I asked the legimate question and got ONE response about the D.

[Nebraska Gator II]

Yes most of the time they were 3 yards off the LOS. The problem is neither is good at jamming a receiver at the LOS and they easily run by our CBs.

Correct. I really only paid attention against USM. In that game Nebraska was playing mostly man coverage, usually with one safety in the box and one deep safety. The strategy that game was to stop the run game and get pressure on the QB before he can find open receivers.

I like Kalu and J Rose as corners...but you are going to take your lumps when you play that aggressive. Nebraska blitzed a lot against Souther Miss, but didn't get home enough. High risk-high reward. I think that system probably worked better in the past when offenses weren't as dynamic as they are these days.

To answer the OP...the blitz needs to start getting to the QB more or the corners need to cover better. If those two things don't happen--you either give up a lot of points and yards or you change your strategy.

I will give Banker a shred of credit. He had at least two (that I saw) corner blitzes that were very well disguised.

 

[rrthusker]

Correct. I really only paid attention against USM. In that game Nebraska was playing mostly man coverage, usually with one safety in the box and one deep safety. The strategy that game was to stop the run game and get pressure on the QB before he can find open receivers.

I like Kalu and J Rose as corners...but you are going to take your lumps when you play that aggressive. Nebraska blitzed a lot against Souther Miss, but didn't get home enough. High risk-high reward. I think that system probably worked better in the past when offenses weren't as dynamic as they are these days.

To answer the OP...the blitz needs to start getting to the QB more or the receivers need to cover better. If those two things don't happen--you either give up a lot of points and yards or you change your strategy.

I will give Banker a shred of credit. He had at least two (that I saw) corner blitzes that were very well disguised.

Curious as to what you see at safety.

 

[huskerfan1414]

jam the wideouts and bring the heat. Can't be afraid to have an end cover a swing pass every now and again if that's what it takes, that's what it takes. When we bring heat good things tend to happen. No it's not a cure all and football coaches will tell you that having to blitz all the time is not good. But at this point....especially on 3rd down...Call on the dogs.

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

Curious as to what you see at safety.

Not sure what you are asking....are you asking how I think they are playing?

 

[rrthusker]

Not sure what you are asking....are you asking how I think they are playing?

Yes

 

[BigBL87]

They decided to sacrifice 2 wins so we can play real defense against Big 10 teams?

Glad I'm not the only one that thought that when I read it.

 

[dinglefritz]

McMullen had to cover somebody late in the game and it resulted in a completed pass I think for a first down late in the game.

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

Yes

I guess against southern miss I thought they did okay. Some good...some definitely not so good. I guess I don't really love that defense-it really puts stress on your safeties and corners. It relies on gap control and good man coverage... if that doesn't work it is wide open.

For example the first touchdown, the defense lost control (not by much) of the gap and the running back squirted through--then just has one man to beat. On that play he juked Gerry and easily scored.

Another reason I don't like this defense is because it is too easy to look off the safety. That happened on one of the first plays of the 4th quarter. The QB held the safety just long enough that he couldn't make the play and Rose got beat 1 on 1 over the top. That could be a problem all year.

 

[rrthusker]

I guess against southern miss I thought they did okay. Some good...some definitely not so good. I guess I don't really love that defense-it really puts stress on your safeties and corners. It relies on gap control and good man coverage... if that doesn't work it is wide open.

For example the first touchdown, the defense lost control (not by much) of the gap and the running back squirted through--then just has one man to beat. On that play he juked Gerry and easily scored.

Another reason I don't like this defense is because it is too easy to look off the safety. That happened on one of the first plays of the 4th quarter. The QB held the safety just long enough that he couldn't make the play and Rose got beat 1 on 1 over the top. That could be a problem all year.

Thanks for the response.

 

[jflores]

I guess against southern miss I thought they did okay. Some good...some definitely not so good. I guess I don't really love that defense-it really puts stress on your safeties and corners. It relies on gap control and good man coverage... if that doesn't work it is wide open.

For example the first touchdown, the defense lost control (not by much) of the gap and the running back squirted through--then just has one man to beat. On that play he juked Gerry and easily scored.

Another reason I don't like this defense is because it is too easy to look off the safety. That happened on one of the first plays of the 4th quarter. The QB held the safety just long enough that he couldn't make the play and Rose got beat 1 on 1 over the top. That could be a problem all year.

Just curious, what defense do you like for our personnel?

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

Just curious, what defense do you like for our personnel?

There really isn't an easy answer to that question. Against USM, Nebraska ran man cover 1 almost all game. I noticed on one of the td's Nebraska was in a zone

Really what I think Nebraska has to do with the players they currently have is just not be predictable. Run some more zone, zone blitz, man cover 2 and tampa 2. Man cover 1 is okay if you have the athletes to do it...otherwise it can give up too many big plays.

 

[SDhusker12]

Oh....
You mean the Wisconsin 15. That is the defense that guarantees at least 15 yards a carry.

Let's hear more about it???

Well this year it seems like we are headed for the MSU version of this through the air.

 

[dinglefritz]

There really isn't an easy answer to that question. Against USM, Nebraska ran man cover 1 almost all game. I noticed on one of the td's Nebraska was in a zone

Really what I think Nebraska has to do with the players they currently have is just not be predictable. Run some more zone, zone blitz, man cover 2 and tampa 2. Man cover 1 is okay if you have the athletes to do it...otherwise it can give up too many big plays.

Thanks for the substantive discussion. It beats the hell out of all the Banker should have never been hired crap. He's here. He's not going anywhere. We need all the oars in the water helping pull this baby along and helping anyway we can with a positive recruiting vibe. Other than the same two posters, there has been a bunch of substantive discussion the last 24 hours or so on here. That's educational and fun.

 

[jflores]

Thanks for the substantive discussion. It beats the hell out of all the Banker should have never been hired crap. He's here. He's not going anywhere. We need all the oars in the water helping pull this baby along and helping anyway we can with a positive recruiting vibe. Other than the same two posters, there has been a bunch of substantive discussion the last 24 hours or so on here. That's educational and fun.

It does indeed. I find it frustrating that folks are pinging on staff sometimes for not making adjustments, when its pretty apparent to at least some non casual watchers that some are being made, and even the staff is talking about them.

Making a change doesn't necessarily mean the team is going to look night and day different from one play to the next. Talking about making changes by the staff, doesn't mean that the kids will automagically learn and execute at a high level from one poor outing to the next. Its still kind of a roll of the dice whether the lights come on for the kids. Sometimes i wonder if these fans think that something crazy is about to happen, like Valentine covering the slot receiver while Mosley rushes the passer.

I often get the feeling that some fans feel that experience on the staff, means that whatever changes they prescribe will be instant fixes that make bad things go away for good. Sometimes it works that way, sometimes its slower and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Or that large magnitude changes, can be instituted on week to week time scales.