It's probably more about talent. It has taken time but the overall talent level

Sep 28, 2020
9:24:40am

FanofBYU Contributor

is better this year than in years past.

Rewatching the Navy and Troy game you can see that the D-Line and O-Line players have been coached really well about how to use their hands.

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After all the whining about dropping 8 on D

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:02am

Maybe cause the defense doesn't drop 8 on 70% of snaps this year?

ldssdl

9/28/20 9:04am

I bet 70%+ is accurate for the Troy game.

kccougar

9/28/20 9:15am

I would be surprised if that were true.

ldssdl

9/28/20 9:25am

Most definitely not true. It happened from time to time

kimdaddy35

9/28/20 9:28am

I thought he did drop 7-8 a lot, but it worked well when front 3-4 got pressure

Ycrazy

9/28/20 9:54am

Exactly. They have overall better talent and they have done a good job coaching

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:58am

I have no problem with dropping 8 while it is working, but there were way too

here's to hoping

9/28/20 12:49pm

Criddle strongly disagrees

kimdaddy35

9/28/20 10:01am

It's pretty obvious that Tuiaki has started reading the board to help game plan.

Ojiisan

9/28/20 9:08am

Yeah. I'm sure Nick Saban follows Alabama's board to help with strategy as well.

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:30am

I wouldn't be surprised if he has staff checking on here to be honest. Have you

Ojiisan

9/28/20 9:43am

The defense has been totally different this year. They are showing multiple

mudpupper

9/28/20 9:08am

Right. It’s almost like there is someone else involved in running the D!

antiyewt

9/28/20 10:03am

It's been different, but I did see him drop 8 on 3rd and 5

2FarGone

9/28/20 9:14am

They dropped 8 a lot during Troy game. Defense dominated against Troy and Navy.

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:32am

It was TIC

2FarGone

9/28/20 10:55am

Thing about Tuiaki the haters don't want to admit.... He's had pretty good

Blueto

9/28/20 9:16am

Tuiaki has run defenses that look good in some lights but kill the team in

kimdaddy35

9/28/20 9:32am

His defenses have gotten worse every year.

BYU '80

9/28/20 10:13am

Last year was the worst performance in run D compared to past 4 years.

FanofBYU

9/28/20 10:42am

USF

Napoli

9/28/20 10:21am

Navy.

Blueto

9/28/20 10:38am

Toledo

shammy

9/28/20 10:59am

USC

Blueto

9/28/20 11:01am

Hawaii

shammy

9/28/20 11:02am

Tennessee

Blueto

9/28/20 11:10am

Washington

shammy

9/28/20 12:07pm

Arizona

Blueto

9/28/20 12:12pm

UMASS 2017

shammy

9/28/20 2:23pm

Lol. You mean when the defense threw 4 interceptions and lost 16-10.

Blueto

9/28/20 2:31pm

LOL that's your defense to an unconscionable loss?

shammy

9/28/20 5:35pm

If you're blaming that loss on Tuiaki then you clearly don't know what you're

Blueto

9/28/20 5:42pm

If you think he's been outstanding, you have no clue about football. Adios.

shammy

9/28/20 5:48pm

I think there is a lot of evidence to back the negative sentiment here

Beggar

9/28/20 9:19am

Like you said, in the past the real issue was adjustments and variation. There

mudpupper

9/28/20 9:22am

It's probably more about talent. It has taken time but the overall talent level

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:24am

Navy and Troy are not equal to original schedule. We see this every year

ordinary tri guy

9/28/20 9:29am

He did what he needed to do with these two games. Let’s see how he adjusts and

StalwartBraveTrue

9/28/20 11:58am

Sorry, apparently CB still has people smarter than the coaches (in their minds).

Benfica1

9/28/20 9:36am

With their coaching responsibilities in SEC surprised they have time to be

FanofBYU

9/28/20 9:50am

These are the lamest arguments

BYU '80

9/28/20 10:15am

From the person sitting at home watching the games.

FanofBYU

9/28/20 10:25am

Doesn’t address the point at all

BYU '80

9/28/20 10:37am

Withholding judgement. Talk to me in December.

StalwartBraveTrue

9/28/20 10:00am

Three man rush generally doesn’t work

BYU '80

9/28/20 10:12am

I still think any good team will shred us when we rush 3.

Thundergun Express

9/28/20 10:48am

They absolutely will. They did a good job sending extra guys last game. There

Cougz19

9/28/20 12:22pm

RE: After all the whining about dropping 8 on D

El Puma

9/28/20 10:51am

It's not necessarily about a defensive philosophy, but lack of in game or

Preppy

9/28/20 11:27am

Its not about dropping 8. Its about rushing 3 every time, playing your LB too

cougaman

9/28/20 12:00pm

Rushing 3 works great when your nose guard counts as 2.5 people 🙂

tony

9/28/20 12:42pm

The difference is we are getting penetration with 3 DLs this year

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