crazyguy
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I'm just as upset as anyone about the woodshed beating our defense just took. I thought I would give my positives and negatives as well as some quick grades to the units.
Negatives: Secondary, Defensive front, Wide receivers, special teams
Positives: qb, offensive line, rb's, wide receivers.
Grades:
QB Erik Ainge- A-
Erik did a great job of finding the open man and not forcing throws. His first half was spectacular minus the fumble. Give Erik the receivers he had last year and we put up 50+, but this is not last year.
Running Backs- C+
The running backs played ok. Foster was the highlight and although he did show great strength in breaking a number of tackles along with 86yrds and a 6.6ypr, he was caught from behind several times. The running game was rolling and would probably have been much better had the next group done more.
Wide Receivers- C
Although receivers did a decent job of catching the ball, there was absolutely ZERO long ball threat. Some may say this was Ainge, but I attribute this to our WR's youth. Taylor played well early with 106 yrds total and 17.0 ypc...pretty impressive.
Defensive Front- D
6.2 ypc and 231yds total are an embarrassment. The defensive front was pathetic tonight. I'm willing to forgive the pass rush a bit, as the secondary was pretty bad in its own right which reduced the ability to blitz.
Defensive Secondary\linebackers-D
I'm bunching these together because they played about the same. Allowing 240 yards passing is bad, but not as bad as allowing running backs to pass through you like a highly efficient toilet is worse. The tackling was terrible, and the early pass interference call was very costly. we looked like cal last year.
Offensive line-B
For the most part Ainge had plenty of time to run and the rb's were able to get past the first line. Good by the O line to hold back a blitzing cal team.
Special Teams-D-
Only the long field goal keeps this unit from an F. I was puckering so bad our special teams came out that I'm planning on opening a jewelry store later this week. The punt on the runback was placed perfectly, just defended like a bunch of school girls in a three legged race. pathetic. Kickoffs went for long yardage several times. I know the kickoff line has been moved back, but the tackling was very poor.
Coaching-C
Cut seemed to have a decent game plan and for the most part executed that game plan fairly well. Chavis on the other hand came in with a play book that was set up like a "memory" game, and his memory was lacking. The lack of a pass rush allowed longshore to sit back and survey the field for what seemed like an eternity. The call to not run it on 4th down early inside the 5 was unforgivable. The run game had been great up until that point and we gave away those 7 points.
All in all I come away with mixed emotions. Our wide receivers will improve and if we can get a vertical threat to develop then this offense could be special. On the other hand, the defense looked worse tonight than I have seen it in years, and the SEC is all about defense. If the defense does not improve then Tennessee will be Kentucky a la late 90's. let's pray X is ok.
Negatives: Secondary, Defensive front, Wide receivers, special teams
Positives: qb, offensive line, rb's, wide receivers.
Grades:
QB Erik Ainge- A-
Erik did a great job of finding the open man and not forcing throws. His first half was spectacular minus the fumble. Give Erik the receivers he had last year and we put up 50+, but this is not last year.
Running Backs- C+
The running backs played ok. Foster was the highlight and although he did show great strength in breaking a number of tackles along with 86yrds and a 6.6ypr, he was caught from behind several times. The running game was rolling and would probably have been much better had the next group done more.
Wide Receivers- C
Although receivers did a decent job of catching the ball, there was absolutely ZERO long ball threat. Some may say this was Ainge, but I attribute this to our WR's youth. Taylor played well early with 106 yrds total and 17.0 ypc...pretty impressive.
Defensive Front- D
6.2 ypc and 231yds total are an embarrassment. The defensive front was pathetic tonight. I'm willing to forgive the pass rush a bit, as the secondary was pretty bad in its own right which reduced the ability to blitz.
Defensive Secondary\linebackers-D
I'm bunching these together because they played about the same. Allowing 240 yards passing is bad, but not as bad as allowing running backs to pass through you like a highly efficient toilet is worse. The tackling was terrible, and the early pass interference call was very costly. we looked like cal last year.
Offensive line-B
For the most part Ainge had plenty of time to run and the rb's were able to get past the first line. Good by the O line to hold back a blitzing cal team.
Special Teams-D-
Only the long field goal keeps this unit from an F. I was puckering so bad our special teams came out that I'm planning on opening a jewelry store later this week. The punt on the runback was placed perfectly, just defended like a bunch of school girls in a three legged race. pathetic. Kickoffs went for long yardage several times. I know the kickoff line has been moved back, but the tackling was very poor.
Coaching-C
Cut seemed to have a decent game plan and for the most part executed that game plan fairly well. Chavis on the other hand came in with a play book that was set up like a "memory" game, and his memory was lacking. The lack of a pass rush allowed longshore to sit back and survey the field for what seemed like an eternity. The call to not run it on 4th down early inside the 5 was unforgivable. The run game had been great up until that point and we gave away those 7 points.
All in all I come away with mixed emotions. Our wide receivers will improve and if we can get a vertical threat to develop then this offense could be special. On the other hand, the defense looked worse tonight than I have seen it in years, and the SEC is all about defense. If the defense does not improve then Tennessee will be Kentucky a la late 90's. let's pray X is ok.
