Idle week -- Defensive backs coach Phil Parker

Iowa defensive backs coach Phil Parker, a 12-year veteran in Iowa City, talks about the good and the bad for Iowa's defense. What bad? He's a coach. They see the bad even though the stats say there aren't any. Tackling and leverage were Nos. 1 and 2 on that hit list.

Didn't take long for the Denard Robinson question to come. It came from me, by the way, so I'll take the blame. The idea against such an all-everything player is to be sound fundamentally, Parker said.

Here, Parker touches on what it's like without defensive coordinator Norm Parker. Phil Parker played under Norm at Michigan State and has known him for 27 years.

Here the topics are true freshman linebacker James Morris, MSU vs. Denard Robinson and DE Adrian Clayborn and his numbers through five games.

Parker touches on Big Ten offenses and how they're prolific and QB driven.

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