What needs to be done to fix the defense?

[hepcat]

Either way the defense is going to look VERY different next season, for better or worse

[Snake]

23 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It all starts in the trenches. We're utterly depleted on the DL and yet Short is a massive cap anchor around our neck.

This. I really don't know what the next coaching staff will do. We have half a team of 3-4 guys and half 4-3. I think it's clear we don't need to retain Butler or McCoy next year. We will have to keep Poe because we don't have another NT and he would be a cap drag too. Forcing a undersized Burns, Haynes, and Irving to play a 4-3 would be a mistake. Although Luke has looked like trash this year in the 3-4 we just paid Shaq as a ILB. All I can say is good luck. 

[Gipetto]

I see the new staff going back to the 4-3 where luke is the goat and Burns bulking up some more. 

[beastson]

fug this defense

Go all in on the offense. Not being able to score in 2019 is a problem

[Palmetto]

People are living in the past

Blame the coach

Scheme

Play calling

The defense is just not good the players are average to bad.  missed,  tackles,  blown coverage , cant get off blocks

you put average to bad players on the field don't be surprised when you get an average to bad defense

 

[saX man]

3 minutes ago, Snake said:

This. I really don't know what the next coaching staff will do. We have half a team of 3-4 guys and half 4-3. I think it's clear we don't need to retain Butler or McCoy next year. We will have to keep Poe because we don't have another NT and he would be a cap drag too. Forcing a undersized Burns, Haynes, and Irving to play a 4-3 would be a mistake. Although Luke has looked like trash this year in the 3-4 we just paid Shaq as a ILB. All I can say is good luck. 

Other issue being no 3-4 DEs on the team.  KK can do it, Horton? meh..more of a 4-3 DE.  We are severely undersized with no run stoppers. 

It's a cluster all around.  Luke is needing to do too much because we cannot stop anyone at the first level.

IMO Luke, Shaq, Burns, & KK are scheme adaptive (Burns isn't undersized).  I don't think others are which is obviously a problem.   

[Davidson Deac II]

10 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Either way the defense is going to look VERY different next season, for better or worse

For better or for same.  There is no worse.  

[Davidson Deac II]

It starts with getting the right coach.  

After that, some major adjustments need to be made on the defensive line and secondary.  The linebackers might be ok, but its hard to tell with the other areas looking so bad.

[Snake]

3 minutes ago, saX man said:

Other issue being no 3-4 DEs on the team.  KK can do it, Horton? meh..more of a 4-3 DE.  We are severely undersized with no run stoppers. 

It's a cluster all around.  Luke is needing to do too much because we cannot stop anyone at the first level.

IMO Luke, Shaq, Burns, & KK are scheme adaptive (Burns isn't undersized).  I don't think others are which is obviously a problem.   

Burns is undersized for a 4-3 DE. It's probably the best to just rebuild for the 3-4 simply because we are going to need a NT and DT/DE either way and a 3-4 DE is easier to find. Especially since we have a college wiz in Hurney. 

[Snake]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

It starts with getting the right coach.  

After that, some major adjustments need to be made on the defensive line and secondary.  The linebackers might be ok, but its hard to tell with the other areas looking so bad.

I honestly don't think our CB situation is horrible. I think our Safety situation is and will need to be retooled. 

[Paintballr]

Not have Perry and Eric Washington involved 

[Davidson Deac II]

1 minute ago, Snake said:

I honestly don't think our CB situation is horrible. I think our Safety situation is and will need to be retooled. 

Jackson has looked horrible the last two weeks.  He may be mentally out of it.  Hopefully a new staff can focus his attention a little more.

[Snake]

People also forget how horrible we were in the 4-3. Hint it wasn't better than this year and our gaps were just as bad. 

[Snake]

4 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Jackson has looked horrible the last two weeks.  He may be mentally out of it.  Hopefully a new staff can focus his attention a little more.

Jackson is a second year player. It's not unusual. Rarely do you see a young CB play really good. Especially what they are asking him to do.