Three weeks in and my take away is...
I think they are surrendering too many yards.
However.
I think this is more to do with overall talent vs scheme.
Until Odom gets his type guys they may give up more yards than you would like, but because of coaching, preparation and play calling they will be able to off set this to a degree.
Vs Vandy there were a few plays that stood out. A blind side blitz that almost lead to another turnover was called and executed to perfection. A reverse that was read and blown up and a few others.
Vs straight up run defense has been pretty stout. Has struggled with containment on QB scrambles though.
So basically, defense will struggle some to win every down because they aren't quite there yet to be dominant physically.
But schematically they will be sound and should continue to create turnovers and apply pressure through scheme.
I think there's a chance this defense will actually improve as the season wears on vs last season where it was very good out of the gate and either wore down or staff ran out of ideas.
I think they are surrendering too many yards.
However.
I think this is more to do with overall talent vs scheme.
Until Odom gets his type guys they may give up more yards than you would like, but because of coaching, preparation and play calling they will be able to off set this to a degree.
Vs Vandy there were a few plays that stood out. A blind side blitz that almost lead to another turnover was called and executed to perfection. A reverse that was read and blown up and a few others.
Vs straight up run defense has been pretty stout. Has struggled with containment on QB scrambles though.
So basically, defense will struggle some to win every down because they aren't quite there yet to be dominant physically.
But schematically they will be sound and should continue to create turnovers and apply pressure through scheme.
I think there's a chance this defense will actually improve as the season wears on vs last season where it was very good out of the gate and either wore down or staff ran out of ideas.