Antonio Watts

Yes, they've been banged up.

Losing Antonio Watts to injury for the rest of the season is brutal.

One of the best players on this team overall.

Cohen Entringer, who was out the past two weeks, who Braum is optimistic is going to play this week.

So we won't know what that Tuesday evening injury report says if it holds true and you have to do Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then the report on Friday.

But Cohen Entringer is the one to watch at strong safety.

He honestly could be who replaces Antonio Watts at that star level.

safety linebacker hybrid position because of his skill set.

Well, that's the thing.

The last couple of weeks, the last three weeks, I guess, Antonio Watts got hurt in the SMU game.

To me, Antonio Watts played the star position for them.

To me, he was their best defender.

he's out for the year.

Anybody standing out that could be a big difference maker?

Antonio Watts is the biggest f- one, Jackson.

This is one right here, this one has totally derailed our defense altogether.

I've told people this, like, people weren't as concerned.

They thought Mark Ivy in his first year, they thought, "We still got Calvin Loov and some of these other big time playmakers on the defense." But Antonio Watts has been called the heart and soul of our defense.

He plays defensive back and safety and linebacker.

He's a triple threat.

And it shows because he covers up a lot of mistakes in this, in this Louisville defense.

Yes, they've been banged up.

Losing Antonio Watts to injury for the rest of the season is brutal.

One of the best players on this team overall.

Cohen Entringer, who was out the past two weeks, who Braum is optimistic is going to play this week.

So we won't know what that Tuesday evening injury report says if it holds true and you have to do Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then the report on Friday.

But Cohen Entringer is the one to watch at strong safety.

He honestly could be who replaces Antonio Watts at that star level.

safety linebacker hybrid position because of his skill set.

I mean, they, they lost this game on the practice field and in the film room trying to get their calls right.

And, you know, you lose Antonio Watts, uh, before the Wake Forest game.

He's your best player in the secondary by a, by a long way.

And you gotta wonder, i- is him and Coen Ettringer being out, uh, for those games...

Is there a player who's been missing, a guy coming back from injury, something about, hey, we're almost about to catch the scheme? Is there any reason to think that this defense is gonna have a breakthrough? 'Cause they've given up 30 to every FBS opponent they played this year.

I can't see that happening, Chuck.

Antonio Watts is out for the year.

Every, you know, Coen Ettringer might be able to go against Florida State, but he's a good player, but he's not a fixer.

What's the scariest thing we talked about? There was two scary things, quarterback play and, um, uh, the co-defensive coordinators this year.

And, um, the quarterback play is [laughs] if you'd have told me that Lincoln Keenholz was having the numbers he was having and Louisville would be two and three, I'd be like, "Well, you're full of it." Uh, but this co-defensive coordinator seems to be an issue, and like I said, uh, the Antonio Watts injury out there, um, is a, a bigger problem than it lets on when you play that star position on that defense.

Um, they just, they don't know how to line up, and I don't see it getting any better.

And there's a tough game Florida State Friday night here on a short week.