An Honest Assessment of Auburn Defense

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Ike Jones (2:49)

We're still in bi-week conversation. The question is, what does the defense need to do to improve on the first five games?

Welcome on in all aboard the Auburn Express powered by the War of Porche, Guy Ike Jones in here with my man Dukes D. Scoop. And we are talking Auburn Football, Auburn bi-week, Auburn defense. Dukes, through five games. Give me your assessment. What do you feel like the defense has done? Up to expectations, underwhelmed, exceeded? Where you at with?

Dukes (3:32)

I'd say based on the roster, I'd say a bit even.

I didn't think that Florida would have done that. That's the only time I've seen Auburn, a DJ Durkin defense look totally unprepared in some instances. Right, there were times where I was watching guys standing up looking to the sideline, like we don't know what to do. Not what we did, what we're doing doesn't work. We just don't know what to do. Against Vanderbilt last year, they had the calls, it just wasn't working. This year just looked like, hey, we've never seen this, what is this? So I'd say that was a little bit surprising.

The effort they had against Vanderbilt, I mean, excuse me, Tennessee, the following week, not horrible.

Of course you don't want to give up that type of rushing yardage. So Deshaun Bissop, I mean, I'm not saying that kid is not a good football player, but we made them look like, I mean, that was kind of like the Ceasar to Diesel game way back in the day, right? I guess LSU, it got a little crazy. So I'd say I would like to see them better against the run. I still feel like they do a good job of bringing pressure and in a pronounced pass in situations. So I'd say even, man, like I don't think they've really achieved. I don't think they've overachieved. I don't think they've underachieved. I think they've played enough to win. I think they played a good enough football to win four or five games.