Defensive adjustment
True freshman Tony Dye was UCLA's nickel back, replacing Courtney Viney as UCLA looks to improve its third-down defense.
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
Viney has the quickness to play the position but he has made some costly mistakes.
This ain't pop warner. Mistakes = bench.
Viney is a good player. Don't be mistaken, he will learn from his mistakes and he will be a more than solid contributer on this UCLA team very shortly
Thank God. I've been waiting for this to happen ever since the BYU game. It's a no brainer...
No brainer?
That would be to bench Norris. Or atleast give him Safety help. We all know they target the WR he's covering.
We do? Seems to me Verner has gotten torched just as often as Norris this year.
I think the blame can be handed out across the board. Ends haven't been able to get to the quarterback, Tackles are having problems stuffing the runs up the middle, Linebackers haven't nearly performed up to expectations, Safeties are raw and often caught out of place, and Corners cant tackle or play too far off the receiver.
Just my opinion.
"Ends haven't been able to get to the quarterback"
Glad someone else noticed that as well. A good pass rush doesn't cover up all secondary deficiencies...but it sure does help.
Yes Verner got torched against BYU but the whole Defense sucked that day. You cant bench ATV. He's our Top Defensive player in the backfield. Watch how many times they go towards Norris/Viney during games.
But I totally agree its across the board and it starts with putting pressure on the QB if we dont our DBs will get torched. i just think we should start using our young DBs now it would only benefit the Defense in the future.
At what point does UCLA make other changes in the defense...primarily the secondary? The SENIOR Brett Lockett continues to miss tackles, which have been pointed out numerous times, also I might add, have in many ways cost UCLA the past two games. Its not just one position that needs to change, there are a plethera of changes that need to be made. I believe Viney has been chosen as a safe fall guy. He's a red-shirt freshman and mistakes are going to be made due to his lack of experience, however the consistant LACK of COVERAGE from seniors is unacceptable. They too need to be benched. Start fresh and show us what else the BRUINS have to offer. I believe Obama's message of CHANGE should be adopted by the bruins, we are tired of more of the same.