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<blockquote data-quote="GaTech4ever" data-source="post: 225914" data-attributes="member: 660"><p>I appreciate you taking the time to pull those numbers and they do provide insight I wouldn't have otherwise. However, I am sticking with my opinion that having two defenders drafted isn't going to make a defense significantly more efficient. Especially when those two will likely be the only defenders drafted who got significant playing time in 2015 (I'd add AJ Gray, who is great but probably got about the 5th most PT of anyone in our secondary, and maybe Freeman/Gamble, who didn't play like true NFL prospects in 2015).</p><p></p><p>It goes deeper than having two guys drafted and a few others be essentially camp bodies (I hate how that sounds but don't know any other way to put it). Even some of our defenders who did get drafted in the past few years like Thomas and Watts have less than 10 tackles combined in their NFL careers. Guys like Attaochu and Gotsis stick out SO MUCH on our D because they are on a completely different level than everyone else. I do not think that Roof has had much talent as it may seem by merely looking at our best players who got drafted, and our UDFA who don't stick in the NFL.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you that UDFA are obviously better than guys who don't get picked up, but I also think that some of our UDFA get looks because of the intangibles I previously mentioned - not on-field productivity. And I have more respect for those guys than the 5* uga UDFA who didn't do much in college but is still living off his name. I do believe that if a guy like Saban was coaching the D we'd be more efficient than we are now with Roof, so I'm not saying coaching isn't a factor. I just believe that the talent (or lack thereof) is a bigger issue than coaching and could be why we are so vanilla. Like you said, this year's results will show a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GaTech4ever, post: 225914, member: 660"] I appreciate you taking the time to pull those numbers and they do provide insight I wouldn't have otherwise. However, I am sticking with my opinion that having two defenders drafted isn't going to make a defense significantly more efficient. Especially when those two will likely be the only defenders drafted who got significant playing time in 2015 (I'd add AJ Gray, who is great but probably got about the 5th most PT of anyone in our secondary, and maybe Freeman/Gamble, who didn't play like true NFL prospects in 2015). It goes deeper than having two guys drafted and a few others be essentially camp bodies (I hate how that sounds but don't know any other way to put it). Even some of our defenders who did get drafted in the past few years like Thomas and Watts have less than 10 tackles combined in their NFL careers. Guys like Attaochu and Gotsis stick out SO MUCH on our D because they are on a completely different level than everyone else. I do not think that Roof has had much talent as it may seem by merely looking at our best players who got drafted, and our UDFA who don't stick in the NFL. I agree with you that UDFA are obviously better than guys who don't get picked up, but I also think that some of our UDFA get looks because of the intangibles I previously mentioned - not on-field productivity. And I have more respect for those guys than the 5* uga UDFA who didn't do much in college but is still living off his name. I do believe that if a guy like Saban was coaching the D we'd be more efficient than we are now with Roof, so I'm not saying coaching isn't a factor. I just believe that the talent (or lack thereof) is a bigger issue than coaching and could be why we are so vanilla. Like you said, this year's results will show a lot. [/QUOTE]
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