Great Article on our Speed issues and angles by former vol

[volinSmyrna]

#13 needs to see that play happening and get upfield to disrupt, a la Deon Grant. Don't sit back there and wait. You are toast anyway, so at least get upfield and maybe your teammates can get there to help if he can get a hand on him

Understand your point, but D. Grant was a 4-5 Star db and #13 is a freshmen Walk-on. Swafford is not bad, but he broke down and chopped his feet way too soon and too far inside.

 

[ZZ13]

Go back and watch each diagram...Now, granted Swafford is a true freshman, but he reacted slowly and poorly to his keys....

Coleman is backpedaling because we're in Cover 3 and he has deep third...and he actually plays PROPER TECHNIQUE (and he got burned on this type of play on 4th and 5 against Oregon)--but at least Coleman reacts quickly and comes up in proper position to take away the outside shoulder of Burton...

Swafford loses two more yards EVEN after reading his keys, if he's reading them at all. To put it bluntly, Swafford doesn't appear to KNOW HIS ASSIGNMENT!

Once Burton crosses his face--Swafford's assignment is to close behind him and take the receiver in front of him...It's fundamentals, not a lack of speed that is the breakdown on this play! (lack of speed shows up on this play from the LB position).

Additionally, he doesn't react at all to the ball! I don't think this is a lack of speed, but a lack of aggressiveness and physicality at the position. If Swafford would have just come flying up and attempted to make the tackle--it would have delayed the Fla receiver and given AJ and Randolph another second to get there and that second is the difference between a 5 yd gain and a 50 yd TD in the SEC.

Also, Randolph has no excuse on this play. He is THE LAST resort and simply MUST take a proper angle to prevent this guy from scoring.

It's several things all wrapped up in one play. Freshman lack of knowledge and aggressiveness...Randolph's failure to react and take a proper angle is not excusable...Coleman actually played GREAT TECHNIQUE on the play, but failures on the other two could not be overcome.

I believe that this is also a lack of proper coaching.....We'll see how the rest of the season goes and if improvements are made...because Oregon and now Florida burned us on this simple little play for TDs...Other teams will also give us more chances to defend this play.

GO VOLS! :salute:

And here I just thought the fast FL guy outran our slow defensive guys and scored a touchdown. I gotta read more football books...

 

[MikeVol44]

I'm not saying it isn't a basic play.

There is a huge difference between Florida running this with a 4.4 guy at the Swamp and some podunk Tennessee high school running this with a 4.7 guy.

It wasn't the play itself but the speed it was happening at. Swafford is a young kid and he got caught flat-footed. Florida knew this and attacked him.

Uh...review your own post--it would be rare to have a freshman recognize that play on the road.....

This, after all, was a frame by frame analysis by Swain...all I was pointing out was Swafford's lack of proper reaction and knowledge of his assignment. Whether you have 4.4 or 4.7 speed--Swafford did not appear to read his keys and know his assignment...

And Swafford isn't that slow...look at that Oregon game where he's chasing their receiver...the distance between Swafford and the Oregon guy isn't increasing, it's staying the same....Swafford is fast, but just wasn't fast enough to catch the guy.

Finally, CBJ did say that some guys run 4.4's but don't play at that speed (in reference to North). Swafford's problem on this one particular play against Fla wasn't speed--it was knowing his assignment and reacting properly to his keys. :salute:

 

[KnoxVegas]

Excellent breakdown of a piss-poor play!

Terrible breakdown.

In screen shot 6 he says Swafford should be outside shoulder of wr 1... Someone with any sense explain how that is possible if he lines up heap up on wr 2 pre snap... Lol.

The breakdown is Swaffords reaction... Coleman starts at 9 while Swafford is at 4 yds pre snap. When wr catches the ball Coleman is closing while Swafford is now at 8 yds.