Snowflakes Thread: Defense

and a dramatic drop off on defense with the starters out.

Run defense has me slightly concerned but they were going up against an offensive line with a lot of experience, so at least it's slightly warranted.

it reminds me of mattison's first year.  alot of high risk high reward calls.  you'll win some you will lose some, I think that was some of the early big runs.  late it was the backups playing base d, so not terribly worried about that.

wow...I tihnk I interenet burped...

it reminds me of mattison's first year.  alot of high risk high reward calls.  you'll win some you will lose some, I think that was some of the early big runs.  late it was the backups playing base d, so not terribly worried about that.

it reminds me of mattison's first year.  alot of high risk high reward calls.  you'll win some you will lose some, I think that was some of the early big runs.  late it was the backups playing base d, so not terribly worried about that.

Third team defense has to get their shit together.  Jeez.

5 more wins and we are bowl eligible

Middle of the DL seemed like a weakness and JMFR at MLB still seems like a giant ?, but overall VERY encouraged.

Not too worried overall about the D. Pass D was very good.

In the first half App State had one 27 yard run and that was it running.

They only started moving the ball when it was 42-0, and at that point I saw a D-Line including Charlton, Mone and Wormley, and this was on their first scoring drive. I know we rotate but they only really started moving the ball when we put our 2nd and 3rd string in. I'll be more worried next week if ND gashes us.

I think the run defense needs a bit of work, but on the whole the D played very well today.  Liked some of the hits we put on their receivers, definitely more physical than last year.

We looked great while the game was still competitive. Great. Just that one big run up the gut that was just a rock-paper-scissors luck call on our blitz. I'll take a couple of those every game if it means we're aggressive and physical. 

Second and third units looked like garbage, but hopefully we don't have to see too much of it this season.

The only guy who stood out in a negative way was Glasgow to me. I like the aggressive coverage, and I wonder how the safeties looked deep beyond this given that most of the TV shots were so tight.

is much better than a middle of the Sun Belt Offense, we'll be challenged better next week, but we already knew that..

We were agressive and tackled well early in the game when it mattered.  I like what I saw, nice to see positive contributions early from Wormley and Charlton.

Peppers last tackle was special, his speed turned an 8 yard gain into 2.

Good time to get their feet wet. Wanted a shut out, but the reality is that PT for 2nd & 3rd string is more important than first string reps.

1. Clark did some good things.
2. Peppers is very important and not easily replaceable.
3. DL is good, but not yet great.
4. Mattison probably didn't reveal everything. Which is very wise.
5. Special teams isn't defense, but I think ST will be greatly improved this year, both in going after their punts, and in returning punts and kickoffs.
6. I don't recall a ton of plays with Bolden. Or Ross.
7. Waiting to see how things go with Ryan.
8. Will really want to see the UFR.
9. The secondary is the real strength.

Enjoyed the Dline.  My 2 "flash guys" from last year Wormley and Henry did well.  Pipkins very quiet (did he play?)  Jake Ryan very quiet.  First team secondary looked solid but again their QB was quite bad so hard to judge.  Check back in 7 days for an honest assessment.

It's hard to say how much the coaches told them to avoid the big play latter. I thought they played well early against the run and pass. Next week will tell more. I think we will have a lockdown defense for sure by the end of the year.

I am concerned with the rush defense.  I loved the back 7.  They forced zero turnovers, but if they keep playing like that the turnovers will come.  

There is some potential OMG PAIN on this D.  They were a little inconsistent but expect the front 6-7 to get better as more experience comes.  Things like JMFR as MLB - he'll find his groove at some point - his football IQ is too high not to.  The DBs were blanketing WRs all day.  Significant depth all-around - should help with exhaustion, etc... in B1G season.

Did not get a good read on Ryan.  Anyone else have educated thoughts on our use of Ryan/his play?

It seemed like some of those long runs were on the LBs.

All spring and summer, we heard how tough the competition for each position was going to be.  I did not expect to see such a dramatic dropoff when we put in the second or third team D, and it was disappointing to see them lacking aggression when they did see the field.  One would hope that when they saw the field, the second and third team D would be salivating at the prospect of being able to show the coaches that they should see more playing time.  They showed the opposite.  Apart from that, I thought the D was great.  Even though it was App St, that team returned an O line with a LOT of experience, a QB who completed 71% of his passes last year and a 1,000 yard rusher.  Our first team D just shut them down!