Michigan Vs. Florida: Defensive Snowflakes

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This shall be the thread for your thoughts on the defense in our game vs. Florida

SpinachAssassin

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:14 PM ^

They always got after it yet were rarely out of position, thus tackled really well. Quite impressive to watch.

Broadcasters saying what everyone here already knew - "hey, these guys are actually kind of good!" Welcome to the party, ESPN!

Alumnus93

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:14 PM ^

In my view Bush at this moment is the defenses best player and will be All BIG. Not to say it won't be Gary or Hurst later....

Alumnus93

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:14 PM ^

In my view Bush at this moment is the defenses best player and will be All BIG. Not to say it won't be Gary or Hurst later....

Hard-Baughlls

September 2nd, 2017 at 9:06 PM ^

in a long time.  But slow your roll....LB's look a lot better when playing behind a D-line so dominant that they can rush 3 the whole game and wreak absolute havoc agianst a ranked opponent. 

Gary and Hurst are the best players on the defense right now, and it's not really close.  They absolutely controlled the flow of the game.

superstringer

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^

1.  Young talent + Great coaching + ? = Profit

2.  Florida has been and remains baaaaaad at offense.

Put 1 and 2 together, and you get -4 points scored by UF O against UM D.

Srsly, I'm glad we have a very competent and confident defense.  Whether they are top-10 really shouldn't be measured against this bottomfeeder offense.  Plenty more teams on the schedule will give us a way better challenge, including the last 3 on the schedule.

stephenrjking

September 2nd, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^

It's not a great offense. It is, however, a Power 5 offense and one good enough to win division titles at that. Or, at least, it was last year. 

I think top 10 seems like a safe assumption for the year. The question is whether or not our secondary will betray us against teams like Penn State and Ohio State, a question we have yet to answer. But that is... high level stuff. Right now it looks really, really good.

In Baugh we trust

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^

I am a little bit concerned about Mone's health. I saw very little of him early and was surprised to see Solomon play almost exclusively after Hurst exited. Has anyone heard anything about a potential injury? Or was it schematic due to his lack of quickness.

stephenrjking

September 2nd, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^

Solomon playing for Hurst makes sense at that point in the game because Florida had to throw, and Mone is not a pass rusher. You want a guy who can shed a blocker and get to the QB.

I have no intelligence about Mone otherwise, but this makes sense to me.

Michifornia

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^

Going to keep us in every game.  Speight has to be better.  Decent kicking game.  Glad McElwain will now be irrelevant the rest of the season.

Great win boys!!  STRONG defense.

GO BLUE!!

DrunkOnHiggins

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^

Wow! Holy shit this D is going to be fun to watch. Line lives up to the hype. Devin Mother Fucking Bush is all I got to say. Dominate up front, hold up on the back end! Don Brown!

GR JW

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:51 PM ^

Not that the secondary didn't play well, but on first watch it looked like Hill gave up most of the yards through the air, although it's hard to always tell who should've been in coverage.  Granted, almost no YAC all day for anyone was awesome to see.

Ditto on Hudson, dude is solid.

corundum

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^

Gil and Furbush both played meaningful minutes and played well. Solomon got in late and got push up the middle on almost every single snap. I'm feeling better about defensive depth everywhere but CB. Devin Bush is an absolute star.

NashvilleBLUE

September 2nd, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^

Good gravy Bush was excellent. I think the D isn't nearly as dominant if he gets booted for targeting.



I thought Watson played well, Hurst was freaking amazing.



I'm pumped man. Without those 2 picks, we win at least 33-3.