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I think the Wildcats should come away with a win…but nothing is ever certain with this defense or turnover tendencies. I would like to see fundamentally sound defense (no blown coverages or 40+ runs). I’ll be a bit more optimistic and predict 38-24 Wildcats. I agree with Tal, I think the Big Sky may have dropped off a bit to where 5-6 wins might be possible.
How do you help the defensive weaknesses? Blitz more or mix coverage schemes…or both? The DBs look lost with the zone look in my opinion. They did get a couple of picks…but were mostly due to inaccurate throw by QB erroring the wrong way. The rushing defense was bad as well. The secondary speed is clearly an issue. Can they stack the box more…or will that burn them on deep balls? Not a lot of options. I personally think they will need to mix up looks to keep other team guessing vs systematically being carved up by offenses. The offense may need to possess the ball more…but concentrating on taking up time may prevent scoring plays from happening. I think it’s going to be an outscore philosophy and hope the other team makes key mistakes.
How do you help the defensive weaknesses? Blitz more or mix coverage schemes…or both? The DBs look lost with the zone look in my opinion. They did get a couple of picks…but were mostly due to inaccurate throw by QB erroring the wrong way. The rushing defense was bad as well. The secondary speed is clearly an issue. Can they stack the box more…or will that burn them on deep balls? Not a lot of options. I personally think they will need to mix up looks to keep other team guessing vs systematically being carved up by offenses. The offense may need to possess the ball more…but concentrating on taking up time may prevent scoring plays from happening. I think it’s going to be an outscore philosophy and hope the other team makes key mistakes.
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