Middle Tennessee Snowflakes: The Defense
August 31st, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
Interior run defense scares the crap out of me.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:12 PM ^
The interior DLine generally seems to create almost no organic pressure. Not a great indicator. Same issue as last year.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
It's the same as last year after you subtract two NFL DEs and add a converted FB.
September 1st, 2019 at 8:37 AM ^
The fact that Ben Mason (even though we all love him) started and played the whole way at DT is really, really scary
September 1st, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
My thoughts exactly. Gonna hold off judging until after the Wisky game though. To be honest, that game scares me a little.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:16 PM ^
Wtf was Aubrey Solomon thinking?
Everyone is taking Indiana’s blueprint and killing Browns D with it.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
Can we be concerned about Army now?
August 31st, 2019 at 11:19 PM ^
I’m concerned about BYE
August 31st, 2019 at 11:35 PM ^
I think Brown and Co were looking toward Army already. Brown said in an interview they've been prepping specifically for Army for three weeks.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:48 PM ^
Linebackers and safeties are probably more important defenders against the triple option than the interior line.
September 1st, 2019 at 12:03 AM ^
Who stops FB dive?
September 1st, 2019 at 12:21 AM ^
Vincent Gray. Duh.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
D-Line doesn't get much push. Secondary seemed okay. Vincent Gray had a solid game. Happy to see him doing well!
August 31st, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
Mason was somewhere between poor and terrible. If that's the best they have... shit. Hill is our #3 DB by a large margin.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:39 PM ^
This was obviously a game to get him a ton of snaps. Mason won’t play this much later on unless he gets better. This was a one-game preseason for Mason
August 31st, 2019 at 11:43 PM ^
I felt bad for him. He’s a good player put in a terrible spot.
September 1st, 2019 at 12:48 AM ^
I wish Mason was still out there for the 1 yard plunge.
September 1st, 2019 at 12:00 AM ^
I mean it's not the best they have, that's why Jeter was ahead of him
September 1st, 2019 at 12:07 AM ^
Yeah just ignore a sample size of 2 seasons and anoint 2 completely unproven cornerbacks as better than Hill because he dropped an interception. You’re miserable
September 1st, 2019 at 12:26 AM ^
He played a shit game. It wasn’t just a dropped int. Fuck You too.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:08 PM ^
It needs work. All of it.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:09 PM ^
Well, I'm no longer worried about CB. S is TBD at this point but seemed fine. DT however, yikes!
August 31st, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
The offense will figure it out...this defense is going to give up a lot this year.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
D played fast. They were out of position alot today. Should run some more zone
September 1st, 2019 at 2:12 AM ^
They were out of position a few times when they ran zone.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
Ambry is back and that is a big plus.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:33 PM ^
Bad-assssss
August 31st, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
I would chalk this up to us not really trying...Mason played every down as practice. Relax
edit* I don’t mean we were not trying to play hard, but it seems the coaches plugged young/new position players in early and often. Like they were confident we’d win and didn’t care to put up 70
September 1st, 2019 at 11:21 AM ^
I wish that were true. Mason played because Dwumfour and Jeter couldn't and they apparently don't trust Hinton and Smith with any meaningful snaps yet. if we go into Wisky with this lineup we are fucked!
August 31st, 2019 at 11:11 PM ^
D-line was awful. Corners pretty good. Ross was decent.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:11 PM ^
Need to improve, and quickly.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:11 PM ^
Today confirmed that Aubrey Solomon's transfer was the dumbest in history. And whoever convinced him to do it got paid.
September 1st, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
He should have transferred to Middle Tennessee instead of the Tennessee that can't even beat Georgia freaking State lol
August 31st, 2019 at 11:11 PM ^
Offense is going to have to really come on and carry this team.
The D line just isn't going to be good enough. They couldn't dominate MTSU. Most of the good competition are going to push them around. I'm very nervous.
Also, overall team defensive speed is down and there is no elite defensive guy. The whole outfit is just average to a little above average.
September 1st, 2019 at 2:16 AM ^
Why do people think they were throwing so many smoke screen type plays? It's because they needed to get the ball out quick.
September 1st, 2019 at 8:40 AM ^
They needed to--when we blitzed. We got almost zero 4 man pressure
August 31st, 2019 at 11:12 PM ^
The secondary exceeded my expectations by a lot. LBs did not impress me a lot outside of Glasgow. DL is a significant work in progress.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
give credit to gray. the kid was in position and making plays all night. played very well.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:30 PM ^
I thought Ross was pretty good. Tape may tell another take though.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:12 PM ^
our defense...
August 31st, 2019 at 11:32 PM ^
Not really. No. Gave up points off turnovers, not long drives so no.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:43 PM ^
300 yds of offense to a tomato can with 6' 2" lightweight tackles. we are in trouble with real opponents.
September 1st, 2019 at 8:08 AM ^
they gave up 300 yards (flat) in an opener which was fairly high tempo (don't have play/series stats but the way our offense plays, expect more of this)
2 TDs on short fields off TOs
Missing 2 DLs and only returning 5-6 starters.
This was the best case scenario of any reasonable defensive performance, IMO. We have been spoiled the last 2-3 years with defense that produces crazy counting stats: 250-300 yards or fewer, fewer than 13pts/game. you have to remember that was based on 1) a ton of experienced/NFL talent but moreso 2) having the slowest tempo offense in pwer 5 by a fucking mile. 2019 D will see 10-15% more snaps this year and 1-2 more drives against simply b/c the offense will be up tempo.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
DL will struggle with Wisconsin and OSU. DBs will struggle with PSU and ND.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:15 PM ^
DL will struggle
Yes, they will.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:13 PM ^
Can't win the Big Ten with a weak Dline.
August 31st, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Guys: This defensive line will be absolutely eaten alive against good teams. They just don’t have the NFL ready bodies and talent that the last few years have had. Linebackers are overall a better group than the lineman, but average. The jury is still out on the secondary. But they’ll get destroyed eventually because the defensive line can’t get to the quarterback
August 31st, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Whether or not Jeter/Dwumfour are healthy may define the year.
CBs are good. I’m fine with the Metellus and Hawkins combo and Dax will make an impact as the year goes on.
The D-Line is the issue.
September 1st, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
Dwumfour didn't wrap up O'Hara on they first td. Was terrible. Man, Bo would chew out this team. Hudson doesn't always wrap up either.