I saw the DLine and LBs playing worse than the DBs. The entire defense had tackling amnesia. They barely tested our DBs. Didn't have to do it. They could run enough to win based on atrocious tackling.
I am pretty sure a lot of that was DBs coming up and missing tackles. For that defense to work, that can’t happen. The reason our DBs weren’t tested is because of the pressure we put on them. 1 sack and 7 tackles for loss are not stats that indicate we weren’t making tackles. This does have me wondering about our scheme. How do you keep DBs light enough to be fast enough to cover receivers and also act as linebackers at times? Granted, when they wrap up, they seem to make the tackles, but that’s a lot to put on one group. I’m becoming less and less of a fan of our scheme. I’m no football genius though!
Thank you. That's a right on statement. It is unacceptable that Tennessee has gone 20 years without winning at Florida by even one point while, during that time frame, Florida has beaten us badly at Neyland more than once. It is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. The O Line coach should know the consequences if the O Line continues to draw penalties. Same for the piss poor tackling of the secondary. Florida coaching staffs do seem to have higher standards to maintain than Tennessee coaching staffs. No doubt about that.
