Grantham is mindnumbing.
It is just amazing that he has been Third and Grantham since 2010 or so and still he gets paid millions to do this.
Your thoughts on the top schematic things things that affects this defense?
Im just stunned at depth chart and roster management.
For starters, I’d never rush just four (and definitely not three) on conversion downs. I know this is a hated name for us Gators, but Mickey Andrews was the best in these situations. He’d always send at least one more than you could block on third-and-passing from different angles. The End would often bull or rip the OT to clear a lane to the QB. The DL would rip and roll quite a bit as well, often finding a vacant spot in the middle when the OG slid with the rip. He did this when he had good DBs and an overall strong D. Sitting back and trying to cover your way to a stop with our current group isn’t working out real well. Grantham needs to live up to the “Dr. Pressure” monicker that many have given him, at least more so (and more creatively and diversely) than is currently happening.
I thought Elam was really good yesterday. I can’t figure out wtf is going on with linebacker play. Defense is constantly running zone and it’s exposing these DBs. Obviously Stiner sucks monkey balls but the reason these DBs look like they’re giving up big plays is because the WRs are just running short routes and sitting in the soft spots in the zones. Just let these guys man up. The few times I saw Elam on man coverage he was lights out.
I’ve noticed the zone coverages, usually when the opponents either throw under and the receiver is wide open and has a 10 yard running start or when the QB finds the soft spot after having a coffee and the morning paper. It’s clear that our groups are not real solid on the zone responsibilities. A squatting safety covers no one.
I agree with
@divits when he says we are overrated at #3, or at least our D is. I believe that without some changes in defensive ideology, we’ll likely eventually run into a group that is good enough on D that we won’t be able to simply out score. I go back to my belief that we are not quite strong enough on the LOS at this point to win more battles up front than we lose. Dexter, Cox, and a couple of others will get there, but the staff’s got to help them out now. Great motor and heart won’t always fix a narrow@ss.