Lol... always loved that line. Anyway I see a lot of people talking about EVG not coaching well with such a talented defense and I want to know what you guys are smoking? We have some solid players with Day, Jaylon, and I still think Russell will be very good (at least I am hoping) but man he made some terrible plays against Virginia.
Anyway I will say it again and again, our program has had a poor secondary for years and I never understood why we can't recruit a "group" of solid corners and safeties. The last one of remember was with Holtz on the NC team. After that we had players here and there, but no big time groups that could cover top teams. I wrote about this before the season, how losing Crawford to injury was going to be big, and you can see what I am talking about now. He is a solid player and probably would be starting against Clemson but would have added depth either way for the Nickle.
The other major issue is pass rush and I mentioned this last year and people got bent out of shape. I remember someone arguing with me even though we were ranked like 63rd in the nation in sacks and were tied or 1 ahead of like 14 other teams.. basically not very good. Of course we had all the injuries so I figured maybe that could be the big issue but once again we have starters back and nobody getting pressure. Even when EVG was sending 5-6 guys against Virginia there were very few times the QB felt them and made poor throws. He has to do this though because our front 3-4 can't get up the field and it is terrible. We don't have a guy like Tuck on that D-line and I guess nobody on the team is ready to be a pass rusher from the LB position, well I think Jaylon could be that guy but then you have very bad coverage from the rest of the LB's. Joe is actually good but doesn't have the speed unfortunately.
Anyway I will say it again and again, our program has had a poor secondary for years and I never understood why we can't recruit a "group" of solid corners and safeties. The last one of remember was with Holtz on the NC team. After that we had players here and there, but no big time groups that could cover top teams. I wrote about this before the season, how losing Crawford to injury was going to be big, and you can see what I am talking about now. He is a solid player and probably would be starting against Clemson but would have added depth either way for the Nickle.
The other major issue is pass rush and I mentioned this last year and people got bent out of shape. I remember someone arguing with me even though we were ranked like 63rd in the nation in sacks and were tied or 1 ahead of like 14 other teams.. basically not very good. Of course we had all the injuries so I figured maybe that could be the big issue but once again we have starters back and nobody getting pressure. Even when EVG was sending 5-6 guys against Virginia there were very few times the QB felt them and made poor throws. He has to do this though because our front 3-4 can't get up the field and it is terrible. We don't have a guy like Tuck on that D-line and I guess nobody on the team is ready to be a pass rusher from the LB position, well I think Jaylon could be that guy but then you have very bad coverage from the rest of the LB's. Joe is actually good but doesn't have the speed unfortunately.
