Snowflakes Thread: Defense Vs. Cincinnati
September 9th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
but they were aided greatly by Cincinnati's passing game being awful. The number of open WRs the QB missed and then the number of WRs just dropping balls had to add up to like 50% or more of their pass attempts
Also surprised how little organic pressure the D-line was able to get. I don't think I heard Mo Hurst's name once
September 9th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
would have resulted in more slip screens. I saw Hurst get fired out of a cannon once and got burned by it. I think he was playing more disciplined knowing the game plan for the qb was going to get rid of the ball quickly.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
Not every DC would think to call the "pick-six" play, let alone twice a game.
In actuality, it was surprising that Cincinnati was able to run a little. Good overall performance, but tighter coverage needed.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:14 PM ^
The bad snap on the punt counts as a team carry for -33 yards, and that really had nothing to do with the defense.
September 9th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
glad to see them mixing in some more zone and trap schemes...even with dominant press man like last season its still nice to throw few changeups at offenses (even if you dont much need to). INT's much more likely with defenders reacting in zone...doesnt need to be anything crazy, and still butter your bread with press man, but a handful of zone calls mix in nicely
September 9th, 2017 at 4:26 PM ^
We stole it from Florida's DC.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
My take is that the defense is still good, but Florida has to be one of the most poorly coached teams in Division I.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
that they didn't get. One was overthrown and the other went through the hands of the receiver. Screens ate us up and so did some runs. The 2 pick sixes really helped though
September 9th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
As interesting as the offensive version of this thread is going to become, the defense quietly did some work this weekend:
- Michigan gave up 200 yards overall across 70 plays, which is 2.86 yards per play
- They held Moore to 8.8 yards per completion and only 3.3 yards per attempt
- 2.27 yards per carry allowed is actually really good
September 9th, 2017 at 4:13 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
we saw something totally different from those numbers. Crazy lol
September 9th, 2017 at 4:29 PM ^
I believe that yards per carry is including the -33 yards on the punt snap that turned into a safety.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
Row the opposing offense can't outscore our defense
September 9th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:12 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:18 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
since we were playing Cinci.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
think Fickell probably prepared the cinci team like OSU would. this was their super bowl for the year. they threw everything they had at us.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
I think Cincinnati expected to get beat and just came in with a good game plan. They didn't have some MSU roid-aided rage coming at us.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
this is a high aggression high risk defense.
sometimes being so aggressive on blitzing can leave those tunnel screens open but with some coaching and more game experience they will pick it up.
wish we had a couple more d linemen that were of the Taco Charlton/Rashan Gary caliber to platoon with the first string like last year.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
ha yeah i wish they had a few more NFL players too!
September 9th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
Don Brown begs to differ. Starting at 6:13 of this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejY1T3PtfWs&t=29s
September 9th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
Line was god, not dominant. Had some coerage beats, onedropped and two overthrown that could have been TDs or close. Cinci had a nice game plan -- good read of our Florida film. Lotsa stuf for the D to work on this week.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
So it goes:
God < D-line < dominant?
Or
God == D-line < dominant?
September 9th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
Thought they played well enough. I know people will point to some open WRs and lucky breaks, and tunnel screens definitely surprised them, but don't forget last year's team gave up 275 yards rushing to UCF, and that didn't really matter the rest of the year. It's still a championship defense.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
In last year's UCF game, many of those rushing yards came on QB runs. Later in the season, Charlton's return to the lineup eliminated that problem. I'm hoping that this year's D continues to get impressive results.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
which will hurt us a lot against a good passing team that can take advantage of that. The question is- what teams we play can stretch us veritcally like that? Maybe Purdue and Indiana, probably Penn State, maybe OSU? We might be fortunate to not play many teams that can take advantage of our young secondary
September 9th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:29 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:04 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:55 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 4:18 PM ^
Yeah, but I think we knew that going in. The secondary is where our youth will hit us hardest on defense.