I don’t care how talented and disciplined your DBs are, with the way both college and the pro game call pass interference, def holding and illegal contact, which all grant automatic first downs, if you can’t get consistent pressure on any half competent passer, you won’t stop the passing game. The rules these days, or at least the way they’re enforced, enable receivers to get open much easier.
You MUST get pressure on the QB, and in a matchup like Week 1 with the type of pure athletes Texas is still able to recruit at the WR and TE position, it’s going to be tough for our secondary to play lockdown football. We need their QB to be running for his life and hit when he throws.