Quote:I would say defense was that good. The back and forth of 1s/2s series and the generic evaluation type play calling makes it a little tough to get any rhythm. Not to mention they were rotations RBs and centers constantly.


Corners had some very good coverage all night and a lot of good pass defenses. DL was causing pressure which I consider more we have a really good DL than a bad OL. Blake's mechanics looked great and he placed the ball very well to ARob (td) Thomas (td) and Hurns (drop). Denard broke a good run and showed some nice cuts. Hard to gauge a lot without love tackling too, they called some sacks and tackles that possibly could have been broken out of.


I really think it's just easier to get a feel for the defense in situations like this than it is for the offense, not to mention they're 3 years into the same scheme and a new offense. We'll get a clearer picture on the offense come the Pit game.

 

We really don't know. Is it that our corners were blanketing guys or our WRs aren't getting open? The big plays (Arob and JT touchdowns) were great throws by Blake. But there really weren't a lot of WRs running open against our 1st team defense. Again, we just don't know. We certainly are used to seeing no separation when it comes to our WRs since Jimmy.

 

Pitt will be a good test, as they bring in two guys with speed in Brown and Bryant. 

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