5 Possible Weaknesses For ’13 Bucks

The safety play worries me the most. The linebackers and defensive line will come along. They will make mistakes but they are freshman and sophomores. Last year our safety play was awful and both of them return. They made a lot of mistakes and they were juniors. If we are going to be as good as we think we should be, we are going to need major improvement on the back end of our defense.

3 of 5 weaknesses in the middle of your D..this spells disaster for an undefeated season next year..all games are won in the trenches and the DL will not be on par with the group of 2012..young, talented and hungry is great but until they can control the line of scrimmage consistently, this group will be a downgrade..Mike is a huge concern..especially behind a young DL..and I have never been a fan of any of our current safeties..I dont care how "experienced" they are, neither are smart football players and certainly not good enough to make up for the inexperience in front of them..all that adds up to trouble and more than one loss next year (I hope Im wrong)............just sayin

I dunno that I agree.

As for DL, there will be a lot more of a pass rush than even last year, imo. So long as Schutt, Hale, Bennett, and Carter can hold down the middle, I am not terribly worried.

The concern of safety play is overstated considering we are talking about 3 tear starters who are seniors and who are returning in their 2nd year of this new coverage scheme (remember how the big coverage mistakes slowly decreased as the year progressed)

MLB and DT as run stoppers are probably my primary concern but I think this offense will prevent teams from relying exlusively on the running game.

The D-line will be young but more athletic and with more speed. Next years D-line starters all played last year and Bennett was injured the entire year so I look for him to have a big year and be a leader on the line. Shazier will lead the backers and Roby will be the overall defensive leader as well as the DB's.

Washington and Spence really grew up and were playing great as true freshman last year and now in the off season will be getting stronger with better technique.

The schedule will allow the young guys to really get some quality play time and develop depth so we should be ready for Big10 play.

After watching what Bama's line did to a good ND Dline, it would be crazy not to worry about the Dline because of their inexperience. They obviously have unbelievable potential but they are my main concern this year.

We need to be building this team to beat Akabama year in year out, because the way things are shaping up, we might be playing them in the NC every year!!

I have always felt it is very unfair to expect a true frosh to come in and be the answer anywhere. Trey is going to spend the first half of the year dealing with home sickness.

Weakness - overall team tackling ability. Way to many broke tackles against the Bucks this year. You have to be able to tackle in space, a great case of this was the attempted tackle of Denard at the end of the first half.

If the DL plays well and keeps the OL off the second level, the LB's will be much better than expected and learn quickly. We have the athletes, they just need the opportunity.

Can we stop with the Percy Harvin crap. That is getting so old. This team is fine they just need to give the ball to other players to make plays. It's not like Harvin was their offense alone. And sorry, but Smith is a better RB than Hyde. He's just not getting the chance to show it every carry. He has the speed and quickness. Just give him the damn ball.