Florida football began the Jon Sumrall era with a convincing 66-21 win over Florida Atlantic at The Swamp.
In this week’s Swampcast, the Sun‘s Kevin Brockway, Noah Ram and Andrew Abadie break down the win and focus on where the Florida Gators need to improve in their Week 2 matchup against Campbell on Saturday, September 12 (5:30 p.m., SEC Network +).
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Florida outgained FAU 624-396 but concerns on defense remain for the Gators in both communication and physicality.
“You knew it was going to be tough facing one of the best pass offenses in the country last season but still, some soft coverages, not much of a pass rush, some things to be mildly concerned about,” Brockway said.
Abadie said it comes down to players winning matchups on the defensive line and better communication in the secondary.
“Jayden Woods is going to be double teamed all year and he has to be more effective,” Abadie said. “He’s going to be double teamed in the SEC. You have to work with that. You’re supposed to be the guy, and I think with the secondary, a lot of it was getting on the same page and seeing it happen.”
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Ram said that while Florida’s offense under new offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner looked impressive, truer tests will come when facing SEC defenses later in the month.
“Let’s just see what happens when they play a good defense,” Ram said. “You look at FAU’s schedule last year and man did they have a lot of stinkers defensively, against teams that were not very good last season. Last season was last season but they allowed 48 points to UConn last year.”
Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1.
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