The offense shined and the defense seemed to struggle in Auburn's second scrimmage of fall practice on Saturday.
Several explosive plays gave the offense the upper hand.
"I felt like the offense came out and executed more plays, and the defense gave up some explosive plays, but that's something we are going to get corrected in the film room," cornerback Jonathon Mincy said after the scrimmage on Saturday.
Mincy, fellow cornerback Chris Davis and center Reese Dismukes were, for the most part, held out of Saturdays scrimmage. The coaches felt it necessary to spend more time evaluating the younger players.
"There was a couple guys that we did hold out of the scrimmage," Gus Malzahn said. "If we had the proper information and if we were trying to worry about the guy behind them,"
The absence of Mincy and Davis could have led to some of the explosive plays the offense had in the scrimmage, but Mincy feels the offense was ready and focused no matter who was playing defense.
"They (the offense) had more of a sense of urgency on the field," Mincy said. "They felt like they enjoyed being out there. You could tell by the way they were executing their plays and that's something you like to see from your offense."
Regardless of the way the offense was playing, Mincy believes the defense wasn't focused and they need to have more mental toughness if they want to be successful this season.
"That's something that we have to have a mindset that we don't get beat deep ever," Mincy said. "That's something we are going to get corrected from last year, and something that the defense needs to take pride in," Mincy said.
While the offense gained most of the attention after the scrimmage the defense is still determined to be an improved unit this season, but they are not there yet.
"We still have a lot of adjustments to make as far as making sure everybody is coming up and tackling," Mincy said. "There were so many explosive plays from the offense. We are just going to come out and get better."
Auburn will have another practice on Saturday afternoon and then have practice before Fan Day on Sunday.
Fan Day is scheduled for 3:30 p.m on Sunday at Auburn Arena.
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