Im convinced he is scared to play our DBs in press man. We never do it only sometimes with our boundary corner
I just want to see inside leverage within 3 yards in run play situations for the RPO slants with our CBs, but here we are.
Im convinced he is scared to play our DBs in press man. We never do it only sometimes with our boundary corner
Those numbers will likely look different after this week but I hear you.
I think our defense is in that tier 2 discussion (good to great not but elite). It’s an opportunistic defense which I personally believe is what you need in this day and age of high scoring offenses.
It’s nearly impossible to shut out every team you play. But this is the type of defense that can struggle in giving up points and yards yet still have a good game with some perfectly timed turnovers/negative plays.
One thing is for sure...getting players like James Williams, Leonard Taylor, Avantae, etc can certainly elevate us to that elite tier.
You're saying Louisville put up 34 points and 500+ while 3 of their guys had career days SIMPLY BECUASE THEY HAD MORE CHANCES? (Because our offense scored so quickly)Go through Louisville offensive totals through the first 3/4th of the game against us and Pitt. They are virtually identical. They scored six points in the first half against us and had 20 points through 11 drives against both teams. The difference in those games was Pitt controlled clock, dominating in TOP while we scored at will, including multiple one play drives. That gave Louisville a ton more chances to make plays offensively. So your description of those two games are not remotely accurate.
Besides that game, the greater reality is this D, with very few exceptions does it's job just about every single week. It dominates ****** offenses and keeps us in games against the better ones. In today's college football that is something not a lot of teams can say. Just ask Oklahoma and Texas.
So it's not about **** or subjective stats. It's about recognizing what college football is and where our defense is within it. When it comes to that perspective, sorry the absurd nitpicking and mind numbing hot takes from some of the arm chair coordinators here is beyond ludicrous.
An excellent point, and I would addThrough three games:
Our opponents have scored 7,6 and 3 first half points.
We are 13th in 3rd down D
We are 3rd in TFL
We are 13th in sacks
We are 14th in scoring D
You can go back to arm chair DCing now.
You're saying Louisville put up 34 points and 500+ while 3 of their guys had career days SIMPLY BECUASE THEY HAD MORE CHANCES? (Because our offense scored so quickly)
Why couldn't we just stop them on those extra chances?
Is there a rule stating that the opponent's offense HAS to score if they get a few extra possessions?
And no, we don't always "dominate" ****ty offenses. Have you not noticed how many times we've allowed mediocre QB's to have career days versus us? Or FIU's RB to have a career day? Or Kelly Bryant starting the game 17-17 passing? Or Wisconsin's QB looking like Dan Marino, when they struggled to throw the forward pass all season? Or how about VT scoring 28 points in the first half while we ignored their TE?
There's no rule in football that says your defense HAS to give up points/yards if they're on the field longer. I would expect an "elite" defense to buckle up in those situations.
An excellent point, and I would add...
For further context, our Canes hung on FSU:
517 total yards
6.1 ypp
Cardinals put upon our Canes
516 total yards
6.1 ypp
and from the vault... BYU hung on Texas (and sent Manuela packing immediately afterwards)
679 total yards
6.86 ypp
Now, of course, each game had their own set of circumstances and the rule sets are heavily skewed to favor Os over Ds.
However its remarkable (good and bad) of what the Manuela/Baker D philosophy produces over time.
As someone said before, good, but elite enough to see an ACC Champ or make a playoff run?
More simply asked: who os Miami's stronger unit? O or D?
I'd argue our defence is a more talented unit though.Our offense is our stronger unit...in only it's first season...with no spring...a new QB and 2 Freshman RB's.
Manny won’t stop the gimmicks.Both. Manny needs to simplify it. We have the athletes to play straight up without all the gimmicks.
I disagree but let’s say that is accurate, for arguments sake, why is the Offense the strength of the team? You’re only proving Macho’s point.I'd argue our defence is a more talented unit though.
Well Kelly Bryant was like 25-26 against his defense when he was DCManny mentioned that he’s putting together the game plan for Clemson.
Which makes Coach Macho's point even more. Doing more with less.I'd argue our defence is a more talented unit though.
For sure.I'd argue our defence is a more talented unit though.
Just saw the Pitt Louisville condensed game and I’m not a coach.You're saying Louisville put up 34 points and 500+ while 3 of their guys had career days SIMPLY BECUASE THEY HAD MORE CHANCES? (Because our offense scored so quickly)
Why couldn't we just stop them on those extra chances?
Is there a rule stating that the opponent's offense HAS to score if they get a few extra possessions?
And no, we don't always "dominate" ****ty offenses. Have you not noticed how many times we've allowed mediocre QB's to have career days versus us? Or FIU's RB to have a career day? Or Kelly Bryant starting the game 17-17 passing? Or Wisconsin's QB looking like Dan Marino, when they struggled to throw the forward pass all season? Or how about VT scoring 28 points in the first half while we ignored their TE?
There's no rule in football that says your defense HAS to give up points/yards if they're on the field longer. I would expect an "elite" defense to buckle up in those situations.
Spot on brother!!Both. We blitz at dumb times during the games, and we TRY to play a ton of zone coverages, behind said blitzes. This opens up craters of space in the defensive backfield. Mix in the fact that our blitzers look like they are ALWAYS getting there late, it gives opposing QB's a much clearer view of where to go with the ball. It's like we're trying to be too cute with our schemes, and it's probably going to hurt us BIG somewhere in the season. My .02