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I have no confidence in Muschamp coming up with this on his own, but here are a few suggestions. How about putting putting Quincy Wilson or Tabor at corner and move Poole back to Nickel or Safety where he was a solid player for us last year? That gives you experience and a better cover guy at one of the positions we are getting murdered at. And how God-awful must Nick Washington and Marcel Harris be if they can't sniff the field with this bunch in front of them? Marcus Maye is actually pretty damn good against the run, but he and Gorman can't cover people AT ALL. Neal seems fine until he gets confused, which happens 3 or 4 times a game, and that usually results in someone connecting on an 80-yard bomb with Neal chasing haplessly behind him. Lessen your liability at safety by putting Poole back there and roll out baptism by fire with Tabor/Wilson at CB.
Here's what I'm convinced of with Jeff Driskel; he fools the coaches, he's done it with 3 different OC's now. He fools them by looking like a stud in practice, looking like a big, fast, strong-armed athlete. I've seen several practices myself where Driskel is throwing darts all over and looking like a million bucks. He thrives in practice because he's secured by his red jersey and he's comfortable knowing nobody is going to truly pressure/hit him in practice. But when the lights come on and live bullets start flying, this is a different dude. "Deer in the headlights" doesn't even touch it. Remember the reports that he never threw an interception at all during fall practice? Well, that should have been sign #1 that our secondary was beyond abysmal instead of affirmation of how good Driskel had become. At this point, we MUST see what Treon Harris can do. Hell, he may be a phenom for all we know. Can he possibly be worse?
It is unimaginable to me that none of these defensive coaches; Durkin, Robinson or Muschamp, could pick up on any signs that our secondary was seriously under-skilled and under-developed. Our secondary is so ****ty that Driskel never threw a pick against them, thus giving Roper a false impression that Driskel was something he's not come game time. I'm guessing Roper had a moment during Bama where he asked himself, "who the **** is that guy and what has he done with the Jeff Driskel I watched practice for 8 weeks?" Make changes, coaches, NOW!
Here's what I'm convinced of with Jeff Driskel; he fools the coaches, he's done it with 3 different OC's now. He fools them by looking like a stud in practice, looking like a big, fast, strong-armed athlete. I've seen several practices myself where Driskel is throwing darts all over and looking like a million bucks. He thrives in practice because he's secured by his red jersey and he's comfortable knowing nobody is going to truly pressure/hit him in practice. But when the lights come on and live bullets start flying, this is a different dude. "Deer in the headlights" doesn't even touch it. Remember the reports that he never threw an interception at all during fall practice? Well, that should have been sign #1 that our secondary was beyond abysmal instead of affirmation of how good Driskel had become. At this point, we MUST see what Treon Harris can do. Hell, he may be a phenom for all we know. Can he possibly be worse?
It is unimaginable to me that none of these defensive coaches; Durkin, Robinson or Muschamp, could pick up on any signs that our secondary was seriously under-skilled and under-developed. Our secondary is so ****ty that Driskel never threw a pick against them, thus giving Roper a false impression that Driskel was something he's not come game time. I'm guessing Roper had a moment during Bama where he asked himself, "who the **** is that guy and what has he done with the Jeff Driskel I watched practice for 8 weeks?" Make changes, coaches, NOW!
