I think we have the potential to at least play with them, but we've shown up with a different team each week. My biggest worry is our secondary. The match up of K. Fuller and Sammy Watkins is alright, but Hopkins has also been good this year so Bonner and Exum are both liabilities at corner. Cole misses too many open field tackles so he too is a liability. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I was Bud at this point, but I am scared they are gonna get absolutely scorched in the backfield. Maybe put Exum back at safety and give Manning another shot at corner? Idk I just know I like the combo of Jarrett and Exum at safety, they're both very good back there, and they provide a solid back up to our corners that have been struggling.
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If we can get pressure up front, our secondary has the best chance to survive. Not until the second half of Duke, has our DL dominated a game. And with all the finger pointing - I'm shocked that pressure on opposing QB's hasn't been more scrutinized.
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You would want Manning matched up with Hopkins? Personally, I think Manning has been a disappoint this year. I know he's a freshman, but I feel like they expected a lot more out of him. He's gotten burned a lot this year. Although with all the damn PI calls Exum gets, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
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I like Manning more than Bonner. Bonner has already reached his full potential and is still sub par in my opinion, where I still think Manning maybe might not be quite as ready but has much more potential and I'd like to see him starting down the road.
And Exum just needs to be at safety where he excels.
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It all comes down to what was supposed to be our strength this year, the D-Line. If we can get pressure on Tajh Boyd he'll do stupid things like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o386Zv5L3u8
What I'm scared of is we don't get any pressure and Foster is forced to start bringing extra blitzers, then we're stuck doing what we did against Duke and running a zero blitz every play. Watkins and Hopkins will burn our corners all day if we have to do that. I fully expect our offense to score 30+ against that piss poor tackling.
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You BLITZ ALL NIGHT! If they cross the line of scrimmage, we'll take every last one of them out. You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the day they played the Hokies at noon!!!
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It all depends on how we play
I think we have the potential to at least play with them, but we've shown up with a different team each week. My biggest worry is our secondary. The match up of K. Fuller and Sammy Watkins is alright, but Hopkins has also been good this year so Bonner and Exum are both liabilities at corner. Cole misses too many open field tackles so he too is a liability. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I was Bud at this point, but I am scared they are gonna get absolutely scorched in the backfield. Maybe put Exum back at safety and give Manning another shot at corner? Idk I just know I like the combo of Jarrett and Exum at safety, they're both very good back there, and they provide a solid back up to our corners that have been struggling.
DL
If we can get pressure up front, our secondary has the best chance to survive. Not until the second half of Duke, has our DL dominated a game. And with all the finger pointing - I'm shocked that pressure on opposing QB's hasn't been more scrutinized.
Manning?
You would want Manning matched up with Hopkins? Personally, I think Manning has been a disappoint this year. I know he's a freshman, but I feel like they expected a lot more out of him. He's gotten burned a lot this year. Although with all the damn PI calls Exum gets, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
I like Manning more than Bonner. Bonner has already reached his full potential and is still sub par in my opinion, where I still think Manning maybe might not be quite as ready but has much more potential and I'd like to see him starting down the road.
And Exum just needs to be at safety where he excels.
We need help from the DL
The entire secondary has been abused. They NEED help. This is a massive game for us - Lets go!
It all comes down to what was supposed to be our strength this year, the D-Line. If we can get pressure on Tajh Boyd he'll do stupid things like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o386Zv5L3u8
What I'm scared of is we don't get any pressure and Foster is forced to start bringing extra blitzers, then we're stuck doing what we did against Duke and running a zero blitz every play. Watkins and Hopkins will burn our corners all day if we have to do that. I fully expect our offense to score 30+ against that piss poor tackling.
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We will live and die by the blitz
You BLITZ ALL NIGHT! If they cross the line of scrimmage, we'll take every last one of them out. You make sure they remember, FOREVER, the day they played the Hokies at noon!!!
Que....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXOPAPxZEpk
#strengthandhonor
2007 Highlights
Big plays on both sides of the ball AND special teams. Grown man defense. That's what happened in Death Valley in 2007 and that's what we need today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vth59wIcw-E