FSU football: 3 major things defense can't afford against Boston College

Poor Safety Play/Missing Tackles

One of the things that hurt FSU against Georgia Tech last week and against Boston College last year was poor safety play. The Boston College game was the first without Akeem Dent after he hurt his hamstring last year. Below is the second play of the game, and FSU has the chance to force a third and long.

Adam Fuller sends a safety blitz, and Kevin Knowles misses the tackle for a loss, and the result of the play is a huge gain for Boston College. FSU safeties were slow to trigger downhill against the run against Georgia Tech last week. Boston College will look to run the ball similar to Georgia Tech, but their offensive line isn't as good. However, if FSU needs its safeties to help in the run game, they can't have plays like this.