Question from reporter: On what hed change now to defend Tennessees philosophy of protecting their quarterback-
Execute. There are a number of times when were in palms coverage or flow coverage, where we have the flat covered. We sunk on it. Like I said, their scheme is very challenging because they run whats called a sprint-draw action. The sprint-draw messes with your linebackers reads because he has a hold in the box for the sprint-draw and you teach your linebackers and your secondary to read the hats of the linemen. When you have a sprint-draw, the hats are the same, whether its a play-action pass or a drop-back pass. It really challenges your football intelligences. It challenges you to make great reads. And what they call in defensive terms, your panic drops by your linebackers. I thought they did a great job that way. Its the execution of the plays called. Thats on us as coaching. We have to do a better job of teaching and coaching it and the players have to execute it. There were a number of times when on the board, we had the right defense called, but we just didnt execute it. That gets backto continuing to improve and understand exactly what the responsibility of all 11 are.
