Defense is the focus after Nebraska football’s 10th practice of spring
Saturday's scrimmage showed that the defense's tackling needs work, defensive coordinator Erik Chinander said after Monday's practice, the 10th of Nebraska football's spring drills.
"It's not good enough right now," Chinander said while noting that it's somewhat understandable because "in spring football, you don't get a ton of shots to tackle guys to the ground."
Chinander said the scrimmage, the second one this spring, amounted to "a good back and forth" between the offense and defense. "I thought it was fast and physical on both sides of the football. I didn't see any dumb stuff out there penalty-wise or just guys doing dumb stuff."
Much more from defensive coaches and players at Monday's post-practice media availability is in the links below. Refresh this page for the latest updates. Go here for the HuskerMax discussion. Asterisk indicates item may require a subscription.
Coverage
- Husker247 | Chinander discusses weekend scrimmage, young D-linemen, Butler and nickels
- Nebraska Athletics | Chinander Discusses Takeaways from Live Scrimmage
- Hail Varsity | Sorensen/Smith recap (video)
- Hail Varsity* | Tackling Problems and a Defensive Line That's A 'Work in Progress'
- Lincoln Journal Star* | Rapid Reaction: Chinander says NU tackling needs work; and Dawson's DL 'work in progress'
- Omaha World-Herald* | Chinander: Nebraska scrimmage shows Husker defense needs to tackle better
- Omaha World-Herald* | Notes: Nebraska worked through 'fast and physical' scrimmage
