Auburn's D was hard as hell the first half of last year. What changed?
3 and out. 3 and out. 3 and out. 3 and out. A NFL pro-bowl defense would eventually tire out and give up yards if they stayed on the field the entire game, every game.
Depth! People keep harping on our offensive depth...particularly the OL...you only play with 5, and they take all the meaningful snaps...Defense is where we're really thin and it matters now. Like someone else said, the #1s are good, after that nothing.
I'd stop short of calling the back-ups "nothing".