A review of our Defense and a Comparison to last year.

[Gatorbull325]

The main positive of this year is the turnaround on defense. We are already on pace to surpass a few totals from last year. With 9 games left, there is no reason we can't get 25-30+ sacks, 85+ TFLs, and 10 INTs this year. 

Defense 2023	Games	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK	SAF
Total	3	195	25.0-85	9.0-57	3	10	10	3	2	0	0
Opponents	3	253	29.0-104	16.0-82	3	10	6	2	2	0	0
Defense 2022	Games	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK	SAF
Total	12	495	62.0-199	14.0-67	6	24	13	9	12	0	0
Opponents	12	464	58.0-208	14.0-92	9	25	19	10	13	0	1
TFLs	Player	GP	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK
1	Evans, Daquan	3	18	8.0-27	3.0-17	0	1	2	0	0	0
2	Vaughn, Jason	3	8	2.0-12	2.0-12	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stokes, Jaelen	3	16	1.0-7	1.0-7	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	Brown, Aamaris	3	11	1.0-12	1.0-12	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ross, Jonathan	3	8	2.5-8	1.0-5	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Williams, Jacquez	3	2	1.0-4	1.0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Shuler, Jhalyn	3	21	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0
8	Gordon IV, DJ	3	19	3.5-5	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
9	Berryhill, Logan	3	15	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	Cheney, Rashad	3	9	1.0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Clark, Braxton	3	9	1.0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Summerall, Lloyd	3	9	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Logan, Tramel	3	7	0.5-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0
14	Hickman, Immanuel	2	5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sacks	Player	GP	Sacks-YDS	TOT	TFL-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK
1	Evans, Daquan	3	3.0-17	18	8.0-27	0	1	2	0	0	0
2	Vaughn, Jason	3	2.0-12	8	2.0-12	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stokes, Jaelen	3	1.0-7	16	1.0-7	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	Brown, Aamaris	3	1.0-12	11	1.0-12	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ross, Jonathan	3	1.0-5	8	2.5-8	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Williams, Jacquez	3	1.0-4	2	1.0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0
QBH	Player	GP	QBH	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	FR	FF	KICK
1	Evans, Daquan	3	2	18	8.0-27	3.0-17	0	1	0	0	0
2	Blue-Eli, Doug	3	2	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stokes, Jaelen	3	1	16	1.0-7	1.0-7	1	0	0	0	0
4	Logan, Tramel	3	1	7	0.5-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Gordon IV, DJ	3	1	19	3.5-5	0-0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Shuler, Jhalyn	3	1	21	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0
7	Curry, Jayden	3	1	3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Ross, Jonathan	3	1	8	2.5-8	1.0-5	0	0	0	0	0
#	Player	GP	INT	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK
1	Berryhill, Logan	3	2	15	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0
2	Stokes, Jaelen	3	1	16	1.0-7	1.0-7	0	1	0	0	0
3	Evans, Daquan	3	0	18	8.0-27	3.0-17	1	2	0	0	0
4	Blue-Eli, Doug	3	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Logan, Tramel	3	0	7	0.5-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0
6	Gordon IV, DJ	3	0	19	3.5-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0
7	Shuler, Jhalyn	3	0	21	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0
8	Curry, Jayden	3	0	3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0
9	Ross, Jonathan	3	0	8	2.5-8	1.0-5	0	1	0	0	0
10	Clark, Braxton	3	0	9	1.0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Dillon, Cole	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0

Edited September 18, 2023 by Gatorbull325

[GoBulls84]

How many QB hits came against Bama? Feels like we had somebody blowing up their QBs on every other play.

Edited September 18, 2023 by GoBulls84

[El_Toro_86]

Our Dline fared better against Alabama than than it did against FAMU.  Go figure 

[Rocky Style]

6 minutes ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Our Dline fared better against Alabama than than it did against FAMU.  Go figure 

I don't get it, because of Bama's vaunted 350lb average on the O line, but our guys were running right by them.

[Gatorbull325]

7 minutes ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Our Dline fared better against Alabama than than it did against FAMU.  Go figure 

Goes to show you that FAMU is not bad this year. I hope they are invited to the playoffs. 

[Rocky Style]

40 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

We are already on pace to surpass a few totals from last year.

This is wild.  Also our games included Nick Saban.

[Gatorbull325]

Just now, Rocky Style said:

This is wild.  Also our games included Nick Saban.

Most of the stats are against them. 

[Rocky Style]

1 minute ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Most of the stats are against them. 

If this doesn't add excitement for the upcoming games, I don't know what to say to Bulls Nation.  But I'm biased toward defense...

[Boomer]

 

47 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

The main positive of this year is the turnaround on defense. We are already on pace to surpass a few totals from last year. With 9 games left, there is no reason we can't get 25-30+ sacks, 85+ TFLs, and 10 INTs this year. 

I'm totally with you on your optimism, but there are plenty of reasons why we might not finish with the numbers you're projecting.  Simply look at where our defense was after three games last season (1 SEC opponent as well), and you'll see that assuming similar stats for the remaining games can come out nowhere near the math.

In 2022 we had after 3 games:

TFL:  22.  According to your math, we should have finished the year with almost 90.  We finished with 62.

Sacks:  5.  This would equate to around 20.  We finished with 14.

INTs:  4 (yes - we had 1 more at this point).  This would equate to around 16.  We finished with 6.

We can look back and find plenty of reasons why the production didn't match the stats after the first three games - injuries, morale, etc.

 

[Gatorbull325]

54 minutes ago, Boomer said:

 

I'm totally with you on your optimism, but there are plenty of reasons why we might not finish with the numbers you're projecting.  Simply look at where our defense was after three games last season (1 SEC opponent as well), and you'll see that assuming similar stats for the remaining games can come out nowhere near the math.

In 2022 we had after 3 games:

TFL:  22.  According to your math, we should have finished the year with almost 90.  We finished with 62.

Sacks:  5.  This would equate to around 20.  We finished with 14.

INTs:  4 (yes - we had 1 more at this point).  This would equate to around 16.  We finished with 6.

We can look back and find plenty of reasons why the production didn't match the stats after the first three games - injuries, morale, etc.

 

We have 9 games left, 10 if we make a bowl game. We had a drop-off toward the 2nd half of last year due to the depth and limitations of the players we had. This year we are playing way more players on defense due to our depth. I'm not comparing last year's "after 3 games" b/c this is a different team and set of opponents. I'm comparing it to last year's total and that we have plenty of games left to not only surpass last year's total but reach even higher goals. I am not comparing it game by game.