Defensive Play Discussion

[admo]

5 hours ago, krc1995 said:

What you all think about bringing Lovie in? 

 

Bears fan here.  Gotta seriously pass on that idea.

[huskerstd]

6 hours ago, krc1995 said:

What you all think about bringing Lovie 

6 hours ago, krc1995 said:

What you all think about bringing Lovie in? 

I would much rather us take a stab at Kevin Steele than Lovie. Steele has been successful in the college game for a long time. 

[Mavric]

 

[Mavric]

 

[lo country]

On 12/13/2020 at 4:47 PM, Loebarth said:

 

In honesty.. I think Chin's defense is the only real improving group. D-line was much better, backers were more active and greatly improved, d-backs were solid.. Not sure defense is the side Frost should be looking at. The offense has been and remains the biggest let down. Bring in a proven offensive line coach, a proven running backs coach and assist Chin's with a defensive focus through recruiting. Chin's has shown he is isn't tied to a single philosophy and is willing to adjust. He showed multiple 4 man fronts even in the dime and dropping into zone. 

 

The offense is a bigger concern than defense IMO.

And has stepped backwards every year....And that's concerning as Frost was and is heralded as an offensive guru.

[lo country]

39 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Good stuff. Regarding 2021, the D is the least fof my concerns.  Anxious to hear who comes back as seniors (and CTB).  D could be pretty salty next year.  Phel continues to improve and we can snag another OLB (or 2) commit ot transfer and we will be looking good. D, at all 3 levels IMHO, improved this year.  

[TheSker]

43 minutes ago, lo country said:

And has stepped backwards every year....And that's concerning as Frost was and is heralded as an offensive guru.

Do you know one of the best ways to maintain your reputation as a guru?

[seaofred92]

On 10/26/2020 at 8:27 AM, seaofred92 said:

Guys that flashed on Saturday to me and on the re-watch: 

 

Casey Rogers

Ty Robinson

Jojo Domann

Will Honas

 

Maybe my expectations for Tannor are too high. I think he does some really really good things for us at times. But it’s hard because i don’t feel like the effort is always there. When fully motivated, he’s easily the best and most athletic pass rusher on this roster as currently constructed. The way he twisted and then flashed through the line on his sack was beautiful. Need more consistency from him going forward to maximize our potential on this side of the ball. 

 

A guy that could potentially help us at OLB is Pheldarius Payne. He only had 2 tackles but I thought he was in good position a lot of the time and I’ll be curious to see how his transition to the position progresses moving forward. 

 

The soft coverage killed us but we also went tight man a few times and they just ran those rub routes and killed us. This is what happens when you play teams that start 3 5* WR’s at the same time. I think people are forgetting despite how well a guy like Bootle grades out in PFF or the praise for Williams that simply put, Ohio State’s receivers are just better athletes than our current defensive backs. That’s why losing guys like Francois and Gray sucks- not just because its cool to land high 4* talent but when you can get those types of guys and combine it with a good pass rush that’s really when you can afford to walk guys down and get in these bigger, faster WR’s faces and counter the athleticism. 

One of the best points that was made on Saturday was by Urban Meyer (as much as I hate him he’s a great analyst for FOX and hope he stays around a long long time). He said 80% of pass defense is pass rush. Let that sink in for a moment- EIGHTY PERCENT of pass defense according to one of the best coaches in the history of the modern game has nothing to do with the DB’s. And then think back to our misses at DE/OLB over the past few classes. This is the number one area Nebraska needs to get better at in order to make the next jump as a defense. Getting more athletic at the DE/OLB spot is ENORMOUS for our future successes. 

 

I thought we looked pretty fast on defense at times. The best play of the game defensively IMO was the hit/stop on 3rd and 1 Jojo Domann made late in the first half on Tre Sermon. Guy absolutely FLEW off the edge and made a sure tackle to force 4th and 1. Then OSU got the illegal formation and had to settle for 3. Those are the winning plays you make against a team like Ohio State- small wins turn into big wins when we eventually have closer to even talent level.

 

Overall I was pretty impressed with how well we held up. My biggest concern going into this game was our mentality- would we give up like we have in years past or would we fight? Last year when we were down 14-0 to them and had that drive going that ended with the pick that bounced off Wandale’s hands- you could see in the team’s expression they gave up. The mentality this year was completely different, this team fought hard and made some really good plays on both sides of the ball. The next step for Nebraska in order for the effort and plays that we made to show up on the final scoreboard is to eliminate the mistakes- teams like Ohio State just don’t make very many of them (3 penalties for 14 yards, 1 fumble). Overall this was a very pleasing start to the year, but we need to follow it up with the same intensity and physicality against Wisconsin this week. While they are less athletic than Ohio State may be, they propose a completely different challenge to our defense. This and Iowa are the two games I’m most curious to see how we respond going forward. 

 

On 10/26/2020 at 8:29 AM, seaofred92 said:

Also- shoutout to Damion Daniels. He plays nose so he won’t get many stats but I thought he played really well for the most part. 

 

Keem Green to me was somewhat disappointing. Regularly felt like he was getting pushed off the ball and he doesn’t look as athletic as I had hoped. 

Not to toot my own horn but... these observations aged VERY well.

[BigRedBuster]