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

[Outlaw]

WE didn't let bad teams drop 50 on USF for multiple games. That is improvement, but we still have the face the offensive juggernaut Temple.

[Gatorbull325]

Here is a new comparison after 4 games. We have officially surpassed our "QB hurries" from last year. We are 1 sack away from matching our total sacks from last year. We are officially over the halfway point to our TFL total from 2022. We have 8 games to surpass and hopefully improve upon some of these stats. 

Shoutouts on the D-line:

1. Jonathan Ross - I've been preaching that we gotta give this man more snaps. I like Tramel Logan but he missed like 2-3 sacks in the last game. Ross seems to be more productive. at this point it's time to remove the "or" on the depth chart. 
2. Jason Vaughn is playing as expected. I expect.
3. Lloyd Summeral - Buddy got his first sack over the weekend. 

 

Defense 2023	Games	TOT	TFL-YDS	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	KICK	SAF
Total	4	260	36.0-128	13.0-84	3	13	12	3	2	0	0
Opponents	4	338	37.0-135	19.0-99	3	12	6	2	4	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

 

	Sacks
#	Player	GP	Sacks-YDS	Tackles	TFL-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF
1	Evans, Daquan	4	3.0-17	21	9.0-31	0	1	2	0	0
2	Ross, Jonathan	4	2.0-16	13	4.0-20	0	0	1	0	0
3	Vaughn, Jason	4	2.0-12	10	2.5-14	0	0	1	0	0
4	Gordon IV, DJ	4	1.5-8	25	5.5-14	0	1	1	0	0
5	Summerall, Lloyd	4	1.0-5	13	2.0-6	0	0	1	0	0
6	Stokes, Jaelen	4	1.0-7	21	1.0-7	1	0	1	0	0
7	Brown, Aamaris	4	1.0-12	15	1.0-12	0	0	0	0	0
8	Williams, Jacquez	4	1.0-4	2	1.0-4	0	0	0	0	0
9	Logan, Tramel	4	0.5-3	11	2.0-7	0	3	1	0	0
	TFL
#	Player	GP	TFL-YDS	Tackles	Sacks-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF
1	Evans, Daquan	4	9.0-31	21	3.0-17	0	1	2	0	0
2	Gordon IV, DJ	4	5.5-14	25	1.5-8	0	1	1	0	0
3	Ross, Jonathan	4	4.0-20	13	2.0-16	0	0	1	0	0
4	Vaughn, Jason	4	2.5-14	10	2.0-12	0	0	1	0	0
5	Summerall, Lloyd	4	2.0-6	13	1.0-5	0	0	1	0	0
6	Logan, Tramel	4	2.0-7	11	0.5-3	0	3	1	0	0
7	Cheney, Rashad	4	1.5-1	10	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Blue-Eli, Doug	4	1.5-3	5	0-0	0	0	2	0	0
9	Stokes, Jaelen	4	1.0-7	21	1.0-7	1	0	1	0	0
10	Brown, Aamaris	4	1.0-12	15	1.0-12	0	0	0	0	0
11	Williams, Jacquez	4	1.0-4	2	1.0-4	0	0	0	0	0
12	Clark, Braxton	4	1.0-2	14	0-0	0	2	0	0	0
13	Harris, D.J.	4	1.0-2	4	0-0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Bernard, Bryce	4	1.0-1	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sease, De'Juan	3	1.0-2	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Shuler, Jhalyn	4	0.5-1	27	0-0	0	1	1	0	1
17	Hickman, Immanuel	3	0.5-1	6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Edited September 25, 2023 by Gatorbull325

[Grateful Dad]

Who'd of thought?  I think we are witnessing something special here.

[hm101]

ross is a baller

we gotta pull in some of these batted balls and convert to picks 

[John Lewis]

Our tackling is so much better than last year. It's not even close.

[Gatorbull325]

4 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Our tackling is so much better than last year. It's not even close.

Especially tackling in space. There were some 1 on 1 tackles this year, that left me pleasantly surprise 

[John Lewis]

5 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Especially tackling in space. There were some 1 on 1 tackles this year, that left me pleasantly surprise 

100% correct.

Refreshing to see that.

[USF_Bullsharks]

You are right John. It's hard to even think about how bad our tackling was last year. 

[Rocky Style]

14 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Especially tackling in space. There were some 1 on 1 tackles this year, that left me pleasantly surprise 

I seriously wonder how you can get this type of turnaround this quickly.  I am assuming a combination of coaching being that bad before and being this good now.  You don't see guys confused anymore.  

[hm101]

@Gatorbull325 Is it you who has been beating the drum on J Ross since last year? Someone here has. 

Todd Orlando singing his praises at 8:50 - for TWO AND A HALF MINUTES

Coordinators' Update: Todd Orlando & Joel Gordon preview Navy - BullsInsider (rivals.com)

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by hm101