Ron Roberts’ goal for Auburn’s defense? Cause plenty of havoc. The Tigers’ new DC always aims for at least a 20% havoc rate. “The nature we play, we’re going to go after it and get tackles for loss, get behind the sticks and put us in favorable downs.”
Roberts hopes to make it a calling card for Auburn now that he’s part of Hugh Freeze’s inaugural staff, but it’ll take work as he inherits a defense that struggled in many regards last season — with pass coverage one of the few exceptions — and must replace its three best pass-rushers in Derick Hall, Eku Leota and Colby Wooden.
“That’s what we need to work at,” Roberts said. “What does that mean? How do you control that? You control that with attempts at the ball. You control some of that, schematically, with how tackles for losses occur. Tackles for loss typically occur off of D-line movement, stunts, pressure. If you’re going to get them, you’ve got to do it. If you’re going to sit there in a base defense, the only way you get them then is if my guy is better than your guy and whoops him and gets a TFL.
But Auburn will also be strategic with its Jack linebackers/edge rushers and defensive backs when it comes to generating pressure and creating negative plays. Roberts’ defenses at Baylor had that penchant for aggressive play and made their names off creating havoc. The most successful of those three seasons was in 2021, when the Bears had a top-10 scoring defense and posted one of the nation’s top havoc rates at 27 percent, according to Roberts.
Getting Auburn to that mark will take some effort, of course, given what the Tigers must replace from a unit that already struggled with creating havoc.
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