ESPN+ Article on Saturday's Game

#26
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cgrish said:
Imo Kirby wont blitz the first half. I think he believes his dl can put enough pressure. 2nd half he will chg to blitz a lot to get pressure.
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I think Kirby is going to blitz early and often. He's going to trust his secondary to cover their receivers. I think that'll be the plan and they'll adjust out if that doesn't work. He knows if they only rush 5 and drop 6 then we'll run all over them. It'll be chess/ chess, not the chess/ checkers we've been seeing. He has plenty of tape and his base defense is the same as Alabama's. He saw that didn't work.
 
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chef3531 said:
GA has stacked 4 and 5 star talent on the defensive side for years. No matter the class, they are still dudes on that side of the ball. If they blitz like Pitt did on every play, then Hendon has to hit those deeper shots because he was 5/15 on those passes against Pitt. He was over 60% on those passes against Florida and Alabama. They didn't blitz. Bama only blitzed 5 times the entire game. GA won't use that plan.
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We’ve been hearing this “They stack 5 star talent” mantra since last season ended. It’s a lame attempt to handwave away what they’ve lost since then. I don’t care if the dang water boy was a top ten recruit out of high school. You don’t lose 8 starters and play freshmen and sophomores at multiple key positions without taking a step back. You don’t lose guys like Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean and not miss them. We heard all last year that that was a generational defense, and then they want to turn around and act like they had no dropoff. Which is it? If it was “generational,” this year’s defense definitionally cannot be as good.
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
We’ve been hearing this “They stack 5 star talent” mantra since last season ended. It’s a lame attempt to handwave away what they’ve lost since then. I don’t care if the dang water boy was a top ten recruit out of high school. You don’t lose 8 starters and play freshmen and sophomores at multiple key positions without taking a step back. You don’t lose guys like Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean and not miss them. We heard all last year that that was a generational defense, and then they want to turn around and act like they had no dropoff. Which is it? If it was “generational,” this year’s defense definitionally cannot be as good.
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Where did anyone say they are as good as last year's defense? No one in this thread. Doesn't take away the fact they still have talent on that side of the ball. We can't treat it like they lost everybody and we're gonna roll. Most of these dudes saw significant playing time last year. I think Coach Heupel and Coach Golesh have seen who they want to try and isolate, and Kirby probably knows who he's going to have to get help for with schemes. It's going to be high stakes poker.
 
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sjt18 said:
I really don't think you can compare Hooker or UT's O from the Pitt game to what they are now. Hooker missed A LOT of open plays in that game. They confused him. I'm not sure how much opposing D's have blitzed of late. Where did you find that info? However, I am pretty certain that UT's OL has been picking up blitzes extremely well and all they really need is that extra half count for Hooker to deliver the ball. That's probably why teams aren't blitzing much... also... tempo makes it harder to get properly lined up and keyed to run blitzes. If you don't get home because you've misaligned or don't read your keys well... then you leave a safety or LB on one of UT's WRs. Heupel has pretty successfully schemed that to be Hyatt.
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Nice job explaining how UTs well oiled offensive machine stresses the opposing defense. With protection, Hooker will find an open receiver just like he has the previous 8 games. The offensive scheme has so many different options for defenses to account for, including the QB run. Game 9 should be a real test but I believe the Vols get it done, again.
 
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chef3531 said:
I watched a film breakdown and it was shown where Alabama only truly blitzed five times. They were counting on their base defense to get pressure and it didn't work for them. Pitt blitzed on over 50% of the pass attempts. It was an interesting stat that really jumped out. We haven't played anyone since Pitt that has blitzed that much and played man outside. Pitt took their chances, and I think GA will use that same strategy.
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It makes sense that Smart would follow the format that worked pretty well for Pitt. If so though, I like our chances against it. When you subtract the 3 sacks Nolan Smith had before his season ending injury, GA has produced less than one sack per game, and that’s against an overall less than stellar SOS. I think our OL can hold off a blitz heavy scheme in this game and allow HH to burn them deep several times in the process.
 
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I look for UGA to bring all the pressure early on Defense to keep us from getting into our fast rhythm with the run game.
Basically, they are going to try to defend our Offense by taking away the early 4 and 5 yard gains on 1st down.

We will need to counter with some early big plays downfield to get their Defense to back away from the line.
 
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chatt.vol said:
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Our defensive stats are misleading simply because of our pace of play. When you play as many possessions per game as we do and have the lead as much as we do, you're gonna give up a lot of raw passing yards. But as those numbers show on a per snap basis we're actually decent against the pass. While against the run we are elite.

Tennessee has a championship caliber defense despite what the pundits say.
 
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I think Kirby will Blitz on 1st down to try to get us behind schedule. Then try to make us execute our way down the field... Think long drives. Let's see what happens.
 
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So we’re thinking a team that has barely even pass rushed anyone all season and is dead last in sacks is gonna come into this game and blitz every other play because it “kinda” worked for Pitt?
 
#43
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chef3531 said:
Where did anyone say they are as good as last year's defense? No one in this thread. Doesn't take away the fact they still have talent on that side of the ball. We can't treat it like they lost everybody and we're gonna roll. Most of these dudes saw significant playing time last year. I think Coach Heupel and Coach Golesh have seen who they want to try and isolate, and Kirby probably knows who he's going to have to get help for with schemes. It's going to be high stakes poker.
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It's been discussed endlessly on ESPN SECN, etc, though not so much recently. More like preseason and earlier in the season. That uga "wouldn't miss a beat" on D. They have though. Statistically worse than they were.
 
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#44
Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Our defensive stats are misleading simply because of our pace of play. When you play as many possessions per game as we do and have the lead as much as we do, you're gonna give up a lot of raw passing yards. But as those numbers show on a per snap basis we're actually decent against the pass. While against the run we are elite.

Tennessee has a championship caliber defense despite what the pundits say.
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People don't seem to understand that we get up fast enough that it makes sense to spend the game playing prevent defense.
 
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#45
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chef3531 said:
I think Kirby is going to blitz early and often. He's going to trust his secondary to cover their receivers. I think that'll be the plan and they'll adjust out if that doesn't work. He knows if they only rush 5 and drop 6 then we'll run all over them. It'll be chess/ chess, not the chess/ checkers we've been seeing. He has plenty of tape and his base defense is the same as Alabama's. He saw that didn't work.
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Very good point and well said. We will see at game time, lol
 
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