Breaking down our spring game defense

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I feel good about our defense as well especially with Pruitt's background and the fact we will be implementing a tried and true defense that has not only worked at Bama but also at UGA under Smart. I suppose the only negative there is Saban and Smart will be seeing something they are both very familiar with which might give some insight on how to penetrate the defense. Still, why mess with it if it is not broken?
 
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would be nice to see a bunch of starters, on both sides of the ball, in a game with someone other than ourselves...:)

GBO!
 
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Front 7 not getting much pressure was definitely disappointing. Gotta hope guys like Tuttle/Kongbo can take a step forward, getting Bituli and DK back will help with LB blitzing, and Gooden and Mincey can help out with the pass rush.
 
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The article mentions Deandre Johnson...why do I have no recollection of him whatsoever?
 
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Volnatic said:
The article mentions Deandre Johnson...why do I have no recollection of him whatsoever?
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Well, he's not exactly a star just yet. Freshman DE last season who probably wouldn't have played if it hadn't been for all the injuries. Coaches seemed to be pretty high on his potential. The new staff seems to think he's a fit at LB. I think he'll get to be a pretty familiar name going forward.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Well, he's not exactly a star just yet. Freshman DE last season who probably wouldn't have played if it hadn't been for all the injuries. Coaches seemed to be pretty high on his potential. The new staff seems to think he's a fit at LB. I think he'll get to be a pretty familiar name going forward.
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Stole him from the U
 
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RollerVol said:
would be nice to see a bunch of starters, on both sides of the ball, in a game with someone other than ourselves...:)

GBO!
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You did see one of our major starters in Tuttle on the DL unable to produce much in the way of a pass rush. THAT should be worrying to any defensive minded fan IMO. We have to be able to pressure the QB on obvious passing downs. I do think Pruitt is realistic. If he knows our DL sucks, he'll get creative with blitzes as he'll have to IMO. The key will be I can see with blitzing he'll make OCs guess how they want to deal with QB pressure? Do they require QBs and receivers to read correctly and break off for short throws or do they throw it up for one on one big plays? Our DBs under those types of scenarios have to understand they will get lots of opportunities to jump routes and go one on one with WRs for jump balls for turnovers.
 
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Remy said:
You did see one of our major starters in Tuttle on the DL unable to produce much in the way of a pass rush. THAT should be worrying to any defensive minded fan IMO. We have to be able to pressure the QB on obvious passing downs. I do think Pruitt is realistic. If he knows our DL sucks, he'll get creative with blitzes as he'll have to IMO. The key will be I can see with blitzing he'll make OCs guess how they want to deal with QB pressure? Do they require QBs and receivers to read correctly and break off for short throws or do they throw it up for one on one big plays? Our DBs under those types of scenarios have to understand they will get lots of opportunities to jump routes and go one on one with WRs for jump balls for turnovers.
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Tuttle was playing NT. Their primary focus is occupying blockers. He’s learning the position also.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Well, he's not exactly a star just yet. Freshman DE last season who probably wouldn't have played if it hadn't been for all the injuries. Coaches seemed to be pretty high on his potential. The new staff seems to think he's a fit at LB. I think he'll get to be a pretty familiar name going forward.
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Thanks. I keep up with recruiting fairly closely, but I just can't for the life of me remember anything about this kid.
 
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Hawkeye4588 said:
I feel good about our defense as well especially with Pruitt's background and the fact we will be implementing a tried and true defense that has not only worked at Bama but also at UGA under Smart. I suppose the only negative there is Saban and Smart will be seeing something they are both very familiar with which might give some insight on how to penetrate the defense. Still, why mess with it if it is not broken?
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I think it's only tried and true if you have the personnel to run the scheme. Sunseri went to a 3-4 and we all know how that turned out.

I do think that Pruitt has more talent to work with and once he gets his type of player in, the D will be nasty! :good!:
 
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Volnatic said:
Thanks. I keep up with recruiting fairly closely, but I just can't for the life of me remember anything about this kid.
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He was one of our early enrollees and one of the first to have Butch's black stripe removed. I'm sure you had to have heard of him. You probably just blocked him out, along with a lot of other painful memories from last year. It's understandable.
 
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My two biggest concerns with the defense is will the LBers have the lateral quickness to get to the sidelines and if they get there will they tackle well fundamentally. The second is will we see any interior d linemen pass rush push? I understand that ideology of occuping blockers, I’m speaking about obvious passing downs. An interior lineman penetration will bust up an offense faster than anything.
 
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dan4vols said:
My two biggest concerns with the defense is will the LBers have the lateral quickness to get to the sidelines and if they get there will they tackle well fundamentally. The second is will we see any interior d linemen pass rush push? I understand that ideology of occuping blockers, I’m speaking about obvious passing downs. An interior lineman penetration will bust up an offense faster than anything.
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The key word here is"quickness". (good post bye the way)

I have not seen much quickness over the last few years. Speed??? Maybe.
The quickness I speak of does not come from the physical side only... A whole lot of what I think we have been missing out on is mental quickness. whether it is from lack of football knowledge or the other type, our teams just have not shown me much quickness.
 
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Really couldn't tell much from the spring game and things will be different when the thirty new arrivals hit campus for fall camp. Hoping to see a bunch of early contributors.
 
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Orange defense said:
Tennessee Vols Football: Spring game defense tape breakdown - Rocky Top Talk

I believe that we will be ok. There were times that our defense looked good. I still think with 89 days to go, they will be ready. :dance2:
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Agree 100%! We were also missing a lot of guys, who were injured that could either be starters or in the 2 deep. Plus the guys who weren't on campus yet like George Jr, Peterson, Gooden and Flowers. Then throw in learning a new defense and new style of coaching. I definitely expect us to look much better in the run game, tackling and being more physical. Hopefully we have enough coachable talent in the secondary to play well also, which I believe we do. I don't see us giving up any 400,500 or 600 yard rushing games, or averaging anywhere close to the 250 rushing yards a game average we did last yr. We definitely have too much talent in our front 7 to be that bad. Taylor, Tuttle, Kongbo,Phillips, D.Johnson,A.Johnson,Gooden, DK Jr, Bituli, Sapp and Ignont. Our LB's, Taylor, Sapp,Bituli,Kirkland,Ignont, D.Johnson,J.Allen and JJ Peterson is definitely our defensive strength.
 
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Remy said:
You did see one of our major starters in Tuttle on the DL unable to produce much in the way of a pass rush. THAT should be worrying to any defensive minded fan IMO. We have to be able to pressure the QB on obvious passing downs. I do think Pruitt is realistic. If he knows our DL sucks, he'll get creative with blitzes as he'll have to IMO. The key will be I can see with blitzing he'll make OCs guess how they want to deal with QB pressure? Do they require QBs and receivers to read correctly and break off for short throws or do they throw it up for one on one big plays? Our DBs under those types of scenarios have to understand they will get lots of opportunities to jump routes and go one on one with WRs for jump balls for turnovers.
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Truth be told teams didn't pass on us a lot last yr so there wasn't the normal amount of pass rushing opportunities as there would have been if teams weren't running all over us. I think between Tuttle, Kongbo,Phillips,A.Johnson and Gooden upfront, we should be ok in pass rush with the LB's also getting lots of opportunities to rush the QB. Taylor now being an OLB will benefit from playing on the line the last few yrs. If guys like Emerson, JUCO J.Allen, Mincey, Butler,G Arland and Bennett continue developing ,that would be huge for depth and competition.
 
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Hacksaw said:
He was one of our early enrollees and one of the first to have Butch's black stripe removed. I'm sure you had to have heard of him. You probably just blocked him out, along with a lot of other painful memories from last year. It's understandable.
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You're probably right.
 
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Boca Vol said:
I think it's only tried and true if you have the personnel to run the scheme. Sunseri went to a 3-4 and we all know how that turned out.

I do think that Pruitt has more talent to work with and once he gets his type of player in, the D will be nasty! :good!:
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Agree!! Pruitt definitely has more to work with and our coaching strength is on the defensive side. And we have really good offensive Coach's, but the defensive staff plus JP is as elite as anyone's in the country. We have zero coaching weaknesses on defense, unlike last yr and yrs past. Sunseri had zero business being the DC. With DE and LB being our strength, we are probably even better suited to run the 3-4 than the 4-3. NG is a weakness but could change depending on if Tuttle stays healthy, A.Johnson plays like he can plus depending on where Gooden plays. You would think NG with his size but probably plays some DE too. With just one NG typically on the field at a time he probably plays both. Really wouldn't surprise me if Gooden ends up our starting NG very early on. Think our starting DE's are Phillip's and Kongbo, NG Gooden or Tuttle, OLB's Taylor and Johnson, then Bituli and Sapp. Could go either way with Bituli and Kirkland but don't see how you don't start Bituli with DK Jr getting lots of snaps also. Outside of Warrior, I have no clue on the rest of the secondary or the Nickel whenever they use it. George Jr could have a say on one of the CB spots. Abernathy probably starts ahead of TN Jr as the other safety spot depend on how rusty he looks.
 
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I didn't think we'd ever come close to anything as pathetic as the Sunseri debacle of 2012. We sure made a valiant run at it the past 2 years though.

I'm not confident in much at all with our football program anymore, but it's almost impossible for us to get any worse defensively than we have been.
 
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Everyone who was confused on who Pruitt was calling out in the spring game now knows who it was directed at now.
 
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