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Non-existent pass rush


I loved the win last night. It was a great win for our team. Our offense just continues to produce no matter what defense it faces. However, in the second half (and really the whole game), there was one glaring weakness that I noticed: no pass rush. We didn't sack Jonathan Crompton once last night, and really, Crompton had all the time he wanted to scan the field. During the fourth quarter, I remember saying to myself, "This is Jonathan Crompton, and he is single handedly moving their offense down the field!" What made the lack of pressure on Crompton even worse was the fact that our defense knew that Crompton had to throw in order to try to get Tennessee back in the game, and we couldn't muster any kind of pressure. Our front four got stoned. Now, I understand that Ted Roof didn't blitz hardly at all last night, and that had something to do with it. We ran a base defense probably 90% of the time, and that was by design. But it's still concerning that our front four couldn't generate any kind of pass rush last night. What does that say about them? Antonio Coleman is one of the best pass-rushing DE in the SEC, yet the guy only has one sack all season? If we can't get any pressure on Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallet, who I think is the second best QB in the SEC behind Tebow, Arkansas will put 50 on us. I fully expect Roof's game plan to be completely different against Arkansas because Ryan Mallet and Jonathan Crompton are polar opposites at the QB position. I expect a lot more blitzes and many different looks against the Hogs. But if we can't get pressure on Mallet early and often, our offense may have to score 60 to win.

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