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Originally Posted by rocketman
What I always wondered is, when Dorsey was out, why such a dramatic change in the defense? I know Dorsey is a game changer and causes teams to change their entire offensive strategy, but do you guys have a huge drop off in effectiveness when going to the second stringers? Is depth a problem on your D-line?
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Because we were going to our 3rd and 4th line this year. Ricky Jean Francois was suspended for the regular and we lost Charles Alexander for the entire year with ACL. Pittman is coming back from 2 years of rehabilitation for injuries and may get a 6th year from the NCAA. The season has forced us into SO and FR sooner than we normally would and I do not think they understand the defense as much as Dorsey and Alexander. Injuries in the secondary has seen the rise of true freshman phenom Chad Jones (TF) and we have even seen some of Jai Eugene (RSFR).
The injury to Dorsey has not allowed him to protect our LB's as much and allows people to concentrate on Tyson Jackson coming around the end. One of our best LB's have been playing hurt all year and so has Steltz who got jacked in the Kentuckey game. Chevis Jackson has been dealing with eye problems experienced in the Kentucky game, but I think that is past him now...