I have been trying to rewatch the game. And we by far and away have the absolute ****tiest linebackers. You want a first down, go at 59. You need a five yard pass turn into an 8 to 12 yard gain, go at 31. All an offense has to do is pick on anyone of those. Duke's first drive consisted of going right at those guys. If I had time, I would go and cut the video and highlight. Zero instincts.
Based off of the simple things they are trying to do, I do not think it would matter if we ran the Shannon Special. Other than 52, none of the LBs we trot out there have ANY instincts or feel for the game.
The fact our LBs cannot handle any of the underneath coverage makes our pass rush look even more pathetic. The Dline has no time to get anywhere near the QB. At that point, they were using their WR's to clearout and isolate our LBs. Money in the bank.
You want to know what else is pathetic. You can hardly tell 31 used to be a safety. Oh, and how come we cannot get off of WR blocks?