he did an amazing job with our defense this year. 10 out of our 12 games - our D ranged from good to great. The other 2 we didn't do that well.
Chris Wilson once again coached an outstanding game...
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I wasn't knocking him although the Auburn game is the only one that I think we could have had improvement.
Auburn ATE OUR LUNCH with the jet sweep. Plain and simple. Last year, we blitzed hard and often and penetrate on the edges (even though they really didn't need the sweep last year, we got after Newton the whole first half). Defensively, you take the sweep away by good penetration by your ends and contain. We didn't do any of that, instead, we played back and were scared to get beat deep. Same thing against Arkansas. We rushed 3 and 4 much of the game, but worst of all, we let Wilson get comfortable early by not blitzing once the first drive. Big mistake defensively on our part. We played some very good games, but I think we could have done some things to be more aggressive and take away those elements (AU sweep and Tyler Wilson) to have a chance to win the game. <div>
</div><div>Even though we were playing NOT to get beat on those first drives, both at Auburn and Arkansas, we ended up giving up HUGE chunks of yardage at a time trying NOT to get beat deep. We needed to make our presence known defensively and keep some momentum on our side of the field. We didn't do that and in both games, and insteadwe gave up scores on our first two drives in both games. Poor strategy by our defensive staff. </div>
</div><div>Even though we were playing NOT to get beat on those first drives, both at Auburn and Arkansas, we ended up giving up HUGE chunks of yardage at a time trying NOT to get beat deep. We needed to make our presence known defensively and keep some momentum on our side of the field. We didn't do that and in both games, and insteadwe gave up scores on our first two drives in both games. Poor strategy by our defensive staff. </div>
but our special teams really put us behind the eight ball in that game. Auburn's average starting position was on our side of the field, I believe.
I had my doubts about Manny's "co-DC" stepping up this year. A couple of disappointing hiccups notwithstanding, I confess I was way off in my worries. Our D came through and kept us in some games we otherwise wouldn't have been in. LSU is a prime example. I wish we could have executed on offense more effectively because D was generally pretty dang reliable. Still room for improvement but overall better D than I anticipated after losing Diaz.
Wilson probably didnt know what he had on D and played it safe. Like I said, he gets a pass from me. The D has been a pleasant surprise for the season as a whole.
Terrible angles and missed tackles made our D look like complete ***. We get decent LB play and we beat Auburn by 2 scores. I believe the Auburn game was were Maye showed his true colors. I can't say enough how far along our LB's have come this season from being the weakest link to being a solid group. Props to Collins and Wilson.
I'll give him a pass against Auburn because we started to stop them once we realized that they were listening in on our headsets. Interestingly enough, that's when their team started to struggle as well.