Is it time to worry about Danny Collins and the defense?

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Watch how many times on defense we go with a three-man front drop the back eight into some sort of zone defense.

Every time we do this we give up 6 + yards of play.

Yet we keep going back to it on 3rd and 8, 2nd and 11, 1st and 15 etc. Etc. It's almost like we default to a Bend but not break defense anytime the other team has a little bit more than normal yardage to go on that down.

On the 4th and goal stop we actually brought pressure and because of it the opposing wide receivers were not given enough time to get open and we made a play on the ball and forced the turnover on Downs. I would rather lose being aggressive than lose being passive.

I hope this changes as our DC's tenure increases
 


The defense has been playing way too much because offense not sustaining drives and way too many 3 and out possessions on offense. If the offense sustains drives with points the Gopher defense is actually effective. This is my opinion but our biggest disappointment is not the defense but the offensive line has not played up to the potential they have. For the size those guys have, they have not been physical or even close to the standard level of a Big 10 offensive line play. The guys with N on their helmets have been better on the offensive line than the guy's wearing the M. If the defense get's adequate rest they can win games. The offense has to do there part.
 
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