A lot of times ya'll will talk shit about our D and I'll tell you that we did what we needed to do.

Tonight was just abysmal.
No QB pressure
a young secondary getting absolutely murdered by one player
garbage open field tackling.

They have to gut-check this week big time in order to be ok next Saturday in East Lansing.

On the other hand, the skill position situation is officially absurd. We did everything tonight without the services of Devon Allen (still recovering) Charles Nelson (precautionary rest) Darren Carrington (weeeeeeeed) and Thomas Tyner (out for the year). Dwayne Stanford is playing like a man. Bralon is back. Royce is still Royce, and a little trimmer today. Kani Benoit in his third year looks ready to be the number 2. Tony Brooks-James looks explosive. Byron Marshall is going to have another huge year. Taj Griffin looks *De'Anthony* fast. Last year's SPARQ national champ is in the two deep as well and played a few snaps (Kirk Merritt). This group is going to be a very exciting watch.