So I went back a watched the first half

[JamesQuall]

Fully agree with your initial post. I've been similarly frustrated by Guidry's instance on near-every-play blitzing and stunting with the front seven because he likes to play pressure defense and get into the backfield, while leaving our weakest unit (DB's) exposed. Among other issues is we get less drop from our LBs than any other defense I watch because one or both of our LBs are generally up at the line of scrimmage trying to get into the backfield. And this puts pressure on the DB unit.

Even this play Roman broke down makes your point. Both Baron and Kiko went into the B gap. That's Guidry's high pressure style of defense where he overloads a gap in hopes of getting a free runner into the backfield. And Louisville burned us with a quick play to the outside.

I have the highest respect for Roman, but I disagree somewhat with him on this play. Jaden Harris certainly didn't play this well, but he was put into conflict. Roman noted that Baron and Kiki both filled the B gap and that left the C gap open. It made the C gap Harris' first responsibility. We can see from the video that Harris made his first move looking to control the C gap but UL's very fast RB bounced it outside our CB making for a high degree of difficulty assignment for Harris. Essentially Harris had C gap responsibility and also outside which is where the play went. That was his conflict. Our DB's aren't capable of making high degree of difficulty plays like this, but that's the position they're regularly put in.

The weakest unit on of defense is our DB's. Yet Guidry's defense puts the most pressure on our weakest unit.

Disagree that Harris’ first move was the C gap. He is clearly stacked in line with Kiko and Baron in the B gap and doesn’t make a move towards the C gap until the RB is well past the line of scrimmage which is way too late and the RB takes it even further outside.

Harris gets no grace. He’s cashed in all of it and has a huge negative balance on it. Get him off the field.

 

[tsimonitis]

I blame Cam and the offense for being to explosive and forcing the defense to continually return to the field too quickly....

 

[Cylo]

I think we are going to start seeing more and more Patterson. We just need adequate safety play. PFF gave Patterson the 7th highest grade on the team for yesterday's game. He was the highest graded DB.

PFF Grades: Miami’s top ten players in a 52-45 win over Louisville

These players stepped up in a big win on the road.

247sports.com

Free article.

Niiice, I feel like this was Bell best game as a Hurricane so far

 

[Cylo]

They have played a total of 2 games together as a unit.

Bain is still getting in game shape. He looks hefty out there.

Barrows is settling in and dominating.

Mesidor is out of position but being a team player, he was getting in game shape earlier this year after missing so much time with injury.

Baron got banged up against USF and still had a hammy issues against Cal.

Alston got injured against Va Tech

I think they continue to get better from
Here on out. FSU should be their best showing of the year.

It’s time for Clark, Moten and another DE to step up.

If this unit is fresh and healthy as I expect them to be Saturday night, we should see them dominate.

FSU O line coming in super beat up. Their best OL Washington might be out

 

[DTP]

I blame Cam and the offense for being to explosive and forcing the defense to continually return to the field too quickly....

lol. They tried. They were taking the play clock down inside 5 seconds almost the entire second half and had multiple time chewing drives for touchdowns. The defense would proceed to go out and give the touchdown right back.

 

[nycane]

I think Harris is by far the biggest issue on the team. Not necessarily disagreeing with your analysis. You need a safety that can make-up for mistakes, but with Harris it feels like we are playing ten guys on defense. I like how Roman breaks down film and in the clip below shows what Harris is not doing. Patterson needs to get more reps.

Richard is bad too.

 

[nycane]

They have played a total of 2 games together as a unit.

Bain is still getting in game shape. He looks hefty out there.

Barrows is settling in and dominating.

Mesidor is out of position but being a team player, he was getting in game shape earlier this year after missing so much time with injury.

Baron got banged up against USF and still had a hammy issues against Cal.

Alston got injured against Va Tech

I think they continue to get better from
Here on out. FSU should be their best showing of the year.

It’s time for Clark, Moten and another DE to step up.

If this unit is fresh and healthy as I expect them to be Saturday night, we should see them dominate.

we do have alot of health issues but another thing is its CRAZY how much barron is held.

 

[BeastMode]

we do have alot of health issues but another thing is its CRAZY how much barron is held.

Every play almost.

Where was Bryant on Saturday?

Suspended, injured? Cole was DE 4

 

[Cookie917]

Every play almost.

Where was Bryant on Saturday?

Suspended, injured? Cole was DE 4

Honestly since USF you have not heard Baron's name much. He always seems to be around the play but not getting his name called.

as for Cole Yeah I noticed this as well and he played a fair amount. I was thinking he is a bit bigger so maybe he was there for run stopping?

Also saw on the article above Bain was credited with 10 (ten) qb pressures this game? That is an insane stat. Shough threw it 50 times so 20 percent of his throws Bain was pressuring him lol

 

[BeastMode]

Honestly since USF you have not heard Baron's name much. He always seems to be around the play but not getting his name called.

as for Cole Yeah I noticed this as well and he played a fair amount. I was thinking he is a bit bigger so maybe he was there for run stopping?

Also saw on the article above Bain was credited with 10 (ten) qb pressures this game? That is an insane stat. Shough threw it 50 times so 20 percent of his throws Bain was pressuring him lol

Bain is a monster and will only get better as he gets in game shape. Baron is right there just can’t get the finish.

Excited to see what this unit does on Saturday.

 

[WestEndZone]

Yes

 

[ddann]

I blame Cam and the offense for being to explosive and forcing the defense to continually return to the field too quickly....

Exactly.

If we can get this fixed the D will be fine.

 

[mirasuegui]

Well most of it before I got disgusted. I focused on our defense, namely the front 6, including alignment, movement, etc. At times it’s clear Guidry thinks he’s smarter than he is. It’s also equally clear the D would be much better if they just lined up in traditional sets and let the players read and react.

First drive we lined up vanilla, both backers off the ball. Two incomplete passes and a 2 yard run.

Second drive Guidry starts getting cute. Takes Wes out by having him bull rush the left tackle and has Kiko as a spy and eventual blitzer. Quick pass across the middle for 17. Second play a twist opens up a hole and Brown goes for 8. 3rd play we do the same thing. Baron twists out of the play and Harris takes another bad angle. 43 yd TD.

Third drive. Again rather than letting our guys out athlete them Guidry brings the house and a quick crossing route is dropped. Would have gone for 8-12. 2nd play brought a LB again and the check down went for 8. 3rd out of the wildcat. Both backers off the ball and Kiko filled for a 1 yard gain. Couple more plays and their drive fizzled out.

Fourth drive. Quick 8 yd out to the TE. Good tackle by Popo. Run outside. Alderman takes a bad angle. Luckily Baron held the edge and tackled for a TFL. The 3rd play, 3rd and 3. This is a wtf Guidry moment. We line up Barrow, Mesidor, and Baron to the boundary (ball is on the hash) with the most central player being over the tackle and on the field side Bain is outside shoulder on the Tackle. Both LBs Wes/Kiko are inside a yard off the ball. On the snap they drop. Handoff to Chaney goes for 26 yards right up the middle. I turned it off after that.

First of all I’m not a D1 defensive coordinator. But it’s pretty clear our LBs are put in bad spots over and over. Kiko should always be off the ball 3-5 yards. He’s a downhill LB and needs to see the play develop. Popo needs to get more snaps. From what I’ve seen he has better instincts than Wes.

On the DL we spend more time twisting and stunting our way out of pressure and position than we do getting home. Same with bringing our LBs. They're not getting pressure so why do we keep bringing it.

From what I’ve seen when we line up in traditional sets and just play base defense we have the athletes to get it done.

Bingo, even the analyst at halftime said, Miami gives up the middle of the field way too much. Also, I think we line up a tackle right over the center, we have some success. MY favorite is when we stunt and send a blitz, and they both wind up running into each other.

 

[mirasuegui]

DL has to start getting home

fastest way to a QB is a straight line: this is old school, the cowboys back in the day used to shift the D. Lines, in an effort to create confusion. Think that might work better then all this twisting and stunting.

 

[Hurricane23]

Our defense relies heavily on our Safeties being nice, Richards also is not a man to man corner, he’s more of a cover 3 type corner. #7 is almost always out of position. Sheldrick Redwine and Jaquan Johnson was our best safety combo the last 10-15 years. Those guys wasn’t the best of athletes but was almost always in the right position.