Quote Originally Posted by engie View Post
So, we should expect more than 15 interceptions from the DB position?

I get what you are saying and agree -- that scheme will better allow them to showcase speed this year. But they didn't actually get faster. Thus my counterpoint that speed manifests itself in many different ways(int's)...even when playing soft coverage.

And the downside of what you are saying is that we will get beat deep way more often this year... so the DBs are going to look a lot better on the casual 5-15 yard outs that killed us last year -- but worse at the same time on the bombs. Which is a change that I'm actually happy with...
Speed doesn't translate into interceptions. We were clearly special at DB last year - both of those guys are going to be starting for their teams on Sundays this year. I just think we are going to be a lot more aggressive on the edges, which will benefit us significantly, especially against these air raid offenses we are playing. Last year, mostly due to scheme, we looked two steps slow against TAMU and Ole Miss (and even Troy if you recall). I don't believe that will be the case this year.