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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1938031" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>I'm not trying to make excuses as the lineplay was pretty subpar on both sides of the ball, but I will attempt to explain what I think may have happened:</p><p></p><p>Defense: </p><p>Coaching staff decided to play Contain, however they overestimated the ability of our linebackers to react fast enough to shoot the running lanes, get through blockers, spy the qb, and get to the edge. As such, you had running plays going for 6-9yds that should be going for 2-4yds if played correctly. So, it's impossible for the dline not to look exposed, but in reality I think our LBs share at least half of the blame for why we looked so helpless out there. I think positioning of our LBs will improve in the weeks to come, and that'll help. But I think our defensive scheming needs to focus more on allowing our D to play aggressive and let our line rush, as that's far more towards our strengths.</p><p></p><p>Offense:</p><p>From what I saw, Kreutz and the rest of the line weren't on the same page when it came to timing as all our players looked slow off the snap. So either something was dodgy with our snap count or our players all got a step slower with regards to reaction time. My best guess is Kreutz was jazzed up and snapping a little early. If that's the case, this could be fixed by next week. Hard to tell much else as Toledo seemed to know our snap count better than we did.</p><p></p><p>So again, no excuses, but just my best guess at what went wrong</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1938031, member: 748794"] I'm not trying to make excuses as the lineplay was pretty subpar on both sides of the ball, but I will attempt to explain what I think may have happened: Defense: Coaching staff decided to play Contain, however they overestimated the ability of our linebackers to react fast enough to shoot the running lanes, get through blockers, spy the qb, and get to the edge. As such, you had running plays going for 6-9yds that should be going for 2-4yds if played correctly. So, it's impossible for the dline not to look exposed, but in reality I think our LBs share at least half of the blame for why we looked so helpless out there. I think positioning of our LBs will improve in the weeks to come, and that'll help. But I think our defensive scheming needs to focus more on allowing our D to play aggressive and let our line rush, as that's far more towards our strengths. Offense: From what I saw, Kreutz and the rest of the line weren't on the same page when it came to timing as all our players looked slow off the snap. So either something was dodgy with our snap count or our players all got a step slower with regards to reaction time. My best guess is Kreutz was jazzed up and snapping a little early. If that's the case, this could be fixed by next week. Hard to tell much else as Toledo seemed to know our snap count better than we did. So again, no excuses, but just my best guess at what went wrong [/QUOTE]
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