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Now who’s AMart going to stare down and throw high over the middle to?

Wan’Dale lots of hospital passes coming your way!

Does anyone out there know what the percentage of blitzes with 6 or more rushing we ran last year?

The video is the style of D I want.   
I don’t care what it’s called...although, I believe the Ravens, as do most NFL teams run a 4 man front.
Putting all the bodies on the line Of scrimmage makes life miserable for QBs.  

28 minutes ago, WyoHusker56 said:

 

If you listen to what Chin says when he talks about his defense this is exactly what he describes. The ravens run a hybrid defense that isn't a true 3-4 or 4-3 they are in and out of both. That's exactly what Chin says he wants. So, then the issues aren't us running a 3-4 it's us not executing a hybrid defense scheme well.

Talk from Chinander is cheep.  We rarely blitz.  We never put 7,8,9 players the line and make the QB make an instant decision on whose coming and whose dropping.
 

With big risks come big rewards.  Chinander’s 3-4 is too conservative, what is he afraid of?

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/film-room/2019/film-room-ravens-defense
 

This style of defense I want.  QBs can’t figure out whose coming and whose dropping.  Good DCs know QBs with time will kill you.

Yes I know we’re not the ravens but put all that undersized speed to work.  
 

8 guys in Zone coverage is a QBs wet dream.  

3 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Do OSU, PSU, MINN, MSU, MICH and NW do this a lot?  Otherwise it's obviously not the answer.

 

Twisting my words...nice.  You should work for CNN.  Maybe your comprehension is poor.

29 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

 

I'm not trying to claim your opinion is invalid or anything, a lot of people want us to switch back to a 4-3. I'm just t

 

We rarely rush just 3, so I don't see the downside or the offense not being sure which side the OLB is coming from as opposed to knowing which 4 are coming barring a blitz.

When the game was on the line multiple times last year we only brought 3 guys sometime we rushed an undersized hybrid linebacker.   Usually easy to figure out where it was coming from.  
 

In my opinion a blitz should be bringing 6-7 guys, when teams go empty back field.  I’d like D 7-8, and yes 9 D-players on the line. Make the quarterback try to figure out, in a split second whose coming and who is dropping.  So, with our lack of talent,  I’d like to see 4 of those players being bigger bodies.  On obvious run situations I definitely want at least 4 bigger bodies on the line. 
 

Since joining the big ten speed hasn’t been the issue, it’s been size.  We simply get pushed around against the run and against the pass QBs have all day to throw.

Putting more safety-hybrid -linebackers isn’t the answer.  If it were OSU, PSU, MINN, MSU,  MICH, NW would be doing it.  
 

I guess Chinander’s just smarter than them.

12 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

That's a pretty small and carefully selected sample size. The best rush defenses by YPC allowed in the SEC are both 3-4, Florida and Georgia. The only decent defenses in the Big 12 (TCU, Iowa State, and Baylor) run 3 man fronts. Chinander may be an issue, but the 3-4 defense itself isn't. I don't agree with a lot of the Chins hate, but I get it because our defense has had some terrible games.

 

What is it about the 4-3 that people think would magically make us better at stopping the run? Saying "4 guys to eat up blockers instead of 3" is a gross oversimplification. We almost always have 4 or 5 on the line,  and guys like Alex Davis/Garrett Nelson are as big as 4-3 DEs. We've just sucked at filling gaps, and that's a fundamental part of every defense. The 4-3 doesn't fix our issue there. A new coach might, but this would be more on Ruud/Dewitt than Chins - and they let Dewitt go. Most of the issues I've seen don't look like scheme issues - this isn't Bo asking our relatively nonathletic LBs to catch Melvin Gordon starting flat footed when he has a head of steam on a jet sweep. It's guys just losing leverage or overrunning their assignments. There have absolutely been some questionable defensive playcalls, but I don't think that's been the biggest issue for run D.

I believe the issue is what the article at the beginning of the thread and Chinander’s trying to figure out....rush ends.

 In a 4 -3 you have two rush end specialist on the field every play and one more bigger body on the line.  Which is of paramount importance in the B10....more bigger athletic bodies.  

Chinander’s trying to address this with one smaller athletic body.  Which he usually has them running down field away from the quarterback to cover a back or tightened.  So right back to the problem of 3 on 5 and QBs with all day to throw.   
 

The SEC is full of NFL talent and top notch DCs.  I think Chinander’s D would be better in the B12.  It’s the wrong fit for the B10 football.

When Nebraska had great Defenses in the past we always has 2 talented D ends.  We will never be able to recruit those types again in a 3-4.

The most talented B10 team OSU runs a 4-3 and is consistently recruiting and getting D ends to the NFL.  You know like we used to.

Every top Big Ten rushing defense with the exception of Wisconsin runs a 4-3. 
 

Chinanders 3-4 is not going get it done in the B10.

Purdue by a mile.  A loss in this game, will break our season.  If we can’t beat Purdue we won’t have more than 4 or 5 wins.

  
A win and we have hope.

Luke is faster, a better arm, and better athlete than AM.  He represents a true dual threat that opponents will not enjoy playing against.  
 

If Luke starts and stays healthy we will have a winning season.  
 

if it’s AM we will see more of the same and another losing season.

21 hours ago, Landlord said:

 

 

Well, lots of teams worse than ours have beaten teams better than those before.

 

So, as long as we actually show up to play, we can beat any of them.

That’s the spirit!

6 hours ago, Gorillahawk said:

Goodnight I hope you’re wrong! But if he plays the corners as deep against Nebraska as he did when coached the buskers, then our bubble screen game should be pretty darn successful!

Go BiG Screen Game!!!

Bob Diaco, will make the Huskers feel the strain again with a win for Purdue in the opener.

1 hour ago, Cdog923 said:

 

Jim Leonhard is the best DC in the country? 

He does more with less than Venerable...so yes he’s the best.

who’s your choice?

2 hours ago, TGHusker said:

Turner's 82 team was better than the Scoring Explosion 83 team.  82 team D was much better. 

 

I will add  this - if I had to pick a QB and my coaching career required that I win the NC - got to go wt Frazier just for leadership and determination alone. Turner was a better QB overall (from an purely QB skills perspective)  IMHO, Frazier perhaps a better leader - I don't mean that leadership = popular however.  His 'grit' (had to use that since it was used in one of the posts) forced other players to be better and got Tom that first NC.  His leadership won those 3 MVPs & 2 NC.

Well said!

1 hour ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Right because Wisconsin, Alabama, and Georgia all suck against the run. I'm not saying Chinander has been good. I think he'll get it figured out, but it has not been close to good enough so far. Regardless though, the fact that we run a 3 man front isn't the issue.

We will never Consistently have the D lineman like those teams above you mentioned.  

Wisconsin has the best DC in the country and his 3-4 is totally different that ours.  
 

Chinander and back to Diaco have been trying to pound square pegs into round holes.

2 minutes ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Its not so much the ratio of run vs pass plays as it is YARDS gained.  Defenses stop the run first for a reason. 

Chinander disagrees with you.

(see a 3 man front in a run heavy conference)

couldn't stop the run with NFL talent

39 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

 

Turner Gill was a better QB than Tommie Frazier.     Turner was a  finger tip away from a NC (83), a yard out of bounds bad call from another (82) and got us in the position to play in a 3rd (81 vs Clemson)

Yeah.....no.   Frazier 2 Nattys and a 3 time MVP in national title games.

It’s close though, real close.  Turner had some bad breaks.  And our defense wasn’t half as good as Frazier’s squad.

Unpopular opinion #2

Adrian Martinez will never lead us to a winning season.  

15 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

He does and he does.

He didn’t even realize Mills was on the team the first half of the year. (Our best player in offense)

He ran the I formation for one series against OSU and it freaked them out.  We drove the field. Then he had to throw on first and goal for an interception! 
 

No self discipline to stick with what works.  He as to get cute!

2 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

 

A few things:

 

1.  Osborne's teams had more talent than almost all of his opponents, every year.  Don't pretend like he was getting by on "average" talent.

2.  Osborne's offense wasn't "grinding the clock" because he preferred to run the ball.  He used a running-based attack to create big plays using the option and play-action pass.  Osborne has often times called the option pitch, his version of a pass. Osborne was trying to score the ball in as few plays possible.  All offensive coordinators want to do that.

3.  The only time Osborne went into full "grind the clock" mode was when there was an injury at the QB and he had to rely solely on his I-backs.

 

A running game out of a tight formation, doesn't automatically mean the coach is trying to plow forward at 4 yards a play.

I do agree that during the Osborne era for all but 2 or 3 games a year NU had the more talented team.

When we didn’t like against OU and Bowl opponent from the south.  Osborne got super conservative and tried to play keep away and win in the fourth quarter.  
 

And yes I would like it if Frost could have the self discipline to incorporate and execute and power run game.  

3 minutes ago, TheSker said:

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I’m pretty sure Vegas disagrees 

3 minutes ago, GBRFAN said:

Simple fact that we have beaten them before - not sure if we have played cinc 

16 minutes ago, GBRFAN said:

This post will not age well

What makes to think that we can beat any of those teams?  Based on what?  Kool-aid?