Just an overall problem we have since ditching the option is that Collins, and now Key, are running the exact same vanilla system as everyone else both on offense and defense. We are as vanilla as vanilla gets and I believe that is all Collins and Key know since they came from programs who could simply out talent their opponents. Same with Faulkner.
The past 3 years and yesterday, the offense‘s we play know exactly where to have their WR’s sit in our zone because they all run that same system. That is why 3rd and longs are no problem for our opponents. They know exactly what we are doing because they do it themselves. You could literally see it all game long from the upper deck. Our defense runs to the same spots and the WR’s know where the holes are so 3rd and 12 is just a pitch and catch. Ole Miss did the exact same thing.
When we blitz and go man to man we at least take the pitch and catch away and make the QB make a quick read. Sure we may be burned as we did in the Ole Miss game on occasion but at least we make them earn it with a good pass. What we saw yesterday was what I see from 2nd stringers late in a high school game where we don’t trust them enough to make a play so we just run a zone that gets picked apart. Sure, we need more talent, but I think we run such a junk defense that I believe our current defensive players aren’t nearly as bad as they’ve played.
