Our Defense for 2023 might be a sleeper

[Gatorbull325]

On 6/15/2023 at 10:16 AM, Gatorbull325 said:

We have 12 P5 and 2 G6 transfers (who played a lot) on our defense. I feel our defense is going to be waaaaaay better this year. We finally have multiple 300Ib DTs and may get 1 more before it's all said and done.

DE -

• Vaughn, Jason JR - 8.5 tackles for loss (-34 yards) and five sacks (-24 yards) last year
• Jonathan Ross (Bowie State) - 3.0 tackles for loss, two sacks, and 1 quarterback hurry last year
• Logan, Tramel SO -5.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks & 2 quarterback hurries last year
• Derrick Harris Jr. (Texas)
• Immanuel Hickman (ECU)
• Lloyd Summerall (UF)
• Rico Watson (FSU as a walk-on/Robert Morris) - At Robert Morris, he played in 11 games and had 42  tackles, 10.5 (-42) TFLs and 5(-29 ) sacks, 1  forced fumble,  1   Interception, and 1 pass deflected. 

DT –

• Rashad Cheney Jr. (Minn)
• Doug Blue-Eli (TCU) - 320 Ibs
• Bernard Gooden (Wake)
• Jhalin Hobbs - 308 Ibs
• Jacquez Williams - 308 Ibs
• De'Juan Sease (Allen Univ)

LB –

• Jamie Pettway (FAU)
• Andrew Mataafa (Utah)
• DJ Gordon IV (Minn)
• Norris, Brian RS JR
• Mac Harris

Secondary –

• Aamaris Brown (Kansas State)
• Williams, Christian SO/TR (Miami)
• Jameel Sanders (JUCO)
• Timarcus "T-Mac" Simpson (Eastern Mich)
• Robinson, TJ RS SO/TR (Rutgers)
• Hill, Matthew RS SO/TR (Auburn)
• Kendall Dennis (OU)
• Braxton Clark (Nebraska)

I recall making this thread. 

[Rocky Style]

ABC hyping up our offense was not something I expected.  I think we can win now with this team.

[Gatorbull325]

On 6/15/2023 at 10:42 AM, USFBULL_08 said:

Not buying it. I haven't seen a guy that can tackle in at least half a decade and we haven't had a decent DL since idk when.

Would you like some fried crow?

[MaBull]

This defense is more physical they tackle better and more disciplined. Only challenge is avoiding the big mental mistakes like they had today and against rice.
after being down 14 to nothing they outscored navy 44-15

what a difference a coaching makes!!!

[NinjaPenguin777]

Defense is definitely improved but we still let up way too many big plays. We got lucky a few times today that Navy is so piss poor throwing. They left at least three TD throws on the field that were just wide open. I get part of that is we are facing a running team so you kind of want them to throw but it's been a reoccurring thing all year. 

 

With that said. Our defense and team are night and day improved 

[Rocky Style]

25 minutes ago, NinjaPenguin777 said:

With that said. Our defense and team are night and day improved 

Yes whatever they did with positioning and tackling, they should bottle and sell it as consultants for 30M dollars.

[Dave_Glaser]

The most interesting part is many of the guys doing it on defense were here last year. All the transfers are mostly depth pieces.

[BDYZR]

2 hours ago, NinjaPenguin777 said:

Defense is definitely improved but we still let up way too many big plays. We got lucky a few times today that Navy is so piss poor throwing. They left at least three TD throws on the field that were just wide open. I get part of that is we are facing a running team so you kind of want them to throw but it's been a reoccurring thing all year. 

 

With that said. Our defense and team are night and day improved 

How many td’s did we leave on the field?

[Rocky Style]

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

The most interesting part is many of the guys doing it on defense were here last year. All the transfers are mostly depth pieces.

Yes this is an underrated fact.  I didn't think it was possible to get this good that fast given where things were.

[CousinRicky]

3 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

Yes whatever they did with positioning and tackling, they should bottle and sell it as consultants for 30M dollars.

That's right in SMU's price range.