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^^^its an inside thing. RamDad has been very vocal with his disapointment in our Rams and the let downs he has suffered as a result. I too am still skeptical. But we have developed and resolved at each of our weaknesses from the grid to week 0 and from week 0 to week 1. Like RD said, if there is a better DL in 1A, i want to see them. Our LBs looked better against Ashland and one of the issues in regaurds to tackling have been corrected and it goes along to our DBs as well and this was and has been the issue:

Playing not to get beat down the field. That has been the case since 2012. Even with Messer, Dixon, and Young in the secondary, very soft coverage, usually a soft zone and cover 2, very little to no bump and run. That is going to change as the season goes on. Same thing with the LBs. keep in mind that a majority of those 3rd and Long conversions by Ashland, if this were last year and the year before, are TDs, not first downs. We have speed this year, like we havent had before. So the coaches are adjusting to that as well and making adjustments. The LBs just have to stop being afraid of giving up the big play and be more aggresive. Cherry is more of an extra free safety right now as well. We didnt line up in a traditional 4-3 one time against ashland. Looked more like a 4-3/cover 2 spy imo. Again, all of this is going to change as the season goes on. Even when Ashland had all the momentum in the world, we responded. When West got close, we responded. That is a trait we havent had in recent years either and arent things that can be coached, the kids either have it or they dont. The other things can be fixed. The next step is the killer instinct. We will see if we possess that this week.

I'm not sure how improved east is but I expect a blow out in this one..