SkyDivingDeacon
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Wake had a guy miss half the season and make All-ACC(and made it the year before as well and was drafted), the guy who replaced him, the guy who replaced him had 73 tackles, 6.5 TFLs and 2 FF that year. The stats in 2019 actually looked slightly better with just Smenda and Williams. In 2020 the defensive coordinator admitted it was his fault for not putting them in the right places and making them have to make almost impossible plays until the back end got healthy and when it was they *shockingly* had their best games.
There is a very large gap between how coaches and the media see the linebackers and how fans see them and it's slightly frustrating
Fair enough. The coaches and you know a lot more than I do. I have pretty much thought it was more likely scheme issues than personnel, but when you see the same LBs miss tackle after tackle and/or that can’t move quickly enough sideline to sideline and help complete critical stops...well...it would seem that we need an upgrade to that unit. Hope I’m wrong. Good luck to Williams. Go Deacs!