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I'll go ahead and start this one, even though the sting of yesterday isn't really gone yet.
I saw a lot of great things from the Lions. Particularly on the defensive side of the ball.
Successes to build on:
Defensive line play: WU didn't have much room to run all night. They also got enough pressure on Peterson to force a few bad throws. A couple were picked off.
Overall defense: Linebackers and DB did there job for the most part too. A couple of blown coverages did hurt us, but that will be corrected.
Cade Brister: He threw for TD, ran for one, completed 66% of his passes and ran for 90 yards (not net).
Need to improve:
Special teams tackling. Letcher looked like he could make you miss in phone booth. I really do hope he's that good and it wasn't our poor effort in tackling.
Running Game: Aside from scrambles and designed draws by Brister, we were stifled up front in the 2nd half. WU wasn't that big so this really concerns me. We have some big boys. I'm not certain what WU was running in the first half, but I sat in the endzone seating in the 2nd half and it looked like WU was running more of a 3-4 or 3-5 and blitzing the crap out of us. As a former OL, I know I hated playing against 3-4's because it got confusing. This is just speculation though.
Hopefully the Lions can address these shortcomings and have a chance to really sharpen things up against a very young MSSU squad.
I saw a lot of great things from the Lions. Particularly on the defensive side of the ball.
Successes to build on:
Defensive line play: WU didn't have much room to run all night. They also got enough pressure on Peterson to force a few bad throws. A couple were picked off.
Overall defense: Linebackers and DB did there job for the most part too. A couple of blown coverages did hurt us, but that will be corrected.
Cade Brister: He threw for TD, ran for one, completed 66% of his passes and ran for 90 yards (not net).
Need to improve:
Special teams tackling. Letcher looked like he could make you miss in phone booth. I really do hope he's that good and it wasn't our poor effort in tackling.
Running Game: Aside from scrambles and designed draws by Brister, we were stifled up front in the 2nd half. WU wasn't that big so this really concerns me. We have some big boys. I'm not certain what WU was running in the first half, but I sat in the endzone seating in the 2nd half and it looked like WU was running more of a 3-4 or 3-5 and blitzing the crap out of us. As a former OL, I know I hated playing against 3-4's because it got confusing. This is just speculation though.
Hopefully the Lions can address these shortcomings and have a chance to really sharpen things up against a very young MSSU squad.
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