Mark Stoops addresses how Kentucky's defense can continue to improve
Mark Stoops likes his defense this season, but he also has ways that the unit can continue to improve early in the year.
The Wildcats did enough to earn a 35-20 win in their season opener against Central Michigan, but this week’s opponent, Florida, has a better offense that they will need to stop.
During Wednesday’s SEC Coaches’ Teleconference, Stoops discussed what his team’s defense can do to play even better moving forward.
- The up and down can’t happen. That starts with a mentality. We have to play to the standard we want … it’s a team effort. … I really like this team, they have the right mentality.
Here are some other topics that Stoops discussed on the teleconference:
On how to prevent defenses from stacking the box to stop RB Benny Snell:
- We have to hit some of our shots. That was evident in the opener. We were fractions off. A lot of that has to do with protections. We need to protect better to get opportunities to hit big plays. I think it’s about effectively throwing the ball downfield.
On Florida QB Feleipe Franks:
- He played really well, you could see he was much more comfortable. He had some really good weapons around him. … Playing any QB, your job is to affect him … it has to be a team effort.