While watching Maryland football lose its first game of the season Saturday to Michigan State, 27-24, one position group stuck out: the secondary.
However, it was not because the Terps recorded three interceptions. It was quite the opposite. The secondary allowed 363 passing yards and three passing touchdowns, letting receivers continuously slip past them for big plays.
The most discouraging part about the performance is the Terps have no excuse for it. They threw almost everything they had at Michigan State, playing nine different defensive backs.
Sophomore Kevis Thomas and freshman Lloyd Irvin III have yet to play this season with injuries, but Thomas only played in six games last year, in which he recorded two tackles.