Definitely ok to question our D. WIth as much as they improved last year, they still had some deficiency. 3rd down was always a crap shoot and there were a few times when we needed stops and couldn't get it. It was a good start, but they are far from nasty at this point. Also 100% on secondary. This aspect scares me a little bit.
Well and if we are honest the B10 offensives were crap we faced besides Michigan/Maryland. I think our best performance was Maryland who avg just shy of 30 ppl and we made it a slugfest 10-13. Still cannot believe we lost that game.
The wind helped.
Well you obviously have zero clue so there is that. Thanks for playing.
So, we have basically the same players this year. That means last year they were the weakness of the defense?
Serious question, how are we supposed to consistently have a legit pass rush with a 3 man front and no blitzing? Is that a fair standard to hold them to?
So a blitz, for most teams, is once 5 guys are rushing.
Thanks, I get that, but it’s still only 3 from the DL unless we are using a 4 man front… and his complaint is that with 3 down linemen and at best an LB we aren’t getting pressure.
For sure. I wonder if he has someone on staff he would promote that knows the system, or would he have to go outside the team.
seems like we have a 4 man pass rush most of the time on obvious pass plays. when we rush 3 it just takes too long and wr's coming open all over the place. middling qbs look like Heisman candidates.
I agree. When we rush 3 it is not fair to expect them to contain the offense. When we rush 4, we should have better success, but if they are in max protect, it’s still gonna be challenging to get to the QB.
So, you did not answer my question above.
Easy with numbers.
Cam averaged 58 tackles per season his last three years. He was not effective playing out of position when Baker ganked his knee.
Can was the first guy that came to mind, could have used another, but didn’t try to hard to come up with someone else.
Ha...I mean...when I would coach some freshmen B games I would bring 8 and drop 3...it worked a lot...in freshmen B games! Haha
Define not really that good. I mean from a Nebraska standard the last 10 years they were pretty good. Did you expect top 10 in 1 year?
You mean like, bitching about the offense coughing up the ball, giving the other team short field and our D still stopped them? You mean winning games and having the opportunity to win other games in spite of our offense?
and with a competent offense that hopefully doesn't put them in quite as many giant holes it will help them even more. There is going to be turnovers with a freshman QB but I don't see him being as bad as the group last year as a whole.
I agree with you here. Moving away from D, the other biggest deficiency is the RB spot. For wanting to the ball I would have thought we would have over recruited the position. Outside of EJ the rest are just a ton of unknowns and honestly not that great of a group. I think Rahmir is serviceable when he is able to see the field, but still has lacked production. Gabe looked a ton better as a Frosh when he still had quickness and lateral movement.... The RB is truly a lacking position right now.
I still believe the entire team is a "wait and see" project. Special teams have not been special, true freshman QB and an offense that could not get out of its own way last year and while it was a good D, there are questions that will need to be answered.
I am pretty sure Ty for DE at the top is meant to be Ty Robinson
