Tow things that have hurt VU on defense the last two games are the following:
1) LB’s not being disciplined in playing their gaps and fitting runs and not hitting the proper gap on run blitzes
2) The safeties not fitting the right gap when blitzing.
These errors caused three long runs in critical situations yesterday.
The DL is much better this year in gap discipline. The LB’s however the last two games have not done this well.
Patterson has missed several key run fits and Longwell has been late to fill gaps when it was pretty obvious seeing the run gap.
I trust Lea will fix this.
I still do not get how the safeties still seem to miss their keys on alignment and assignment. Lea also seems to not be able to call the right run gap blitz calls in critical times.
So not only the secondary but the LB’s need to be playing at a higher level to make key stops.
The defense is much improved this year on the edge including run gap responsibility. But they are still missing foundational gap control techniques and secondary recognition and assignment that create big plays.
Seems like always something with Lea. Maybe Kill can help tighten this up.
Got to win some games and eliminate these mistakes now.
1) LB’s not being disciplined in playing their gaps and fitting runs and not hitting the proper gap on run blitzes
2) The safeties not fitting the right gap when blitzing.
These errors caused three long runs in critical situations yesterday.
The DL is much better this year in gap discipline. The LB’s however the last two games have not done this well.
Patterson has missed several key run fits and Longwell has been late to fill gaps when it was pretty obvious seeing the run gap.
I trust Lea will fix this.
I still do not get how the safeties still seem to miss their keys on alignment and assignment. Lea also seems to not be able to call the right run gap blitz calls in critical times.
So not only the secondary but the LB’s need to be playing at a higher level to make key stops.
The defense is much improved this year on the edge including run gap responsibility. But they are still missing foundational gap control techniques and secondary recognition and assignment that create big plays.
Seems like always something with Lea. Maybe Kill can help tighten this up.
Got to win some games and eliminate these mistakes now.
