Why do we need a 1B defense?

[defiantdog]

Look I know this has been argued over & over. But if you want PROOF. Look no further than UM's defense. They are so banged up on defense because they have NO depth. With our 1a's only playing 60% of the snaps not only are they still fresh right now. But they stand a 40% LESS of a chance of getting injured because they aren't on the field. Plus these IN game moments Coman, Evans, Cleavland etc etc are getting will better prepare them for success next year when they MUST play! Plus as someone said earlier we can sell recruits that they can play meaningful snaps as a true freshman.

I completely agree that it helps with keeping fresh legs and helps against injuries, but some personnel are killing us this year. Evans covers like a LB (he probably covers worse because M. Wells covers like a DB). We just always seem to get exposed down the middle of the field when Evans and Coman are in the game. I just wish there wasn't such a drop between Cox and Evans.

[thf24]

If it's fresh legs we're worried about, I wonder if we'd consider burning Brandon Bryant's redshirt for Bama. He obviously doesn't bring anything experience-wise over Evans or Coman, but he's more athletic and maybe more instinctive in pass coverage. Our only two safeties I feel completely comfortable with in pass coverage right now are Cox and Hughes. Market is a much better alternative than Evans or Coman, but he's blown coverages resulting in touchdowns multiple times this year.

[fishwater99]

You mean the two SEC POW's, JRob flipped a switch during the off-season ( in terms of work ethic and development ) by both his own and the coach's admissions. Kaleb at that point in time was where we needed him didn't really have a whole lot of options. It seems to have worked itself out.

I will argue that JROB was better than Perkins last year. You also can argue that DAK should have been the starting QB last year from day 1 over TR.

[smootness]

I completely agree that it helps with keeping fresh legs and helps against injuries, but some personnel are killing us this year. Evans covers like a LB (he probably covers worse because M. Wells covers like a DB). We just always seem to get exposed down the middle of the field when Evans and Coman are in the game. I just wish there wasn't such a drop between Cox and Evans.

But they're not. It may seem at times as though they're killing us, but these lapses are only happening in the games our coaches aren't worried about. You haven't seen these things in games against good teams. It's pretty obvious we're coaching differently depending on who the opponent is, so I don't know why we would be worried about something killing us until it actually starts to do that in a big game.

[1bigdawg]

I will argue that JROB was better than Perkins last year. You also can argue that DAK should have been the starting QB last year from day 1 over TR.

Dak might have started all of last year except for the fact that he was injured and missed all of spring training and was limited in fall camp. You have to have the reps to be a starter. That is why he did not play as well in the beginning of the year as he did later.

[NCDawg]

It will be a crime if Chris Jones is sitting on the sideline during all key defensive drives against Bama bc he's the anchor to the 1B defense. He should be next to Kaleb Eulls, and between Preston Smith and Ryan Brown if we are going to win in Tuscaloosa.

And I hope our team doesn't overlook Arkansas.

If we overlook Arkansas, we're going to be in deep do-do. They are a good football team and could have, possibly should have, beaten Alabama. They almost beat us last year. Whitley's strip of the ball towards the end of the game saved us.

[drunkernhelldawg]

If we overlook Arkansas, we're going to be in deep do-do. They are a good football team and could have, possibly should have, beaten Alabama. They almost beat us last year. Whitley's strip of the ball towards the end of the game saved us.

I had forgotten about Whitley's play there. He saved our ass in both games leading to our bowl eligibility. I actually give him credit over Dak for those wins.