Early on in Jeremy Pruitt’s first spring practice as the Tennessee football head coach, we addressed the issue of the defense appearing to lag behind the offense. This post here questioned whether or not is should yet be a concern.
Well, three weeks later, we can’t say whether or not it should be a concern. But there’s no debate now that the Vols are much further along on offense than they were on defense.
There have been two scrimmages since that time, and Pruitt’s comments after both of them make clear that the defense is an issue.