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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 88564" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>Regardless of scheme 4-3, or 4-2-5, do you guys realize how undersized we are as a defense? We are small. That is why we are getting pounded. Think about it. At DT, we have a natural DE (Gotsis) and a 6-0, 280 pounder (Green). At DE we have four guys rotating, all of whom are about the size of average LBs. At one of our LBs we have Davis who is short and 210 pounds. When he subbed out it was Noble coming in (against Duke)I believe. The secondary group is about average in size, but Johnson and Golden aren't exactly enforcers in run support. Heck, back in 1990 we had a guy playing safety (Ken Swilling) who was bigger than everybody but the guys we have at DT now. If that doesn't put it in perspective for you I don't know what will.</p><p></p><p>Effort is not the problem, or at least not consistently the problem. Travis, Freeman, Gotsis, and Green are all pretty high effort guys, it is just that they are giving up a ton of size. When they are going against guys who are soft and large (VT and TwoLane) it isn't that big a deal, but UM and DUKE have big guys that are also athletes on the interior. It is a tough match up for us most games.</p><p></p><p>One guy I am learning to miss is Brandon Watts. He was a good combo player who could line up and defend the run fairly well, blitz the QB, or cover most slot guys pretty well. This year, we have given up the size with the nickel guy and we haven't (at least recently) gained much in coverage in doing so. That position has been burned a good bit the last couple games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 88564, member: 639"] Regardless of scheme 4-3, or 4-2-5, do you guys realize how undersized we are as a defense? We are small. That is why we are getting pounded. Think about it. At DT, we have a natural DE (Gotsis) and a 6-0, 280 pounder (Green). At DE we have four guys rotating, all of whom are about the size of average LBs. At one of our LBs we have Davis who is short and 210 pounds. When he subbed out it was Noble coming in (against Duke)I believe. The secondary group is about average in size, but Johnson and Golden aren't exactly enforcers in run support. Heck, back in 1990 we had a guy playing safety (Ken Swilling) who was bigger than everybody but the guys we have at DT now. If that doesn't put it in perspective for you I don't know what will. Effort is not the problem, or at least not consistently the problem. Travis, Freeman, Gotsis, and Green are all pretty high effort guys, it is just that they are giving up a ton of size. When they are going against guys who are soft and large (VT and TwoLane) it isn't that big a deal, but UM and DUKE have big guys that are also athletes on the interior. It is a tough match up for us most games. One guy I am learning to miss is Brandon Watts. He was a good combo player who could line up and defend the run fairly well, blitz the QB, or cover most slot guys pretty well. This year, we have given up the size with the nickel guy and we haven't (at least recently) gained much in coverage in doing so. That position has been burned a good bit the last couple games. [/QUOTE]
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