Preston Smith's play Saturday was under-appreciated. This article reminded me of something I saw happened and it immediately led to more pressure. About mid way through the 2nd quarter, we moved Preston down low toward the nose. When we put an incredibly athletic DE over Matthews is when the snaps started to go awry. It was also when we started to have pressure up front and helped to shut them down. This was INCREDIBLY GOOD coaching.
Between pressure and taking away their best elements, we flustered the hell out of them. This is what good defenses do against good to great offenses... They don't overpower you, they take away what you want to do and make you play out of your element. Guarantee you see this strategy against auburn.
That's also the challenge with our offense is that... What do you take away? There is so much balance there... What do you take away from us to make us beat you with something else? Stop Robinson? Ok, we will run dak. Wanna stop them both? Ok, we will dink and dunk you over the middle. Wanna take away the middle? A couple of back shoulder throws to bear will make you rethink that. That's not even touching our screen game. Our balance is unreal.
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