Virginia’s defense has steadily fallen off over the last few years but the start to the 2021 season has been worse than anyone could have imagined. Virginia’s staff had to feel good about all of.
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PHILADELPHIA - The curtain went up on the Eagles rookies on Friday afternoon.
Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith was catching passes – and, yes, he proved mortal with one early drop. He looking crisp running routes.
Second-round pick Landon Dickerson was even jogging around and getting work done, perhaps a pleasant surprise considering he is still rehabbing from an ACL tear in December.
Head coach Nick Sirianni said after practice that the interior offensive lineman from Alabama won’t participate in any team drills this weekend but will just do walkthroughs while learning the offense.
Virginia D’s focus: Cutting down on big plays
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Nick Howell knows the key to getting Virginia’s defense to getting back to 2018 form: cutting down on big plays in the passing game.
“We’ve studied this to a high degree. Obviously, we spent a good portion of our six months, of the last time period, looking at this and emphasizing this,” said Howell, the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.