FSU football: 3 things to improve going into Southern Miss game
By Kelvin Hunt
Missed Tackles/Better Angles on Defense
It’s all about the matchups, and FSU may not face a receiving unit like LSU’s for the rest of the season. However, it still goes back to the fundamentals of tackling. In the clip below, Fentrell Cypress is defending Gabe Nabers, and both do what they’re supposed to do. Nabers runs a clean route, and Cypress has good coverage, but Cypress fails to close and wrap on the tackle to prevent yards after the catch.
Luckily, FSU safeties are there to do their jobs, but this was one of a few missed tackles for FSU defensive backs. Jarrian Jones had one similar to this, resulting in a huge gain and eventual LSU touchdown.
In the video below, we’ll see FSU linebacker DJ Lundy take a bad angle on a pass to the tight end in the flats. In the video below, we’ll see FSU linebacker DJ Lundy take a bad angle on a pass to the tight end in the flats. Lundy takes an angle that puts him at the 20-yard line to try to attempt the tackle and misses.
If Lundy would have held his course in a straight line at the 22-yard line when he diagnosed the play(great job doing that, btw), he would have made the tackle there instead of the tight end getting upfield inside the five-yard line.