Upon Further Review 2014: Defense vs Rutgers
FORMATION NOTES: Not a whole lot was different, but Michigan did line up in a number of under fronts…
…so that was frustrating what with Ross playing SAM and Ryan at MLB, neither of them doing particularly well.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Usual rotation on the line except Charlton got the start and played about the same number of snaps as Beyer. Hurst continues to get a few snaps, which is a change from earlier. LBs same; corners generally Lewis and Countess with Taylor coming in for the nickel, pushing Countess inside.
Wilson went the whole way; Clark was the other starter at S with Thomas coming in regularly.
[After THE JUMP: the center cannot hold.]
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
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O25 | 1 | 10 | Ace 3-wide | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Ryan | -1 | ||||||||||
Ryan(+2) reads the play and attacks a gap hard, leaving the guy trying to release onto him grasping air. He can do this because Glasgow(+1) has driven his guy back, making a cutback unappealing; Charlton(+1) also gets great push, then comes back inside to TFL once Ryan's attack has brought the back to a stop. | |||||||||||||||||||
O24 | 2 | 11 | Shotgun 3-wide | 4-3 over | Pass | 4 | Screen | Bolden | 6 | ||||||||||
Defended decently; Glasgow(-1) appears to be a guy left back to peel into screens; he ends up falling. He gets to his feet but not in time to affect the play; he gets blindsided hard for his troubles. Wilson(+0.5) comes up to contain well, forcing the back to cut up further inside than he might like; Bolden(+2) dodges a block and initiates a tackle in space. RPS -1; this was two good plays to hold this down as RU had hats for every M guy. | |||||||||||||||||||
O30 | 3 | 5 | Shotgun trips tight bunch | Nickel even | Pass | 5 | Angle | Countess | 53 | ||||||||||
Ugh, ugh, ugh. This is RPS both ways as M sends a blitz that gets Ryan(+1, pressure +3, blitz) through clean, he blows up Nova on the throw. But M is in man coverage, with Lewis lined up to the outside, Countess nose to nose with inside leverage on the guy on the LOS in the bunch, and Wilson taking the TE type guy to the inside of the bunch. Countess(-3, cover -3) completely airballs on his jam and his guy runs hand-wavingly open past him, like literally three yards. If Nova had time this could be a touchdown to a different guy. Lewis is running with Grant, who initially runs like he's going to run an out, then breaks in. Lewis can't follow because Countess is madly chasing his dude. A successful jam and Grant is the guy hung up and Nova probably gets sacked. As it is, easy throw to the middle of the field for a first down and a pile of YAC. Clark(-1) looks really slow compared to Grant and gives up 10-20 more than is absolutely necessary. And Lewis(-1, cover -1) maybe could just say F-it and try to get to Grant more desperately? | |||||||||||||||||||
M17 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-3 under | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Glasgow | 0 | ||||||||||
This down is on fiyaaah. Glasgow(+2), Henry(+1), and Charlton(+1) all beat blocks, with Glasgow two-gapping and tackling. Bolden(+0.5) gave an OL the old David Harris ole and got to the POA in case Glasgow didn't have it handled. | |||||||||||||||||||
M17 | 2 | 10 | I-Form | 4-3 over | Pass | 4 | PA corner | Lewis | Inc | ||||||||||
PA buys Nova way too much time(pressure -3) as he can sit forever if he wants in a totally unharried pocket. Lewis(+1, cover +1) is step for step and gives Nova a very small window he can't hit. | |||||||||||||||||||
M17 | 3 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Skinny post | Ryan | Inc | ||||||||||
M gets the same bunch set with a similar defensive response to the 53 yarder and calls TO; after the TO something different. M in zone; Ryan(-1, cover -1) goes for a chuck on a TE who is just not much of a threat on third and ten and opens up a window inside of Countess for a first down. Dropped. I really really question WTF Clark(-1, cover -1) is doing on this play as he is looking at this route the whole way from the wrong hashmark and if Nova goes for the guy Ryan chucks he's wide open for a probable TD. Pressure –1; not too good but quick throw. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: FG(34), 3-3, 7 min 1st Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O26 | 1 | 10 | Ace 3-wide | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Jet sweep | Thomas | 16 | ||||||||||
Thomas into the game now. Related to most recent coverage? Jet sweep handoff. Charlton(-1) doesn't flare out to deal with it; Bolden(-1) has no idea who has the ball; Thomas(-2) sets up inside, losing leverage and making this more dangerous than it has to be. Thomas's thing is worth at least half the yards here. | |||||||||||||||||||
O42 | 1 | 10 | I-Form twins | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Down G | Henry | 2 | ||||||||||
M shows a blitz, runs a slant to the playside. Henry(-2) doubled and eventually thrown to the ground. Glasgow(+1) gives ground but eventually puts his guy on the ground and is there to constrict the space Henry dangerously left. RU TE massively blows assignment so he blocks no one after initiating Henry double so one lead guy takes on Bolden(+0.5); Bolden holds up; Unblocked gentlemen converge. Fortunate. | |||||||||||||||||||
O44 | 2 | 8 | Ace twin TE | 4-3 under | Pass | 5 | TE out | Wilson | Inc | ||||||||||
Twist blitz gets Bolden(+0.5) through clean with Ryan(+0.5) occupying two OL (pressure +3, blitz), quick dumpoff that Wilson(+1, cover +1) has covered, tackling for a two yard gain that isn't even that because the TE drops it. RPS +1. | |||||||||||||||||||
O44 | 3 | 8 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Post | Thomas? | 24 | ||||||||||
M rolls Thomas down to the line presnap, lots of RU pointing about this. Rush four, drop seven. Taylor sets up with outside leverage, funneling to Wilson, Wilson cannot get there. Thomas ends up sitting at seven yards with no one within 10 yards of him; I feel he needs to be dropping or something? At the very least M tipped cover 3 hard and Nova went right to what looked like a presnap read. Cover -2, RPS -2 | |||||||||||||||||||
M32 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-4 under | Penalty | N/A | False start | N/A | -5 | ||||||||||
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M37 | 1 | 15 | Shotgun trips | Nickel even | Run | N/A | Draw | Henry | -1 | ||||||||||
M stunts the DTs, totally discombobulating the OL. Henry(+2) has a very rare surge through as the guy trying to absorb attention, not only annoying the RB but actually tackling him. Bolden(+0.5) is shading over on the snap to the hole and beats a block to offer unnecessary assistance. RPS +1. | |||||||||||||||||||
M38 | 2 | 16 | Shotgun 2-back | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | RB flat | Bolden | 11 | ||||||||||
Somehow this turns into a big gain. Pressure(-2) is bad, coverage(+1) good, and then a dumpoff caught at three yards that Bolden(-1) is kind of jogging after well after the WR commits outside, so he is unable to make a tackle for say six yards. RB gets most of it instead. | |||||||||||||||||||
M27 | 3 | 5 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Tunnel screen | Countess | 0 | ||||||||||
Countess(+2, cover +1, tackling +1) reads and attacks this, tackling for no gain. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: FG(44), 3-6, 1 min 1st Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O25 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | 4-3 over | Pass | 4 | Hitch and go | Lewis | Inc | ||||||||||
All day for Nova (pressure -2), though Hurst does come through eventually to prevent a -3. Still can comfortably set up and fire downfield. Lewis(+2, cover +1) bites a bit on Carroo's fake and is in some trouble; he is close enough to start yanking at the arm and gets his head around to find the ball and knock it away. | |||||||||||||||||||
O25 | 2 | 10 | I-Form | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Draw | Wormley | -1 | ||||||||||
M moves Clark into the box and has Ross flared out in a SAM-like position while still having their line shaded to strength; Rutgers runs a draw that Michigan eats alive. Wormley(+1) gets some penetration as his OL tries to set up for a pass block, then finds the fullback and bounces off him; this pulls the back away from that fullback. With Clark(+1) and Ryan(+1) shooting gaps on the snap and Wormley coming in as well this RB has no chance. RPS +2, Michigan seemingly knew this was coming. | |||||||||||||||||||
O24 | 3 | 11 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Penalty | N/A | False start | N/A | -5 | ||||||||||
On the QB, which you don't see too much. | |||||||||||||||||||
O19 | 3 | 16 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Scramble | Bolden | 20 | ||||||||||
Clark(-1) falls down as he attempts to spin so big lane (pressure -2) that Nova can run up into; should still be no big deal but Bolden(-2, tackling -2) slips on a juke type substance from Nova and can not even delay the guy; Lewis(-1) also fell. That's a lot of guys on the ground for no reason on one play. | |||||||||||||||||||
O39 | 1 | 10 | Ace | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Bolden | 1 | ||||||||||
Henry(+1) drives his guy back as Clark(+1) splits a double so the frontside is looking no bueno. Glasgow gets blown out by a forever double; Bolden(+1) can read the back's cut early since Henry has forced it and gets to the hole for a stick. | |||||||||||||||||||
O40 | 2 | 9 | Ace twins | 4-3 under | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Ojemudia | 0 | ||||||||||
Corner blitz from the WR-less boundary; Ojemudia(+1) slanting inside of that drives a tackle back; Ross(+1) clunked a TE back and that could lead to an Ojemudia TFL as the space is restricted. RB cuts behind Ojemudia; Lewis(+0.5) reads and redirects to tackle with help from Glasgow. | |||||||||||||||||||
O40 | 3 | 9 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Scramble | Bolden | 7 | ||||||||||
M stunting the DTs, which Rutgers picks up; with the DEs pushing the pocket Nova bugs out; Henry(-1) got out of his lane and wasn't there to do much; Glasgow at least gets a hand wave in. This time Bolden(+0.5) is able to react and tackle with help from Ryan. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 10-6, 10 min 2nd Q. This is the TO followed by ten men on the return. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O20 | 1 | 10 | I-Form | 4-3 over | Pass | 5 | PA post | Countess | 80 | ||||||||||
Mattison:
SO: Michigan rolled Wilson to the LOS, put a lot on Countess(-5, cover -5)'s plate and ate an 80 yard touchdown when a post was called and Countess ended up ten yards away from the guy after biting on an out fake. RPS -3. Pressure -2, also. |
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Drive Notes: Touchdown (blocked XP), 10-12, 7 min 2nd Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O12 | 1 | 10 | Ace | 4-3 under | Pass | 4 | Screen | Bolden | 33 | ||||||||||
Ryan blitzes, Clark peels back.Clark(-1) tries to cut inside and ends up giving himself up one for one without affecting the ballcarrier. Lewis (-1) gets caught outside, upfield and unable to shut things down around the first down marker; Bolden(-1) ends up locked inside by an OL. Wilson(-2) takes a bad, exacerbating angle that turns this from a first down into a big gain. | |||||||||||||||||||
O45 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun 4-wide | 4-3 even | Pass | 4 | Out | Wilson | Inc | ||||||||||
Slot out is dropped. Wilson(+0.5, cover +1) likely tackles for three yards if caught. | |||||||||||||||||||
O45 | 2 | 10 | Shotgun 2-back | 4-3 even | Pass | 4 | Throwaway | Lewis | Inc | ||||||||||
Ross off the corner, Clark folding back. Picked up, ton of time (pressure -2), Nova can't find anyone (cover +3) and ends up throwing an aimless ball in the general direction of a guy Lewis(+1) has blanketed. | |||||||||||||||||||
O45 | 3 | 10 | Shotgun trips bunch | 3-2-6 dime | Pass | 3 | Angle | Lewis | Inc | ||||||||||
Identical play to the 53 yarder. Countess does not try to jam, instead just following the WR downfield on his go. With Countess not obstructing his path Lewis(+2, cover +2) gets on the back of the WR and makes this highly difficult. | |||||||||||||||||||
O45 | 4 | 10 | Punt | Punt return | Pass | N/A | Fake punt | Hollowell | -2 | ||||||||||
This is absolutely going to work big time but the upback throws it way behind and it's a popup that gives Michigan plenty of time to respond. They rushed all but three guys, so this could have been huge. Incredibly lucky. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Turnover on downs, 10-12, 4 min 2nd Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O25 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | In | Taylor | 5 | ||||||||||
Pretty odd by Taylor, who initially is up tight and then starts bailing as the WR cuts in; open for five and some YAC, Nova takes him off his feet. Cover -1. | |||||||||||||||||||
O30 | 2 | 5 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Hitch | N/A | 6 | ||||||||||
Maybe? M is late getting set (RPS -1) and generally confused; no pressure(-2) and two guys are running open for the first down(cover -2). Rutgers gets it and gets OOB easily. Yuck. | |||||||||||||||||||
O36 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Flare | N/A | 4 | ||||||||||
Nobody open downfield for a beat; Clark(+0.5, pressure +1) is driving back to the QB and gets an arm on him, QB flips it to the back for a decent gain. Cover push I guess. | |||||||||||||||||||
O40 | 2 | 6 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Out | Clark | Inc | ||||||||||
Rutgers WR derp as guy doesn't even look for the ball; Clark(+1, pressure +1) was forcing the immediate throw and Taylor(+0.5, cover +1) in position for a stick or play on the ball. | |||||||||||||||||||
O40 | 3 | 6 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel over | Pass | 4 | Drag | Ryan | 27 | ||||||||||
No pressure (-2); WR wide wide open on a simple drag route. Ryan(-2, cover -2) nowhere to be found; Grant gets the first down and about eight more, then Taylor(-1) whiffs on a tackle and Ryan(-1) whiffs on a tackle and Wilson, Countess, and Bolden all combine to whiff on a tackle but at least slow the guy down so Hurst can tackle him. (Tackling -3) | |||||||||||||||||||
M33 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Out | Taylor | 12 | ||||||||||
Wormley(+0.5, pressure +1) does get some vague pressure quickly; doesn't matter as Taylor(-1, cover -1) beat on an out. | |||||||||||||||||||
M21 | 1 | 10 | Shotgun trip bunch | Nickel over | Pass | 3 | Post | Wilson | Inc | ||||||||||
M rushes only Glasgow, Beyer, and Wormley and gets what you get when that happens. (Pressure -3). Nova with just ages to throw, throws. Two RU WRs end up in the same area. This allows Wilson(+2, cover +2) to get a hand up and deflect the ball away. | |||||||||||||||||||
M21 | 2 | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel slide | Pass | 4 | Dumpoff | Clark | 14 | ||||||||||
Clark(+1, pressure +1) beats an OT and flushes Nova; Nova chest-passes the ball to his RB as he nears the LOS. Countess(-1, tackling -1) misses a tackle after Bolden forces it back to him and Rutgers gets a first down. | |||||||||||||||||||
M7 | 1 | G | Shotgun trips TE | 3-3-5 nickel | Pass | 3 | Angle | Taylor | Inc | ||||||||||
Taylor(-1, cover -1) beaten in man on yet another angle route; Rutgers just misses. No pressure(-2) again with a three man no Clark rush and they still get a wide open touchdown but can't execute. | |||||||||||||||||||
M7 | 2 | G | Ace 3-wide | Okie zero | Pass | 7 | Rollout out | Countess | Inc | ||||||||||
M sends the house, gets guys through, Rutgers rolls away from it and gets a potential completion at the goal line they can't bring in. Ryan(+1, pressure +1) did discard a guy to make this hard;. | |||||||||||||||||||
M7 | 3 | G | Shotgun trips | Okie zero | Pass | 7 | Slant | Clark | 7 | ||||||||||
Clark(-2, tackling -2, pressure +3) sent straight up middle free by major blitz. Nova kind of moves back and shoves him off and then immediately throws behind and low to a WR who... man. Who discarded Countess(-2, cover -2) so easily that Countess can't even make a play on a badly thrown ball. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Touchdown, 17-19, EOH | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O9 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-4 even | Run | N/A | Iso | Bolden | 3 | ||||||||||
Bolden(+1) takes on the lead block effectively and deep, coming off to tackle; Ryan(+0.5) took an OL block to help compact the space; Glasgow(-0.5) didn't do much to prevent that block from happening and is just kind of eh. | |||||||||||||||||||
O12 | 2 | 7 | I-Form Big | 4-4 even | Run | N/A | Counter | Ross | -1 | ||||||||||
Counter action leaves M linebackers on the pulling guys to see who gets to win. Ross(+2) shoots inside of the pulling G to nearly tackle; he absorbs that blocker and still delays the back long enough for Ryan(+1) to scrape over the top and get there for the TFL. | |||||||||||||||||||
O11 | 3 | 8 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Sack | Charlton | -9 | ||||||||||
M stunt gets there with Charlton(+1, pressure +3, stunt) shooting up into the pocket with Henry(+0.5) providing contain and Glasgow(+1) winning a block for secondary pressure. Nova has no choice but to go down. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 17-19, 12 min 3rd Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O22 | 1 | 10 | Ace | 4-3 under | Pass | 5 | Waggle sack | Henry | -12 | ||||||||||
Blitz from SAM Ross and Clark folds back; Clark(+1, cover +1) has the easy dumpoff covered and Henry(+2, pressure +2) is set free upfield. He comes under control and sacks Nova, dislocating a finger in the process. Looks like they may have missed a close to incidental face mask. Refs +1, RPS +2. | |||||||||||||||||||
O10 | 2 | 22 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Out | Taylor | 13 | ||||||||||
Comfortable pocket(pressure -1), open WR(cover -1) for a nice gain in front of Taylor(-1). | |||||||||||||||||||
O23 | 3 | 9 | Shotgun 3-wide | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | TE in | JClark | 26 | ||||||||||
JClark(-3, tackling -3) with a ludicrously bad missed tackle on a TE that turns a punt into a huge gain by not even affecting said TE. RPS +1, though, a this coverage induced a throw that should have resulted in a punt. | |||||||||||||||||||
O49 | 1 | 10 | I-Form twins | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Lead zone | Beyer | 4 | ||||||||||
Beyer(-1) cut to the ground on the backside so there's a lane to hit once the front is jammed up by a blitz/slant to it. Wormley(+0.5) got good penetration in particular. Bolden(+0.5) does a good job to get back to the cutback lane to tackle, even if just by the legs. | |||||||||||||||||||
M47 | 2 | 6 | I-Form twins | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Down G | Lewis | 2 | ||||||||||
M slanting away with LBs headed to hole; Ryan(-1) catches a block and gives ground; does not set an edge. Doing so sends RB to totally unblocked Bolden and other traffic. Lewis(+1, tackling +1) comes up at the LOS, takes a vicious stiffarm, and still brings the ballcarrier down for a meh gain despite having to shut down a lot of space. RPS +1, should have gotten a free hitter. | |||||||||||||||||||
M45 | 3 | 4 | Ace 3-wide | Nickel even press | Pass | 4 | Rollout out | Lewis | 7 | ||||||||||
Not really Lewis's fault; M tips man, guy comes in motion and then goes back, he slips(-1, cover -1), standard rollout out for first down. RPS -1, coverage obvious and exploited. | |||||||||||||||||||
M38 | 1 | 10 | I-Form | 4-3 under | Pass | 4 | PA fly | Thomas | Inc | ||||||||||
All dang day for Nova, who is under no pressure at all when he throws a deep ball to a WR who tripped after blowing by Thomas(-2, cover -2)... otherwise this looks like a potential TD. Pressure -3. | |||||||||||||||||||
M38 | 2 | 10 | Shotgun 2-back | 4-3 even | Run | N/A | Draw | Bolden | 7 | ||||||||||
Ryan(+1) gets a block headed his way from the FB and shrugs it off, attacking the RB near the LOS and while he can't tackle he brings the guy to a near stop. Ross(-1) overruns the play; Bolden(-2) was so far removed from it after taking a block at the tart that he is not there to help clean up after five and gets nowhere near the play. | |||||||||||||||||||
M31 | 3 | 3 | I-Form Big | 4-4 under | Pass | 4 | TE hitch | Bolden | Inc | ||||||||||
Bad idea quick hitter from Nova hits Bolden(+2, cover +2) in the hands; ball then goes to Kroft but just got deflected so he can't catch it. | |||||||||||||||||||
M31 | 4 | 3 | Ace twins | 3-3-5 nickel | Pass | 4 | Rollout out | Taylor | Inc | ||||||||||
M lucky again, as they catch man coverage with Everyone's Rollout Out and Grant catches it, takes a not devastating bump from Taylor(+1), and then drops it. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Turnover on downs, 17-19, 6 min 3rd Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O41 | 1 | 10 | I-Form | 4-4 under | Pass | 4 | Fade | Lewis | Inc | ||||||||||
Lewis(+1, cover +1) is stride for stride and deserves credit for this breakup since he's holding a WR's arm and forces this guy to try a one handed stab he can't make. | |||||||||||||||||||
O41 | 2 | 10 | Ace twin TE | 4-3 over | Pass | 4 | TE hitch | Ryan | 10 | ||||||||||
Simple no-PA fake hitch to a TE that gets YAC because Ryan(-1, cover -1) takes two steps to the LOS and isn't here to tackle on the catch. | |||||||||||||||||||
M49 | 1 | 10 | Ace | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Jet sweep | Charlton | 7 | ||||||||||
Charlton(-1) doesn't see the sweep and lets it outside of him; Wilson has rotated down and contains; Bolden(+0.5) does the best reasonable job he can of getting to this. RPS -1; no answer here. | |||||||||||||||||||
M42 | 2 | 3 | I-Form twins | 4-3 even | Run | N/A | Lead zone | Ryan | 5 | ||||||||||
Ryan(-2) eats the lead block from the fullback and while it looks like he's turning it to his help initially once Bolden threaten the RB he hops back outside. He can do this because Ryan got flat clocked by the FB and gets pancaked. TB adds 4 yards because he can dodge outside of Bolden's tackle attempt. | |||||||||||||||||||
M37 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-4 even | Run | N/A | Lead zone | Ryan | 1 | ||||||||||
M slants away and gets the desired result, with the RB having to cut to the backside and a flowing Ryan(+0.5) showing up to tackle. Ross(+0.5) did a good job to get in and shove back an OL. RPS +1. | |||||||||||||||||||
M36 | 2 | 9 | I-Form Big | 4-4 under | Pass | N/A | Waggle TE drag | Wilson | 16 | ||||||||||
Wilson(-2, cover -2) beaten so badly he is never in position to tackle here and even with Bolden, who is two gaps inside of him on the snap. Taking steps to the LOS to defend the run on second and nine here as a guy who is just there to clean up. Cumong. | |||||||||||||||||||
M20 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-3 even | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Ross | 6 | ||||||||||
Okay, this is a bit on the refs as Ryan is held and no flag. Refs -2. Ross(-1) does not turn this in as he moves to the LOS aggressively once the TE motions to him. He hits the FB way in the backfield but the RB jut goes outside of him and nothing is accomplished since both ILBs are trying to dodge upfield. Thomas(-1, tackling -1) comes up to try to tackle and misses entirely. | |||||||||||||||||||
M14 | 2 | 4 | I-Form Big | 4-4 over | Penalty | N/A | False start | N/A | -5 | ||||||||||
huzzah | |||||||||||||||||||
M19 | 2 | 9 | Ace 3-wide | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Ryan | 10 | ||||||||||
Insane presnap alignment as M has Bolden rolled to the line to the playside with both other LBs lined up backside. Line slants backside, Ryan(-2) momentarily flows frontside , hesitates, is lost. This puts the play in the obvious gap the slant wants and there is no linebacker within acres. RPS -1. | |||||||||||||||||||
M9 | 1 | G | I-Form Big | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Power O | Thomas | 6 (Pen -15) | ||||||||||
Michigan stacks this up pretty well, with a slant away and then three guys taking three blocks to funnel to help; Ross(+0.5) and Bolden(+0.5) are the most relevant ones; Thomas(-2) overruns a vastly obvious cutback and turns nothing into a good gain for first and goal. M gets lucky with a chop block on the backside of the play that didn't have anything to do with the result. | |||||||||||||||||||
M24 | 1 | G | Shotgun trips | Nickel even | Pass | 4 | Drag | Taylor | 10 | ||||||||||
Glasgow(+1, pressure +1) beats a G and gets a rush up the middle; Taylor(-1, cover -1) in man on a drag route and cannot tackle on the catch. | |||||||||||||||||||
M14 | 2 | G | I-Form | 4-4 over | Pass | 4 | PA post | Countess | 14 | ||||||||||
I am really just feeling awful for Countess, whose coaches had no idea whatsoever what his strengths were this offseason. But this is more on Wilson(-2, cover -2), who vacates his center field zone to chase a corner route that Lewis is going to make very difficult either way and opens up a post route that's a much easier throw that yes, Countess(-1, cover -1) is beaten on. Ryan(-1) also sucks up on PA on second and goal from the 14 and makes this even easier. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Touchdown, 17-26, 13 min 4th Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
O23 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Zone stretch | Beyer | 0 | ||||||||||
A pitch but this is just stretch blocking; Beyer(+2) does an excellent job to string it out to the sidelines by himself and make a tackle. Glasgow(+0.5) flowed down behind to prevent cutbacks and that's' a good thing as Thomas(-1) got wrecked by a block and Bolden(-1) inexplicably runs upfield of a blocker and out of the play; if this gets past the DL there's no one on the second level. | |||||||||||||||||||
O23 | 2 | 10 | I-Form | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Lead zone | Glasgow | 0 | ||||||||||
Henry(+0.5) and Ojemudia(+0.5) drive guys back a little and constrict space; Glasgow(+1) gets doubled and gives ground and ends up on an accidental(?) stunt around Henry that puts him right in the hole, where he tackles. Results based charting this time. Bolden(+0.5) also there to prevent cuts. | |||||||||||||||||||
O23 | 3 | 10 | Shotgun trips TE | 4-3 over | Pass | 4 | Corner | Lewis | 26 | ||||||||||
All day again(pressure -2) with Clark coming through late to offer some whisper of pressure. Corner route comes open as Lewis(-2, cover -2) first lets the guy outside of him when he has Wilson to the inside, then stumbles to prevent any chance of a recovery. | |||||||||||||||||||
O49 | 1 | 10 | Ace 3-wide | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Inside zone | Clark | -3 | ||||||||||
RB makes highly unwise decision to try to bounce; Clark(+2) has rocked the OT back and disengages to tackle him in the backfield; Glasgow(+0.5) had made the interior look bad I guess? | |||||||||||||||||||
O46 | 2 | 13 | Shotgun 3-wide | 30 slide | Pass | 5 | In | Hollowell | Inc | ||||||||||
Bolden sent and M is getting there (pressure +1) so a throw is mandatory; Hollowell(+2, cover +2) breaks on the route and gets a full on PBU. | |||||||||||||||||||
O46 | 3 | 13 | Shotgun 3-wide | 3-3-5 nickel press | Pass | 3 | Seam | Charlton | Inc | ||||||||||
M shows they're sending Clark and then backs off; they loop Charlton(+1, pressure +1) around Glasgow and he gets pressure up the middle. Nova throws a ball in the general direction of a TE Ryan(+1, cover +1) is in pretty good position on. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 24-26, 6 min 4th Q. | |||||||||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | D Form | Type | Rush | Play | Player | Yards | ||||||||||
M45 | 1 | 10 | I-Form Big | 4-4 over | Run | N/A | Lead zone | Bolden | 8 | ||||||||||
Bolden(-2) gets locked inside by a lead blocker and give up the edge; Beyer(-1) drives too far upfield, opening up a big gap. Glasgow(-0.5) could have done better to constrict space as well. | |||||||||||||||||||
M37 | 2 | 2 | I-Form twins | 4-3 over | Run | N/A | Down G | Henry | 3 | ||||||||||
Henry(-1) gets sealed away when he should be slanting to this play, and that's about it. | |||||||||||||||||||
Drive Notes: EOG, 24-26. Remainder of game is academic. Rutgers has 1:43 on clock and can run 1:20 off since M has only one TO, so they should start kneeling but don't. |
This is a bad team.
I'm promoting you to Major Obvious.
Is major a higher rank than captain?
I don't know. /googles
It is! It is in fact what you would be promoted to if you were Captain Obvious and did a really good job at your role!
This reminds me of something.
Yes, it reminds you of this football team, which does things right from time to time despite a haphazard approach to everything.
So this team is bad because…
Because the players aren't particularly good and don't know what they're doing and probably aren't in the right spots to take advantage of their abilities.
That seems pretty comprehensive CHART
You can't just throw it out there like that.
I can. I'm Major Obvious Haphazard, Esq.
Ah. All right. Please take the metrics into account for this one.
Defensive Line | ||||
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Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Clark | 7.5 | 4 | 3.5 | Also the pressure number is bad. |
Henry | 6.5 | 4 | 2.5 | Not as much impact as desired. Did get a sack. |
Glasgow | 8 | 2 | 6 | Order of St. Kovacs: awarded. |
Beyer | 2 | 2 | 0 | Charlton getting more PT |
Ojemudia | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
Wormley | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
Pipkins | Apparently injured? Did not travel. | |||
Charlton | 4 | 2 | 2 | TFL, some pressure. |
Godin | DNP | |||
Hurst | DNC | |||
Mone | DNC | |||
Strobel | - | - | - | DNP |
TOTAL | 32 | 14 | 18 | Good day against the run, but pressure metric means this is a draw at best. |
Linebacker | ||||
Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Bolden | 10.5 | 10 | 0.5 | Lot of half points to the good, some big mistakes to the bad. |
Ryan | 9.5 | 11 | -1.5 | Actually surprised he came out this high. |
Morgan | DNP | |||
Ross | 4 | 2 | 2 | Set up a TFL with trademark jet through the gap. |
Gedeon | DNP | |||
McCray | DNP | |||
RJS | DNP | |||
TOTAL | 24 | 23 | 1 | And check coverage. |
Secondary | ||||
Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Countess | 2 | 12 | -10 | : ( |
Taylor | 1.5 | 5 | -3.5 | Not much was hard when they tested him. |
Lewis | 8.5 | 6 | 2.5 | Head above water. |
Stribling | Few snaps late. | |||
Peppers | DNC | |||
Hollowell | 2 | 2 | ||
Wilson | 4 | 6 | -2 | Good thing he came back all the same. |
J. Clark | 5 | -5 | That tackle attempt… oy. | |
Thomas | 8 | -8 | Looked really out of place. | |
Hill | DNP | |||
TOTAL | 18 | 42 | -24 | you wre-eh-eh-cked me |
Metrics | ||||
Pressure | 22 | 29 | -7 | 8 organic, 10 blitz, 4 stunt. Too much time, too much. |
Coverage | 19 | 35 | -16 | Oy. |
Tackling | 2 | 12 | -10 | Oy oy. |
RPS | 9 | 10 | -1 | Woo? |
So. The thing is: this could have been worse. Rutgers had Michigan dead to rights on the fake punt but the upback's throw took about a decade to get there; they were lucky that Carroo fell over on a deep ball he was going to be wide open on…
…and Grant dropped a pretty easy fourth down conversion. Much easier to see this going even worse than to see it going better.
And so that's pretty much that for any hope you might have had. The defense we were all hyped up on just gave up 400 yards passing to Gary Nova a week after almost allowing David Cobb to run for 200. It may get better, it may not, but the continuing disorganization Michigan exhibits infects everything.
I feel very badly for Blake Countess.
I know. So the little angle route that went for 53 yards in the first half was addressed by Seth earlier this week, and I agree with his assessment: Countess lunged for a jam that he totally whiffed on, not only leaving his guy open by some three yards but preventing Lewis from closing on the angle.
I can add supporting evidence as well. Rutgers returned to this exact play later in the game:
No jam attempt by Countess, Lewis unimpeded, Lewis annoys route into incompletion.
So that's one thing. Then Mattison didn't name names but when asked what happened on the 80 yarder he made it clear it was not a safety issue:
"…we called a defense where a safety would be lower than usual to be able to help with the run and we didn’t get inside enough with another defensive back, and knowing the whole scheme of the defense, knowing where you’re a little bit weak- whenever you call a defense there’s always somebody that has a little bit more on his plate than everybody else or otherwise you’re going to run just straight generic defenses all the time, and it’s just a matter of everybody being focused in at that time to say, ‘Okay, I’m the one that can’t do this. I can’t bite on this out route right now. I can’t bite on this route because we’re a little bit weaker here’ "
Countess bit on the out route and when the ball got to the WR there wasn't anyone within a mile.
And then on the touchdown to end the first half Clark's non-sack did at least force Nova into a throw that was behind the WR, and hypothetically in a zone where a DB has a play on the ball. Countess was not close enough to make that play.
It's hard to believe he was an All Big Ten sneaky-good interception machine last year. This is like watching what happened to JT Floyd in reverse.
So the safeties are okay?
No. Jeremy Clark had an alarming game, his second or third. It's developing into a pattern. Here he's got his eyes on a wide receiver to the opposite hash the whole play in some truly inexplicable coverage:
A little dump to the TE there is not going to find anyone there to tackle on third and ten and he can't help on the slant.
That's fuzzy; this grim tackle attempt is facepalm-worthy.
Clark got yanked from time to time after making plays like the above, but Dymonte Thomas wasn't better. Here he threatens to turn a first down into a very big play by losing contain on a jet sweep:
That's basic, and he didn't even make it particularly difficult for the guy with the ball to read. He just set up inside.
Even Wilson, the reliable veteran, turned ten yards into 30 by taking a bad pursuit angle on a screen pass to start a Rutgers drive; he lined up way too far inside on a waggle and a fullback got a hefty catch and run on him.
Will you finally start tearing Greg Mattison into tiny bite-sized chunks?
Yes, okay legion of internet commenters who have been mad about my general enthusiasm/tolerance for Greg Mattison even at this late date: skepticism is creeping in here too. They've seemingly killed Blake Countess by not knowing what he's good at; the Ryan move was incredibly risky and has turned one of Michigan's main assets into an average-at-best player, and this was not real good tactically.
Michigan does not do a good job of disguising coverages. This was an issue they copped to after Notre Dame and it remains a problem. On this third and eight conversion Thomas rolled down to the LOS, suggesting cover three; Nova pointed it out to his offense and then confidently stepped into a timing throw at the weak spot of that zone.
Very rarely has any semi-competent quarterback looked confused by what Michigan is running. They think they're going to see something presnap, that is what they get, and Gary Nova ends up looking like a Heisman finalist.
Michigan had no answer for the jet sweep, either, letting it outside like they'd never seen such a thing.
The middle was open the whole game and this is on Jake Ryan?
Well… after an encouraging couple weeks the Ryan MLB hype train looks to be grinding to a halt. There's far too little of the old Ryan see-kill-destroy, too much of Ryan eating a lead block and going backwards. This is just…
…why did you think this was a middle linebacker, especially when he was already a star at SAM? And you need pass rush?
Moving Ryan to MLB has nerfed his great skills and put him in a position where he is frequently uncertain, or out of position, or both.
In coverage we've seen Ryan go after chucks on guys who are hardly threats over and over again this year, and that's not stopping. This week opened up a window for a slant on third and ten by paying far too much attention to a guy running a route only Iowa thinks is a viable third down strategy:
And he bit on nonexistent play action to allow another long-yardage conversion; when it was actually third and six he was nowhere to be found when Grant caught a drag route:
The missed tackle is insult to injury.
Moving a guy who had never played MLB to the position as a senior when you had Bolden, Ross, and Morgan coming back was one of those This Better Work decisions, and it does not appear to be working. The lack of Ryan's pass rush was badly felt in this game as well.
I mean, he's coping. He does some good things. He's JAG at MLB.
Give me a bright spot, anything.
Jourdan Lewis seems pretty good. He is generally in contact with receivers and has a knack for disrupting them. He just about got beat on one hitch and go but was close enough to 1) futz with the WR's arm and 2) get a hand in to deflect it away.
Later he'd get targeted deep, run with it better, and grab the WR's hand so he had to make a one-handed stab.
After the pass interference penalties to kick off serious playing time against ND, Lewis has calmed down with the ball in the air and looks like Michigan's most capable DB by some distance.
This is what happens when you apologize to the gypsy and not every throw at your guy is perfect. Unfortunately, Lewis apologizing to the gypsy set off a chain of unforeseen events that landed us in our current situation. Life!
Heroes?
Jourdan Lewis. Ryan Glasgow.
Maybe not so heroic?
Countess. All safeties. Life.
What does it mean for Penn State and beyond?
This is a bad football team. They are bad at football.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^
October 8th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
Did vomit.
October 8th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
October 8th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
Who body-snatched Countness?
It's like those Space Jam aliens took his talent
October 8th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
Actually it's kind of like taking the greatest running QB in modern NCAA history, the only one to have a 1500/2500 season and running a bunch of I form play action on 2nd and 13 hoping he develops a pocket presence.
Or moving a wildman edge rusher to the middle and hoping he can succesfully become Brian Urlacher, dropping into coverage and read-and-reacting
Countess was great when he could read and react in zones. He's not a shutdown bump-and-run corner who will dominate 1-on-1 matchups.
This staff seems to take square pegs who are doing great in square holes and say - LETS TRY YOU IN A ROUND ONE! You'll be great!
October 8th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
So you take your best defensive player and make him the quarterback of the defense? Sure, I'm okay with that. Obviously it hasn't worked out so well.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
David Molk was our best offensive player in 2011. I wouldn't have wanted him receiving the snap.
In principle making it harder for defenses to scheme Ryan out was smart. Moving him to MLB was not the best way to accomplish that however (according to available data).
October 9th, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^
Hey everybody, let's downvote the only guy that's saying shit that makes sense!
October 9th, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^
Hey everybody, let's downvote the only guy that's saying shit that makes sense!
October 9th, 2014 at 1:49 AM ^
Like JeepInBen said, that wasn't a good way to look at it. Every player has strengths and weaknesses and every position has different responsibilities.
I remember far more people calling Brian Chicken Little than people agreeing with him when he said this seems like an unnecessary, desperation move, but it seems he's turned out to be right. Some question how much Brian knows about football, but he's often pretty spot-on with predictions. In this case, he was even better at it than our own coaches.
Is it even possible at this point to just go back to last year's defense?
October 9th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^
If your best player on offense is an RB, do you make him QB of the offense?
October 8th, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
see, this is the thing I've been complaining about a bit that I haven't seen others talk about at all. Everyone talks about development, but I see it as a roster management issue. On D, it hasn't been much:
Jake Ryan to MLB-sounds dumb, but I can see their point... but like Brian said, it better work.
DBs (countess specifically) to press coverage- seemed like a good idea in theory but he's just not good at it.
Little depth at Safety: hasn't really bit us in the butt.
Peppers at Nickel
I mean, I can see it as development in that they had 15 practices in Spring to get JMFR and BC2 up to speed, and another 25 in fall and the 1st half of the season and they just aren't getting it. But to me, it's a matter of making good roster/personel mgmt decisions and this staff is shitty at it. Christ, make it EASY for these kids- put them at a position and fucking keep them there. Stop playing a guy at Nickle for a year and then moving his position later. Stop taking your best defender to have him learn what is essentially an entirely new position. We weren't even that desperate for MLBs or corners.
On offense:
DG98 as QB-->WR-->QB again
getting a guy at QB ahead of Morris
thinking Bellomy was at all ready to be 2nd string
Funchess TE--> WR, come on man, the guy can carely block a DB, but you thought having him block LBs & DEs was a good idea?
Tackle over (eyeroll)
they don't know how to manage the talent on this roster and it's been a thing for the last 4 years.
October 9th, 2014 at 1:51 AM ^
Huh? You're using the move of Funchess from TE to WR as a knock against them? That seems to be the main roster move they got right.
October 9th, 2014 at 7:04 AM ^
and it only took 2 years of jamming that sqaure peg into a TE round hole
October 8th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
October 8th, 2014 at 5:26 PM ^
In hindsight, turning a zone wizard into a pushy-grabby press corner is like asking a slap hitter to swing away. Good idea in dreamland, not so good idea when you consider you're dealing with people.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
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October 8th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
Because at Michigan there are no captains.
October 8th, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
We have a major major major major problem.
October 9th, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
Insert sinking ship remarks here...
October 8th, 2014 at 4:42 PM ^
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October 8th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
October 9th, 2014 at 1:53 AM ^
Wrong. Mattison admits mistakes all the time.
October 10th, 2014 at 10:38 AM ^
Willa dmit even before asking that was "on him". But doesnt have the IQ to actually fix it.
It is becoming all the more obvious John Harbaugh screwed us. Raven were more than happy to let GMatt go.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
Ok, wait, wait... I understand that my pre-season prediction that a great defense was going to bail out our average offense on the way to a 10-2 record was wrong.
But now, you are telling me that we have a very bad defense?
So, our bad defense and bad offense is going to limit us to an 8-4 record. Ugh, 8-4. I hate adjusting my pre-season predictions so early in the season.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
October 8th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
your sarcasm detector is busted.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
That Frank Clark play at the end of the half flat pissed me off!! What was he trying to do?? Hug Nova?? That play epitomized his career, looks promising at first, then meh.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
It seems Brian is saying that he is actually turning into a liability at MLB, or is it just too late? Would Morgan coming back possibly help?
October 8th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^
If you assume Bolden is better than Ryan, then I think you have to have Morgan and Bolden as your two main inside linebackers. Maybe they can use some packages in passing downs with Ryan as the 4th lineman or run a bit of under package to get Ryan in the game, but it seems like a waste and not a good idea to keep running him out there at MLB with guys around that are seemingly better at it.
October 8th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
I read the comment for peppers DNC as "did not care".
October 8th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
I enjoy reading these, but damn, they make me sad. I'm going to be in Ann Arbor and I feel as though Hackenberg is going to shred us apart for 60 minutes...
PLEASE GYPSY... LEAVE US ALONE!!!
October 8th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^
The football team is bad. And I feel bad. I hope Zoidberg is vindicated.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
what this coaching staff has done to these players. Even if we happened to get all the bad four star recruits, this level of play shows little in the way of development. They are not improving, they are inconsistent, they make so many little mental mistakes. These are all things that fall on coaching when they happen at the macro level.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
It's almost as if the Peter Principle is the deciding factor here. The players have skills, they're just not being put in a position to use them! Jake Ryan was (IS?? do we know?) a very good edge rusher. He's not being allowed to do that. The argument is/was making decisions that are best for the defense, not the players, but I don't see the results of the experiment working.
What are the odds that this very veteran group could rotate back to the under as a base D? Put Charlton at SDE, Ryan at SAM, Bolden and Ross at the ILBs... you've got your NT/DT/WDE already. Would this not be a better defense?
October 8th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
I think when Ryan cut his hair, they decided to move him out of the havoc Clay Matthews role because he just didn't look the part anymore. I blame it on his short hair. Hell, I blame the barber too.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^
It's that damn Delilah every time
October 8th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
We've got a bye week coming up, when we can completely revamp our defense. After all, that's worked so well in the past . . .
October 8th, 2014 at 5:03 PM ^
I'm starting to feel like every time we play a Power 5 opponent, no matter who it is, that their coaching staff and game plan are flat out smarter than ours.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
October 9th, 2014 at 12:02 AM ^
I can only recall maybe @Illinois in 2011 or 2012? When Borges unleashed Denard for once. Or OSU 2013 where we nearly outcoached them. Otherwise it's just their subpar talent looking better than our superior talent
October 9th, 2014 at 4:16 AM ^
Honestly, what about Ohio St. last year? I dunno, our defense obviously got run over but was that a talent thing? Did our coaches out-do theirs? Something happened in that Ohio St. almost got beat by us last year and that really shouldn't have happened.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
Such a bummer that JMFR has been emasculated to JAG.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
4th year in the same system. These are all "Hoke's guys". Seemingly 'very good' to 'stacked' at every position and its a train wreck. Whatever D transition they made seems to be a complete disaster - especially taking our most dynamic defensive player and neutralizing him completely.
Sigh.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
combined with the initial focus on press man coverage, seems to be the fatal flaw that has led to this.
Almost this exact team, except younger and less experienced, was more effective than this last year. So for the sake of seemingly one guy (Beyer) who isn't even playing that much now, they have completely switched orientation to the severe detriment of two of the team's best players. I'd love to know how that decision was made in the offseason.
October 8th, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^
Hoke, Mattison et al recruited these guys and have coached them for 4 years now. No "we're too young" or "change of coordinators" excuses. To be regressing on defense at this stage is really a telling indictment of all of them, including the revered Mattison.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
October 8th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
Of course it's terribly disappointing to feel like the one truly positive aspect of this staff is maybe not so great, but the one major disappointment for me of getting rid of Hoke was going to be losing Mattison.
But it looks like maybe that's not going to be the worst thing in the world. Don't get me wrong, I'd definitely take him as DC under the next guy, but it doesn't look like we'd be losing Rob Ryan here...Or maybe we would be, and Hoke is so bad he ruins everyone.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
Seems like I remember something about how the offense was going to be a work in progress, and the O-line would have its growing pains, but the defense was solid, and would be the basis of this team's success.
That seems a long time ago now.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:29 PM ^
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