Tackling

[El Amin Fan]

For those that the finer details of football better than me, how did we go from looking like a really bad tackling team to one that was a fantastic tackling team tonight? Yes we let QB1 and RB1 evade us a few times, but second half especially our tackling was as good as it's been bad in earlier games. So good to see.

 

[gopher56]

It seemed like to me they were just attacking the ball carriers instead ofof waiting for them to come to them.

 

[LeftofThaDial]

Positioning, either being put, or being in the correct position to make the tackle.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

It sounds like more time was spent on it in practice as well. Made it more of a priority, which I would think has to continue going forward.

 

[Sparlimb]

It sounds like more time was spent on it in practice as well. Made it more of a priority, which I would think has to continue going forward.

PJ spoke about it in his presser. They normally do 3 minutes on a tackling drill on Tuesday's and this week spent 30 minutes. He said he thought the defense got the message. We'll need to be just as solid this week against Iowa.