MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The messaging from the coaching staff had clearly sunk in for Brandon Buckner and De'Arre McDonald coming off the field from the team's scrimmage this past Saturday.
"We all play as one," Buckner said when asked about how the defensive front got pressure early in the scrimmage. "Everybody's doing their 1/11th and that's all you need. Everybody just do their job and then the rush and the coverage works together."
His fellow returning Blue Raider, McDonald, echoed those statements independently.
"The plan that they have for us from the start of camp is do your job, do your 1/1th," McDonald said.