OTF Premium Burning Question Revisted: How well did Texas defend Texas State's passing game?

[Jbro52]

I think we are going to miss TY Smith, Cryer doesn’t have the side line to side line speed in coverage but in Muschamp we trust

[Guts]

I know this was about passing, but I was more concerned about the run defense. I feel like we didn’t get great push by our d-line and that’s not good.

[Triplettjoseph]

One thing that is hard to judge on these games is truly how hard the team is going especially the D Line. Heavy rotation, probably not going 100%, limited exotics, blitzes, etc. This should help our secondary next week

[Jerky]

Our secondary looked better than last season.

The emerging Kobe Black and Jonah Williams along with the experience and talent of Jelani McDonald solidified the safety position.  Good to have Gideon back coaching the safety position. Phillips got the most snaps at CB and held up well, only a ticky tack call went against him when the ref was at a bad angle to see the interactions imo. CB Roberson quietly had a pretty good day. CB Mascoe had tackling issues. His coverage was OK but TXSt was just a bit better at times. NB Littleton is proven at NB and had a big play.  CB Mathews played sparingly but he looks the part.

Biles has the athleticism and ball skills to be an asset in pass coverage or effecting the QB blitzing.

Areas of concern in pass defense.

Cryer doesn't have the quickness or speed or change of direction to be a good cover LB. I'm not a fan of moving Colin from rushing the passer at Edge to playing off ball LB.

Edited 1 hour ago by Jerky

[AusMOJO]

Well put it this way, if those same miscues show up next week, Ohio State will turn those in to TD's. Muschamp will know this. They'll also probably blitz more and get after Sayin. Not even sure how many sacks we had against Texas State, felt like 1 but it could've been more. 

[hookem1014]

1 hour ago, Guts said:

I know this was about passing, but I was more concerned about the run defense. I feel like we didn’t get great push by our d-line and that’s not good.

I agree. A lot of times when Tx State needed a yard or 2 they were able to get it. They were 8/14 on third down. We need to continue to have the short yardage stuffing d line we’ve had the past few years. 

Edited 43 minutes ago by hookem1014