For the Florida Gators defense to improve across the board, one aspect must be shored up quickly.
possesses the potential to strike fear in the hearts of opposing defenses. Meanwhile, the defense definitely needs to tighten up aspects in order to match the offense, hoping to contend.
Yet with less than two months until kickoff, the Gators can really focus on what plagued the defense in 2023. Looking backward at problems helps when you look forward to solutions. As a result, the area that Florida defense needs to improve most is rush defense. In 2023, the rush defense played an erratic, inconsistent brand of football that led to a similarly uneven season. The Gators ranked
in stopping the run. In all honesty, Billy Napier doesn't have the earned winning collateral to withstand another losing season.Last season, opponents ran the ball versus the Gators just 386 times. That ranks first in fewest attempts by an opponent in the SEC. By the same token, that number ranks seventh nationally, out of 133 FBS teams. Meanwhile, the Gators surrendered the fCorrespondingly, that number ranks sixty-first nationally.
Not to mention, Florida surrendered just thirty-seven rushes of ten-plus yards in the final half/overtime. On the other hand, the first thirty minutes of games, opponents ripped off thirty-seven chunk yardage plays. Whatever happened in the locker room, whatever corrections or sage words need to move before the coin toss. A different Gators team emerges after half time.In Florida's 3-3-5, the front three occupy blockers and attempt to clog lanes, so the three linebackers can stop the run.
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