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Maybe the run D isn't as bad as we thought.

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Canesfan1899 said:
The run defense was still bad. We knew they were going to run down our throat and did just that.
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They averaged 3.3 yards a carry. They ran for less than 150 yards. Saying that Wisconsin ran the ball down our throat is a lazy cliche. We ran the ball on them much better than they did on js.

The run defense isn’t dominant but when they focus on stopping the run, they do a pretty good job. We got eaten alive by Clemson and Wisconsin’s garbage passing attacks.
 
Tony Perps said:
They averaged 3.3 yards a carry. They ran for less than 150 yards. Saying that Wisconsin ran the ball down our throat is a lazy cliche. We ran the ball on them much better than they did on js.

The run defense isn’t dominant but when they focus on stopping the run, they do a pretty good job. We got eaten alive by Clemson and Wisconsin’s garbage passing attacks.
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And Pittsburg....and half the teams on our schedule. And everyone on third down.
 
Lexcane said:
Our run defense was just fine. Anyone looking at total rushing yards to judge a defense is a moron. YPC is far more important.
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Yeah, I have no stats to back it up, but having watched every game, it seemed like we did "OK" stopping the run when we seemed to focus on stopping the run. We were ripped repeatedly through the air on 3rd downs, and it didn't seem to matter whether the opposing team had a great QB or not. We made third string QBs on mediocre ACC teams look like viable starters.
 
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Run D was generally solid. Maybe not totally dominant but they did a good job against a lot of good running teams last year. Pass defense left something to be desired. Every week it was chance to see which journeyman, bum QB was going to look like Tom Brady against our defense. Without breaking down film and going into actual detail, there were a couple of things I noticed all year that had an affect on the poor pass defense. The first was Diaz's staunch refusal to use a fifth defensive back more often than not. It was frustrating watching them line up in base against a team that's running out 3 and 4 receivers every down and basically embarrassing the Linebackers with short passes. The second thing was too much blitzing. They practically made the game easy for QBs by showing blitz EVERY third down and making it easy for the opponent to make one read and throw it. With the talent on the Dline and a supposed genius coaching them, you'd think they could get pressure without having to blitz all the time. Maybe occasionally make an inexperienced QB have to go through his progressions instead of simplifying the game for him?
 
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The difference in third down tackling with Corn, Carter, Jenkz and Colbert as opposed to Redwine, Young, Jaquan, and Bandy/Delaney is irrefutable.

The former were pretty **** good at open field tackling and stopping cats short of the sticks.

McCloud alone missed about 30 3rd down tackles and he isn't even a DB.
 
DTP said:
Run D was generally solid. Maybe not totally dominant but they did a good job against a lot of good running teams last year. Pass defense left something to be desired. Every week it was chance to see which journeyman, bum QB was going to look like Tom Brady against our defense. Without breaking down film and going into actual detail, there were a couple of things I noticed all year that had an affect on the poor pass defense. The first was Diaz's staunch refusal to use a fifth defensive back more often than not. It was frustrating watching them line up in base against a team that's running out 3 and 4 receivers every down and basically embarrassing the Linebackers with short passes. The second thing was too much blitzing. They practically made the game easy for QBs by showing blitz EVERY third down and making it easy for the opponent to make one read and throw it. With the talent on the Dline and a supposed genius coaching them, you'd think they could get pressure without having to blitz all the time. Maybe occasionally make an inexperienced QB have to go through his progressions instead of simplifying the game for him?
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And it was the blitzes that everyone saw coming, that teams blocked with ease, thus leaving someone open. Probably a WR on a LB. I thought several times, "Well, THAT was useless." Or, "He could have faked a heart attack and it would have been more useful than that blitz." Just complete garbage.

The best thing I saw Diaz do all year was have a DB line up on the line, then drop into coverage. Can't recall the game, but it's something different. It's always the "something different" that catches teams off guard, and we should do more of it.

In the mean time, not running our base D when teams have 4 WR on the field would be a sweet start.
 
ThomasM said:
And it was the blitzes that everyone saw coming, that teams blocked with ease, thus leaving someone open. Probably a WR on a LB. I thought several times, "Well, THAT was useless." Or, "He could have faked a heart attack and it would have been more useful than that blitz." Just complete garbage.

The best thing I saw Diaz do all year was have a DB line up on the line, then drop into coverage. Can't recall the game, but it's something different. It's always the "something different" that catches teams off guard, and we should do more of it.

In the mean time, not running our base D when teams have 4 WR on the field would be a sweet start.
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^^ THIS
We've got to admit that our 3rd down blitzes with zone coverage have become about as predictable as sunrise.

We've got to mix it up our blitzes with differing coverages more if we want to confuse our opposition, because now they don't seem bothered in the least
 
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