OUR DEFENSE SUCKS!!!!!

There was A LOT of roster rebuilding on offense in Key's first year, hopefully we'll see some roster gains on defense this offseason. A couple of LB's and DL's later and this D looks totally different.
 
It’s wild - of the 4 big defensive plays we had (2 sacks, blocked punt, forced fumble), two were immediately negated by a pick and one came on the last defensive play of the game and won the game for us.

We looked BAD on defense - couldn’t get lined up, receivers running wide open everywhere, some tackling issues, not a lot of pressure on the QB. But thankfully we did just barely enough to win with an offensive performance for the ages.

JRjr
 
vapspwi said:
It’s wild - of the 4 big defensive plays we had (2 sacks, blocked punt, forced fumble), two were immediately negated by a pick and one came on the last defensive play of the game and won the game for us.

We looked BAD on defense - couldn’t get lined up, receivers running wide open everywhere, some tackling issues, not a lot of pressure on the QB. But thankfully we did just barely enough to win with an offensive performance for the ages.

JRjr
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They were about to convert ANOTHER 3rd and 18ish before the fumble.. just crazy
 
Defense looked confused before the snap ALL GAME. Not sure what the deal with that is.
 
MACHETE said:
Defense looked confused before the snap ALL GAME. Not sure what the deal with that is.
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Exactly, I saw an LB throw his hands up in the air while looking at the sideline as the ball was being hiked too many times.
 
Maybe the strategy is to appear confused in order to confuse the opposition's offense.
 
Defense made some decent adjustments at halftime. Still way to slow on getting calls in. Too slow on substitutions as well.
 
I think the big plays we gave up make it seem our defense is terrible. Can't forget, UNC has a (at one point) a Heisman candidate at QB, considered a high draft pick, and probably the biggest OL we have faced this season.
 
WracerX said:
Defense made some decent adjustments at halftime. Still way to slow on getting calls in. Too slow on substitutions as well.
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We need to recruit speed on the defensive side of the ball. Our guys always appear a step or 2 slower than the opposing offense across the board
 
RaiderJacket said:
OUR DEFENSE SUCKS!!!!!
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Cool your jets, Barbie. Last night our defense was kenough.
 
I hear there is an elite defensive coach that’s not doing anything right now. Pretty sure everyone in football considers him one of the top 10 elite defensive minds on the planet.
 
It’s funny how people continue to think GT’s defense hasn’t been bad for 14/16 years. This isn’t something new. Yes, 2019 through present is at an even new level of bad, but the GT D was thankfully bailed out for the most part by the O under CPJ. But for context from 2008 until 2023 here are GT’s final D rankings. Outside of 2008 and to an extent 2013, the D has been a liability for GT.

2008: #21 18.8 ppg
2009: #56 24.8 ppg
2010: #57 25.2 ppg
2011: #60 26.1 ppg
2012: #65 28.3 ppg
2013: #29 22.8 ppg
2014: #52 25.1 ppg
2015: #56 25.8 ppg
2016: #47 25.0 ppg
2017: #64 26.5 ppg
2018: #81 28.9 ppg
2019: #106 32.4 ppg
2020: COVID year. Bad. Enough said.
2021: #101 33.5 ppg
2022: #87 28.4 ppg
2023: #105 31.8 ppg
 
USCJacket said:
It’s funny how people continue to think GT’s defense hasn’t been bad for 14/16 years. This isn’t something new. Yes, 2019 through present is at an even new level of bad, but the GT D was thankfully bailed out for the most part by the O under CPJ. But for context from 2008 until 2023 here are GT’s final D rankings. Outside of 2008 and to an extent 2013, the D has been a liability for GT.

2008: #21 18.8 ppg
2009: #56 24.8 ppg
2010: #57 25.2 ppg
2011: #60 26.1 ppg
2012: #65 28.3 ppg
2013: #29 22.8 ppg
2014: #52 25.1 ppg
2015: #56 25.8 ppg
2016: #47 25.0 ppg
2017: #64 26.5 ppg
2018: #81 28.9 ppg
2019: #106 32.4 ppg
2020: COVID year. Bad. Enough said.
2021: #101 33.5 ppg
2022: #87 28.4 ppg
2023: #105 31.8 ppg
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And to think, those numbers from 2008-2018 look better than they actually were because of offensive TOP and lower number of possessions per game because of the heavy run bias. If we could just get to top 50 on defense in this current era... watch out.
 
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