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2012 Defense Discussion

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pnuts34;2222639; said:
If our offense can be the quick strike, attack team that urban and the other coaches are looking for, that will be our defense's lives exponentially easier. As it will force msu to attack as well, with an offense more designed to play keep away and ball control. If we get up by 2 scores on msu, then that takes them out of their comfort zone because they Can't just give the ball to bell, they need to keep up and that'll play into our defenses hands because I don't think their qb and wrs can match our dbs.
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This.

A thousand times this.

The best defense this team could ever play is a 14 point lead.
 
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i have come to accept the fact that this group we have is just fatally flawed. there are several individuals who will be on NFL rosters in the very near future. but there are also several that wouldn't have seen the field in any season over the last decade.

the front four is good. i think the corners are good. the linebackers are several rungs down the talent ladder compared to what we are used to. and i think the safety play is suffering because the linebacker play is not up to par.

i totally agree with the "1/11" philosophy. however when 3-to-5 of the 11 aren't doing THEIR part, it makes it a hell of a lot harder for the other 6-to-8 to do theirs.

that being said. TACKLE! WRAP HIM UP! stop trying to be a hero and TACKLE! but maybe it's NOT that they are trying to be heroes. maybe it's that they're coming from their 1/11th to try to pick up the slack for someone else not playing his 1/11th, which leads to MORE missed tackles and even more of the 1/11ths not doing their part.
 
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lvbuckeye;2229650; said:
i have come to accept the fact that this group we have is just fatally flawed. there are several individuals who will be on NFL rosters in the very near future. but there are also several that wouldn't have seen the field in any season over the last decade.

the front four is good. i think the corners are good. the linebackers are several rungs down the talent ladder compared to what we are used to. and i think the safety play is suffering because the linebacker play is not up to par.

i totally agree with the "1/11" philosophy. however when 3-to-5 of the 11 aren't doing THEIR part, it makes it a hell of a lot harder for the other 6-to-8 to do theirs.

that being said. TACKLE! WRAP HIM UP! stop trying to be a hero and TACKLE! but maybe it's NOT that they are trying to be heroes. maybe it's that they're coming from their 1/11th to try to pick up the slack for someone else not playing his 1/11th, which leads to MORE missed tackles and even more of the 1/11ths not doing their part.
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lots of math :confused:
 
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38 points?
We still give up way to many big plays but that was a very explosive offense and a bad match for our current defense.
It's a good thing no one else in the BIG runs the spread! :tongue2:
 
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.02:

-I am actually more encouraged after last night than any other game regardless of the points allowed.
-That was by far the most dangerous/difficult offense left on the schedule.
-It's a team game and if the offense sets the bar to where an opponent has to realistically score 35+ to beat us then this might as well be the '85 Bears from here on out....no one left has that kind of firepower.
-Without rewatching it it seems Nebraska stuck with trying to run between the tackles longer than any opponent to date and only started to hurt the defense once they started attacking the edges (like everyone else).

I think it bears repeating and remembering as we look at upcoming opponents, no one has the combination of running/passing QB and legit threat RB that Nebraska does.
 
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Anyone else concerned at all by the lack of rotation on the D-Line? Yes, I know it's our strength, but with Hankins and Williams getting dinged up I wouldn't have had them out there w/ us up by 25 in the 4th...
 
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