This defense is so bad

[poncho0091]

Thank you for making my point. Coley leaves as much to be desired as No'D.

I completely agree.

 

[poncho0091]

Defense looks day and night compared to the first games of the season and it´s not beause of the teams we played early. Regardless of the opponents we played aggressively on D the first third of the season. The GT game was the first game where it kind of shifted but they came on in the second half.

From there on they were unable to fulfill the most obvious gameplan. The D was not able to tackle well (example the missed tackle on the tarheels tight end on the td run, we also had no real pass rush vs. NC), we couldn´t cover Campanero vs. Wake Forest their only playmaker, and vs. F$u a lot of things happened and against VT they looked lost in so many ways. Maybe the depth chart is still a reason for some of that, the time of possession does not help eihter, because the first couple of games it looked like our team was always better conditioned than the opponent but for which reasons whatsoever it`s obvious that they are not built to play on that level a whole season with this roster. Hopefully they gather all their energy and focus for the last games and Coach D gives them a chance to win those cause it could get ugly otherwise.

Lets also add that we didnt have to play against a good passing defense until after GT. The weakness in Dnofrio's defense is not against the run, it's against the pass. If we are playing a team with no talent and poor coaching (like USF and FAU), then it doesn't matter what our scheme is because we will beat them. Against a pure running team like Florida and GT, we do alright (although both passed well against us). But when we play a team that can pass, we get eaten alive because receivers find open space all over the field. This in turn opens up the run game because we are playing so soft that if the RB gets past the DL, there is noone close enough to make the stop.