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Stat comparison with last year

PIPO said:
So our defense got worst and we haven’t played the better teams yet (aside from Clemson)

@DMoney can you compare one more stat, please? Chunk plays of 10 yards or more in 2019 vs 2020 for the defense.
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10 yard+ allowed:

2019: 23.3 per game
2020: 11.6 per game

20 yard+ allowed:

2019: 5 per game
2020: 3.7 per game

30 yard+ allowed:

2019: 1.5 per game
2020: 1.7 per game

40 yard+ allowed:

2019: 0.5 per game
2020: 0.92 per game

50 yard+ allowed:

2019: 0.17 per game
2020: 0.46 per game
 
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DMoney said:
Couple caveats here. There are better teams in the second half of the schedule, so some of these stats may change considerably. Second, when comparing 2020 to 2019, I measured the 2020 stats by where they would rank last year. This year's rankings don't mean much given the staggered conference schedules.

Scoring Offense

2019- 22.6 (99th)
2020- 32.8 (26th)

Yards per play

2019- 5.1 (97th)
2020- 5.6 (58th)

Yards per pass

2019- 7.2 (73rd)
2020- 7.5 (58th)

Yards per rush

2019- 3.5 (119th)
2020- 4.3 (58th)

Third down percentage

2019- 25.97% (130th out of 130)
2020- 43.96% (25th)

Sack percentage allowed

2019- 11.06% (122nd)
2020- 8.06% (102nd)

Rush play percentage

2019- 44.95% (112th)
2020- 52.58% (62nd)

Field Goal percentage

2019- 63.16% (104th)
2020- 90.91% (6th)

Red Zone Scoring Percentage

2019- 73.68% (112th)
2020- 90.48% (19th)

Scoring Defense

2019- 21.9 (26th)
2020- 22.2 (28th)

Yards per play against

2019- 4.6 (10th)
2020- 5.1 (31st)

Yards per pass against

2019- 6.9 (37th)
2020- 6.2 (7th)

Yards per rush against

2019- 3.2 (10th)
2020- 4.2 (56th)

Third down percentage defense

2019- 38.50% (53rd)
2020- 33.33% (21st)

Sack percentage (defense)

2019- 11.03% (2nd)
2020- 6.1% (70th)

Takeaways per game

2019- 1.6 (40th)
2020- 1.5 (44th)

Quick observations. Big improvements in scoring offense (+73) and third-down percentage (+105). Also much better in the red zone (+93) and FGs (+98). Our pass protection is much improved but still bad.

Our pass rush (-68) and rush defense (-46) are way down. Shaq and Rousseau are the big personnel losses there. Our pass defense (+30) and third down defense (+32) are trending up, likely due to a more experienced secondary. Our scoring defense is stable so far but will be tested in the weeks to come.
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And here *** the haters.
Butt Butt Butt......


Go Canes!!!
 
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This defense has been the same for 4 years. If we don't take the ball away, we are an aggressive bend but don't break. That's why we depend so much on TFL and sacks. In the first few years, we took the ball away a lot. The last two years, not as much. We are more opportunistic than anything.
 
DMoney said:
Couple caveats here. There are better teams in the second half of the schedule, so some of these stats may change considerably. Second, when comparing 2020 to 2019, I measured the 2020 stats by where they would rank last year. This year's rankings don't mean much given the staggered conference schedules.

Scoring Offense

2019- 22.6 (99th)
2020- 32.8 (26th)

Yards per play

2019- 5.1 (97th)
2020- 5.6 (58th)

Yards per pass

2019- 7.2 (73rd)
2020- 7.5 (58th)

Yards per rush

2019- 3.5 (119th)
2020- 4.3 (58th)

Third down percentage

2019- 25.97% (130th out of 130)
2020- 43.96% (25th)

Sack percentage allowed

2019- 11.06% (122nd)
2020- 8.06% (102nd)

Rush play percentage

2019- 44.95% (112th)
2020- 52.58% (62nd)

Field Goal percentage

2019- 63.16% (104th)
2020- 90.91% (6th)

Red Zone Scoring Percentage

2019- 73.68% (112th)
2020- 90.48% (19th)

Scoring Defense

2019- 21.9 (26th)
2020- 22.2 (28th)

Yards per play against

2019- 4.6 (10th)
2020- 5.1 (31st)

Yards per pass against

2019- 6.9 (37th)
2020- 6.2 (7th)

Yards per rush against

2019- 3.2 (10th)
2020- 4.2 (56th)

Third down percentage defense

2019- 38.50% (53rd)
2020- 33.33% (21st)

Sack percentage (defense)

2019- 11.03% (2nd)
2020- 6.1% (70th)

Takeaways per game

2019- 1.6 (40th)
2020- 1.5 (44th)

Quick observations. Big improvements in scoring offense (+73) and third-down percentage (+105). Also much better in the red zone (+93) and FGs (+98). Our pass protection is much improved but still bad.

Our pass rush (-68) and rush defense (-46) are way down. Shaq and Rousseau are the big personnel losses there. Our pass defense (+30) and third down defense (+32) are trending up, likely due to a more experienced secondary. Our scoring defense is stable so far but will be tested in the weeks to come.
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I always wonder when it comes to defensive numbers and a team looks good in EITHER pass or rush defense (not both), while struggling in the other...how much the perceived strength has to do with dictating to the offense/forcing them to be one dimensional? Take Pitt...they have such a strong rush defense that it would seem they force their opponents to be one dimensional.

When I look at our defense, I can't help but wonder if our current pass defense rankings are in some way positively impacted by how poor we have been against the rush. When you look at a noticeable drop off in both sacks and rush defense, it kind of speaks for itself. GR really hurt this team by sitting out...****.
 
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Over the Past Three Games:

Scoring Offense: 22.3 ppg
Yards per rush: 2.78 ypc

We’ve looked like more like 2019 in terms of ppg and yards per rush since FSU. Needs to revert back to pre-Clemson form as we stop playing teams with 2nd and 3rd string quarterbacks (although NC St presents a similar opponent to Pitt), or else we will start losing some games.
 
Canes Legacy said:
The last few years all we talked about was get a competent offense and we’ll go 11-1/10-2 every year. Lashlee has gotten us to respectability and to the point where we expect 30+ a game in 1/2 a season.

We’ll see where we end up but going from bottom of the barrel to top 50% is a nice jump for now. OL and WR will keep us from being great.
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Have had a competent offense thru 6 games and we're 5-1 *shrug emoji*
 
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Page305 said:
I'm surprised no one has said it yet.... But one big factor is that our LB play is waaaaay down. Shaq and Pickney were both better blitzers than McCloud and Jennings.... By ALOT
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Agree with this although BJ did have a nice sack off a blitz vs UVA. That was a huge play on 3rd down.
 
Page305 said:
I'm surprised no one has said it yet.... But one big factor is that our LB play is waaaaay down. Shaq and Pickney were both better blitzers than McCloud and Jennings.... By ALOT
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I mentioned we lost 6 of front 7 from last year.. That inlcudes shaq and 56nightmares plus 4 top DE for what its worth, how many sacks and tackle for losses is that? Thats like 66+ tfl from Garvin, Hill, Rousseau, shaq and 56.. Shaq and 56 had 28 by their self
 
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The numbers can be subjective. We have played, so far a tougher schedule than in 2019. A majority of the 2019 numbers on offense were boosted by three huge offensive games (Bethune, VT and Louisville) imagine how terrible they would have been if not for those games? We all thought if our offense could just make the jump to average, we’d have a pretty good squad. We’ve done that and more. The overall offensive numbers are not mind blowing but if you consider that 2 of the 6 games have been against top 10 defenses in the nation and when you also factor how bad the offense was last year, it’s been **** near a miracle.

The decline in sacks has more to do with our opponents’ strategy than any other factor. Although losing the nation’s leading returning sacker makes a difference too. This season we’ve seen opponents use a lot more of the quick passing game to neutralize the pass rush. Plus we’ve played a bunch of teams who feature running quarterbacks. It makes it tough to play man coverage when every week you’re playing a guy who can take off and run. Although I did see them finally start using Steed as a spy against Virginia quite a bit. Hopefully we’ll see more of that in coming weeks.

My opinion on what they need to do in the second half to improve:
Offense needs to use the pass to set up the run more. I know Lashlee wants to control the ground game but forcing runs into 8 man fronts when the other team is allowing receivers to run free is counter productive. Make them drop more into coverage and then hit them with the running game.

Defense needs to focus on getting stops when they can’t get guys behind the line. They need to tighten up coverage and force opponents to go over the top. Drop linebackers into underneath zone coverages when their man stays in to pass block instead of rushing the passer three seconds too late. This will take away some of the inside passing lanes that we surrender all too easily.
 
DMoney said:
I mentioned it in the OP. People thought we'd be better at LB because Shaq didn't run a 4.5. Now they are seeing how impactful he was.
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Yeah. I knew we wouldn't be better (even though at times I did clown shaq for his speed) but I didn't think it would be this big of a drop off. I did fall for the convincing of everyone saying that we're way more "athletic" at that position. What we're missing the most is the "game speed/diagnostics of plays" that Shaq and Pick provided.
 
stats don't lie. So far clear improvement... Let's see how this unfolds but so far no question this is improvement which is what we need to see and in some cases significant improvement. Que in the fire everyone crowd...
 
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