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[QUOTE="wiseman3, post: 5486308, member: 6989"]
Continueing with the Defense. My major observation was that we rotated the LBs EVERY DRIVE. From start to finish, the same 2 LBs did not play back to back drives all game. Every drive was a new pairing. I saw: 
Bryant- Deslauriers
Bryant- Sparrow
McDonald- Deslauriers
McDonald- Bryant
McDonald- Sparrow
And others that im surely forgetting 
Reese mixed in as well, and James Heard got in at least one drive. 
Overall this concerned me, ideally I'd like to see some continuity. I know we like to rotate, but not having the same LBs even once for 2 drives in a row says alot. McDonald was not good as mentioned, and Sparrow was bowled over multiple times. Deslauriers didn't have too many coverage snaps but looked OK there. He rushed the passer alot and for run fits crashing the line. Bryant seemed good and didn't stand out in a bad way for any plays. 
For the huge play at the end of the half, Tank missed a tackle, then Grant missed, then unfortunately safety Braheem Long took and awful angle and didn't even come close to touching the RB. This completely changed the game. Our CB coverage was decent. Not great but serviceable, besides the obvious Samuel miscues. My one other concern is the D Line. Zero times we even came close to sacking Aguilar and the DEs and DTs got next to no pressure. I saw zero stunts as well, most pressure came from thd few blitzes we had. Only 3 tackles for loss is also concerning. I think the Offense can carry us, but the D needs to get figured out ASAP
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