[0ff The Chain]

If the bulldogs can work hard and improve and find some run defense over the next 4 or 5 weeks we could be a tough out come playoff time. Our defensive line got pushed around for the most part tonight but we did get a few stops.I figured Belfry would have a better pash rush then that but give credit to our offensive line because they have done a good job of protecting the QB all year. They haven't given up but a few sacks this year and most of those were on busted plays. We have had problems with the defensive line all year and you can't expect that defensive secondary to bail you out and stop big plays every play even though they are pretty talented and athletic. Hard for your linebackers to do anything when the lineman are being pushed in their lapp also. I would love to know how much the small defensive line was played in this one. Ido feel that the coaches gave up on the run too soon. It was hard sledding in the first half but it was starting to work late in the game at times. I would also love the name of who was lined up on the Horton kid from Belfry because that young man deserves ahuge pat on the back, he kept that kid quiet for most of the night. I would think it was Ratliff, kid is big and strong and very under rated in this area as a lineman, he didn't get to play in this one last season due too injury. Congrats to Belfry on the win and I think these two teams will play again in November and hopefully both teams will have a few things cleaned up and figured out.
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I feel the direct opposite about the running game. I thought we ran the ball way to much on early downs and kept getting nailed for losses time and time again and putting us in predictable passing situations. I know it would be great to have balance but at some point you have to be smart enough to figure out that when you run the ball your just giving a play away because we were going nowhere. I did not understand why they kept lining people up all on one side instead of going 4 wide,2 on each side and run deep routes and then some underneath. It seemed to me the majority of the pass plays either involved a 1 wr route that pretty much had triple coverage on(Dalton happened to get behind them some) or a trips formation that had 3 wr's all running routes way to close to each other and allowing 1 Belfry defender to cover them. A lot of out routes that was making Kiser have to try and gun the ball bout 20 yards or more just to get a 5 yard gain to the sideline. I don't claim to be a coach but it just seemed that as far as Belfry's corners were playing off why not run some quick slants?or have the TE come across underneath some deeper routes. I just didn't think the personnel was fully used like it could have been. Proud of the way the kids played and hopefully we can make it back there for another crack at it.