Defense: The Big If.....

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Our offense, providing no significant injuries to key players, will be as good as any in the league.... and maybe the nation. However the verdict is still out pn the defense. Do we have enough depth to play four quarters with the SEC elite? Can we stop the run still be able to put pressure on the opposition QB? If our defense can just be a little above average we might have a shot at playing in Atlanta twice in 2012!
 
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if our offense is as good as we think they will be, our defense will only have to be ok, they will have the freedom of blitzing a lot and not worrying about the running game of the other team.
 
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rockydoc said:
Our offense, providing no significant injuries to key players, will be as good as any in the league.... and maybe the nation. However the verdict is still out pn the defense. Do we have enough depth to play four quarters with the SEC elite? Can we stop the run still be able to put pressure on the opposition QB? If our defense can just be a little above average we might have a shot at playing in Atlanta twice in 2012!
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Witch Doctor will be along any minute now,,,reading his bones. Trust him, his bones never lie. He and he alone is the only one on VolNation whom you should trust when it comes to reading the future.
 
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johndoevol said:
if our offense is as good as we think they will be, our defense will only have to be ok, they will have the freedom of blitzing a lot and not worrying about the running game of the other team.
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Well, If the passing games as good as advertised, our defense will be on the field a lot..
 
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Passing game will open up the run. The run game will help the defense, by staying on the field longer. The new D-Coordinator agressive scheme will also help. I look for our defense to be better than predicted. It won't be Alabama or LSU but it will get the job done. I really just cannot wait for this season to get going. I just pray that the injury bug does not hang over Knoxville this year.
 
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Maybe we can mix in a solid run game this year to chew up clock and give the D a break...
 
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ACvol3 said:
Well, If the passing games as good as advertised, our defense will be on the field a lot..
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Not necessarily. When opponents have to play catch up, they scrap their "ball control" scheme, and the tempo picks up on both sides of the ball. We should have the best defense we've had since we went to the SECC game, when Fulmer was still coaching. More talent and depth, and we've NEVER had such a behemoth at DT/NT as Bic Mac.

Henderson and Haynesworth were big in their own right, but dang...this dude should collapse the pocket up the middle on a regular basis and make the Rush LB's job a lot easier.
 
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ACvol3 said:
Well, If the passing games as good as advertised, our defense will be on the field a lot..
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Usually, yes but the way the passing game was used last year (before hunter got hurt) seemed to be for possession. Sure, we went down field when the coaches thought opportunity felt right, but we also had a ton of 5-8 yd passes to move the chains. I think Dooley mentioned something about the long drives last summer during camp.

With the receivers we have now I think that shorter drives will most likely be the norm for this upcoming season, but Bray has shown the patience to take what the defenses give him. Hopefully, the run game will be clicking so we won't be so pass heavy this year.
 
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IMHO our defense was pretty darn good last year. The offense (and kicking game) put us in very difficult positions on the field last year. I believe if our D is as good as it was last year and as aggressive as it was in the O&W game* i think we'll be okay.

* It's understood that spring games don't provide much of a measuring stick for a teams
success, however i can't remember a Tennessee secondary be that aggressive EVER.
And i don't remember a lot of missed tackles either.
 
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ACvol3 said:
Well, If the passing games as good as advertised, our defense will be on the field a lot..
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Well yeah, but they will not have to worry about the running game, the other team will be desperate to catch up with us in the scoreboard and our defense will have the freedom to blitz a lot and be very agressive.

It just becomes simpler if they (the other team) have to come from behind. :):hi:

JMO.
 
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We'll know more about the D's depth and conditioning on Sept 15 and much more on Sept 29. They gonna be fine!
 
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just a little above average?

is that what our defense needs to be?????

>average against wat?
 
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All the D has to do is make 1 stop per game and we win it All!!! I mean isn't the offense going to score on every posession?
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Our defense is going to depend on how well that one linebacker sets up the d-line and the other linebackers. In Alabubbas system, their linebackers watch just as much film as their QBs. One safety and one linebacker pretty much control the defense on the field in that system. I don't know how Sal is going to do this but from what I have read he knows Sabans system very well and I wouldn't be surprised to see how he spins up those linebackers in such a way that they will end up controlling the defense much like the QB does the offense. This could be really fun to watch and see how they progress to this new system.
 
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