This defense is legitimately bad.

#52
#52
But yet most people will say georgias defense is atleast top 10 in the country. We lost a close game to a great opponent. The sky is not falling and we are going to win alot of games this year. Some will come because of our defense.
 
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UTK said:
Tim Banks is legitimately bad in big games. Watch we will hold Miss State to like 10 points lol he wants to flex on the smaller teams to make himself seem better than he is when in reality we are just out talen ting people
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I’m sorry brother but I’m gonna have to challenge you here- Clemson, LSU,Bama2x, FL 2x Tim Banks has made TN defense respectable again
 
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The_topis_Rocky89 said:
I’m sorry brother but I’m gonna have to challenge you here- Clemson, LSU,Bama2x, FL 2x Tim Banks has made TN defense respectable again
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Clemson started a freshman QB, LSU was good, Bama last year was good, Bama in 2022 they gave up 49 points so not good, neither Florida team was good.
 
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#56
Excuses every year. You score 38 pts against Georgia you should win even Kirby said we deserved to win. Jeez stop a good team for once and stop giving up chunk plays almost every damn series
 
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Derek Reese's jumpshot said:
500 yards and 44 points to a QB that hasn’t been able to throw on anyone making his first road start.

And we let them run all over us for over half the game before changing things up and selling out to stop the run.
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We were down to our 4th or 5th string DTs there at the end. UGA kept setting the edge and it was so frustrating. BoBo has coached circles around Tim Banks for the past 3 years. Its frustrating yes, but encouraging because we have so much room to get better. That was 2 playoff teams going to war. Its just heart breaking it was our Vols that gave the game away.
 
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aRmo said:
We were down to our 4th or 5th string DTs there at the end. UGA kept setting the edge and it was so frustrating. BoBo has coached circles around Tim Banks for the past 3 years. Its frustrating yes, but encouraging because we have so much room to get better. That was 2 playoff teams going to war. Its just heart breaking it was our Vols that gave the game away.
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Also I'm gonna get real petty here and call out the blatant hold on their big run in OT. Right guard got beat in the gap and had a handful of jersey, but of course that Ichabod Crane ref and his crew quickly looked away.
 
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rocketskates said:
Also I'm gonna get real petty here and call out the blatant hold on their big run in OT. Right guard got beat in the gap and had a handful of jersey, but of course that Ichabod Crane ref and his crew quickly looked away.
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Yea, thats another reason Heupel chose to kicm it with 7 seconds left. First time i have seen Huepel coach not to lose instead of going for the kill.
 
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Go47 said:
I think an honest assessment of the defense is:

1. We can see the dropoff at DT (even if we were healthy) is pretty significant compared to last year. We look smaller / we are younger with the injuries / we can’t stop the power run up the middle (Syracuse even did this to UT so it’s not just that we played UGA).

2. Without Gibson / McCoy we are very susceptible at corner - more teams will now pick on Redmond from the jump.

3. Our talent at safety is - at best -
Mid level for the SEC. Maybe not even that.

4. We don’t tackle well in space too much.

5. Carter is a player at LB . . . Herring shows promise. Telander is physical but slow for SEC LB play.

Overall - before injuries - this defense, talent wise, is at best a middle of the pack defense in the SEC. With the injuries / lack of depth, we are not even that.

Last year, the defense carried the offense. This year the offense will have to carry the defense.

Until UT is really good / has true depth on both sides of the ball . . . They will be 7-5 to 9-3 team with annual losses to the big boys. With our lack of offense last year, it was a great job by our coaches to get to 10-2.
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This is pretty spot on. I’ve wondered if McCoy comes back at CB if we would be better just letting Boo play safety next to Farooq, and playing McMurray at nickel. Hood and McCoy the CB’s.

If Hobbs and Moi come back healthy it should help some, but yes, I still think there is a drop off from last year at DT even when fully healthy.

As a bright spot, I think those were two of the better O-lines we’ll play this year. Syracuse had a starting guard (Ferguson) that was a former top 60 recruit and a transfer from Alabama/Georgia. So, good tests at DT thus far.
 
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Go47 said:
I think an honest assessment of the defense is:

1. We can see the dropoff at DT (even if we were healthy) is pretty significant compared to last year. We look smaller / we are younger with the injuries / we can’t stop the power run up the middle (Syracuse even did this to UT so it’s not just that we played UGA).

2. Without Gibson / McCoy we are very susceptible at corner - more teams will now pick on Redmond from the jump.

3. Our talent at safety is - at best -
Mid level for the SEC. Maybe not even that.

4. We don’t tackle well in space too much.

5. Carter is a player at LB . . . Herring shows promise. Telander is physical but slow for SEC LB play.

Overall - before injuries - this defense, talent wise, is at best a middle of the pack defense in the SEC. With the injuries / lack of depth, we are not even that.

Last year, the defense carried the offense. This year the offense will have to carry the defense.

Until UT is really good / has true depth on both sides of the ball . . . They will be 7-5 to 9-3 team with annual losses to the big boys. With our lack of offense last year, it was a great job by our coaches to get to 10-2.
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Evaluation, recruiting, and development have to be better for us to take that next step
 
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csheaton said:
This is pretty spot on. I’ve wondered if McCoy comes back at CB if we would be better just letting Boo play safety next to Farooq, and playing McMurray at nickel. Hood and McCoy the CB’s.

If Hobbs and Moi come back healthy it should help some, but yes, I still think there is a drop off from last year at DT even when fully healthy.

As a bright spot, I think those were two of the better O-lines we’ll play this year. Syracuse had a starting guard (Ferguson) that was a former top 60 recruit and a transfer from Alabama/Georgia. So, good tests at DT thus far.
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Georgia had some injuries on their OL too I’m pretty sure
 
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#64
TN out played Georgia today and still lost. The bad thing is that the home crowd gave UT as good of a chance as anyone can expect. This probably would have been ugly for the Vols on the road.
 
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Derek Reese's jumpshot said:
500 yards and 44 points to a QB that hasn’t been able to throw on anyone making his first road start.

And we let them run all over us for over half the game before changing things up and selling out to stop the run.
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Imagine what UGA fans are saying right now. They gave up 371 yards and 4TDs to a guy that played for App St last season and has only been taking snaps in this system for 1.5 months.

If anyone thought UGA wasn't gonna put up points, especially with 4 starters out, then they were fooling themselves.
 
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That’s a top 2 team in the country only behind Ohio state because we have to give respect to the champs but what sealed the deal for me is in the 3rd quarter they marched that bit## right down our throats and made us like it nd we couldn’t nothing about it…once they settled down on defense the game changed it should’ve never had to even been put in the kickers hands hopefully we learn from this
 
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Derek Reese's jumpshot said:
At least with the injuries we have now. And even with injuries, giving up 500 yards to Stockton and that offense at home is putrid.

This pass defense is awful and has been shredded by Angeli and Stockton. Almost 600 yards passing given up in just two games against QBs that aren’t close to the best we’ll see this year.

There’s nothing in the middle of this defense either. The DTs we have left get swallowed up and Telander looks like he runs a 5.0 40. He’s slow and got roasted all game. And for some reason we want to play a walk on 20 snaps a game at LB despite all the young guys we have recruited. That is unexplainable.

If Hobbs, Moi, and McCoy can’t come back, this is going to be a very bad defense that gets killed all year. Horribly disappointed in Banks and what he’s doing right now, we should not have regressed this far.
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I thought our LB's have been putrid all year. Occasional they hit a hole off tackle and get someone down but can not contain or tackle very well. Didn't think Carter played well at all year. Seee them way out of position or very slow and late getting there. Our DB's and Safety's are coming down and getting the first hits in the run game Most of the time after 4 yard or more gains.
 
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Is it safe to say that a cornerback who can’t turn his head to defend the pass is just not good?

Our defense created more turnovers than their defense.
 
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#71
I have criticisms like everyone else; but, make one field goal (a result almost completely in our on hands...or hands and foot) and we win. So, whatever else, the offense and defense played well enough to win.
 
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Derek Reese's jumpshot said:
At least with the injuries we have now. And even with injuries, giving up 500 yards to Stockton and that offense at home is putrid.

This pass defense is awful and has been shredded by Angeli and Stockton. Almost 600 yards passing given up in just two games against QBs that aren’t close to the best we’ll see this year.

There’s nothing in the middle of this defense either. The DTs we have left get swallowed up and Telander looks like he runs a 5.0 40. He’s slow and got roasted all game. And for some reason we want to play a walk on 20 snaps a game at LB despite all the young guys we have recruited. That is unexplainable.

If Hobbs, Moi, and McCoy can’t come back, this is going to be a very bad defense that gets killed all year. Horribly disappointed in Banks and what he’s doing right now, we should not have regressed this far.
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Our D was absolutely roasted the last big game we played as well (OSU). More times than not I am very underwhelmed with Tim Banks. He has had spots but more times than not his defenses just aren't good enough.
 
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Derek Reese's jumpshot said:
At least with the injuries we have now. And even with injuries, giving up 500 yards to Stockton and that offense at home is putrid.

This pass defense is awful and has been shredded by Angeli and Stockton. Almost 600 yards passing given up in just two games against QBs that aren’t close to the best we’ll see this year.

There’s nothing in the middle of this defense either. The DTs we have left get swallowed up and Telander looks like he runs a 5.0 40. He’s slow and got roasted all game. And for some reason we want to play a walk on 20 snaps a game at LB despite all the young guys we have recruited. That is unexplainable.

If Hobbs, Moi, and McCoy can’t come back, this is going to be a very bad defense that gets killed all year. Horribly disappointed in Banks and what he’s doing right now, we should not have regressed this far
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Georgia's defense is suppose to be top 5 and we put 496 yards up on their defense.
 
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