09-18-2016, 08:49 AM
That was a fantastic butt kicking last night. The offense wasn't as sharp as it will need to be in two weeks when the Huskies will take away the run more than U$C could. But I'll take 300 yds rushing and a 5+ average anytime, anywhere. Burns pretty much did what he needed to do, other than the two overthrows. I remember Hogan making similar mistakes in his first season too. This will get better. By mid-October I expect him to hit at least one of those two.
This defense has a chance to be VERY VERY special - like 2010 special. And that special-ness is in spite of ILB which continues to be a major issue. Palma is a good run-stopper but he cannot cover TEs downfield - why he was even on the field on a 3rd & 18 is beyond me. The one series outside of late-game where Perez played he was once again consistently out of position and that directly led to not only the long completion to the TE but also the TD run where he missed his gap. We are going to play a lot of 2-3-6 and 3-3-5 this season which means there will only be 1 ILB out there. Give me Palma on 1st & 2nd and Davis on 3rd. The rest of the depth chart there needs to make a LOT of progress.
This defense has a chance to be VERY VERY special - like 2010 special. And that special-ness is in spite of ILB which continues to be a major issue. Palma is a good run-stopper but he cannot cover TEs downfield - why he was even on the field on a 3rd & 18 is beyond me. The one series outside of late-game where Perez played he was once again consistently out of position and that directly led to not only the long completion to the TE but also the TD run where he missed his gap. We are going to play a lot of 2-3-6 and 3-3-5 this season which means there will only be 1 ILB out there. Give me Palma on 1st & 2nd and Davis on 3rd. The rest of the depth chart there needs to make a LOT of progress.