds guy who are 6-0
Everybody will run outside against us

A couple of linebackers who can run, and that'll be just fine.

(12-18-2013 01:55 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(12-18-2013 01:53 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  it is seem that we getting a lot of 300 pounds guy who are 6-0
Everybody will run outside against us

Outside right into Ganus.

POW! Right in the kisser!!! I'm just tired of seeing UAB's defense get gutted like Trout by runs up the middle.

Who know what defensive scheme the new DC brings in, but plugging the gaps with 300lb monsters forces you outside, which will allow OLBs to cover the flats in pass & run scenarios, allowing your DBs to focus on covering deeper routes.

(12-18-2013 03:44 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Who know what defensive scheme the new DC brings in, but plugging the gaps with 300lb monsters forces you outside, which will allow OLBs to cover the flats in pass & run scenarios, allowing your DBs to focus on covering deeper routes.

+1. 300lb DLs is in no way a bad thing.

(12-18-2013 03:50 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2013 03:44 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Who know what defensive scheme the new DC brings in, but plugging the gaps with 300lb monsters forces you outside, which will allow OLBs to cover the flats in pass & run scenarios, allowing your DBs to focus on covering deeper routes.

+1. 300lb DLs is in no way a bad thing.

+1
Or even a 330 lb. one like Crumbley........he looked real good at times.

The catch is that you need back-ups of equal size or skill to rotate, otherwise our opponents wait until a weaker or less-skilled player enters and that gap gets targeted... or we cheat an LB over or an S up to help and open up a hole in our coverage.

Point is, you are always giving something up when you are playing with a less-than-equal 2-deep roster.