because all we saw was vanilla-ness. We were used to Bronco Brilliance

Aug 14, 2018
3:29:08pm

Cougarclaw All-American

on defense with passion, deceit, blitzes, complexity.

and what we got was 4 guys rushing the passer who almost never got there. And rarely a blitz, rarely a wrinkle, rarely an INT, rarely anything. It was boring.

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Why do I keep hearing people on CougarBoard saying the 2017 defense was bad?

BlueBeliever

8/14/18 3:14pm

I'm somewhere between CB and you

JKLCoug

8/14/18 3:17pm

Defense was mediocre. Pass completion% defense as awful. We looked like a high

Dangerous

8/14/18 3:18pm

The "offense didn't keep possession" excuse seemed overblown when you look

gwalker

8/14/18 3:19pm

Our D was average, but our passing defense was atrocious. If our offense has a

vagabonder

8/14/18 3:19pm

Because our pass defense was in the bottom 10-15 in the nation.

che flaco

8/14/18 3:20pm

Alex Hornibrook (who?) 18/19 256 yards 4 TDs 0 ints against BYU.....

cougarnw

8/14/18 4:41pm

It looked like Wisconsin was in a scrimmage.

idcougarfan

8/14/18 5:37pm

They were

Borg

8/14/18 6:43pm

Because we couldn't get off the field.

byubyu

8/14/18 3:22pm

because all we saw was vanilla-ness. We were used to Bronco Brilliance

Cougarclaw

8/14/18 3:29pm

Even in 2016 we were a defense that made plays and forced turnovers.

che flaco

8/14/18 3:31pm

There were 3 games that I was really disappointed in our defense. Wisconsin, USU

CougarBacker

8/14/18 3:29pm

Because I actually watched the games. We had like the fewest sacks and least

Fdnman

8/14/18 3:30pm

Name me 3 times you saw an effective pass rush

stoils

8/14/18 3:31pm

Our offense tempo was slow

I'mBatman

8/14/18 3:32pm

THIS

here's to hoping

8/14/18 6:49pm

It's always the offenses fault.

Borg

8/14/18 6:51pm

I don't think mangum got a single tackle all season...not sure about your point

here's to hoping

8/14/18 8:20pm

Ranked #105 in passing efficiency defense #119 TFL #81 in turnovers

Jesse Pinkman

8/14/18 3:32pm

and THIS combined.

here's to hoping

8/14/18 6:50pm

What(bad) are (bad) you (bad) talking (bad) about (very bad)?

Borg

8/14/18 3:36pm

BYU allowed 68% (125th) completion percentage & 8 YPA (106th)

Dr T-bone

8/14/18 3:40pm

THIS too

here's to hoping

8/14/18 6:51pm

Because they don't realize how incredibly bad the offense was and that the D was

Jericho

8/14/18 3:44pm

Why do people keep trying to find silver linings from last year?

Mr. Scoobs

8/14/18 3:48pm

Because it was. No pass rush and poor coverage in secondary.

Iron Coug

8/14/18 3:51pm

Because we watched teams complete passes like they were handing the ball off?

davidmj10

8/14/18 4:27pm

I'm most disappointed in the lack of vision for the defensive scheme. We basically ran one defensive set

Refugee

8/14/18 4:38pm

Yards allowed per game isn't a great stat to determine how good a defense was

Byu_1988

8/14/18 4:48pm

THIS too

here's to hoping

8/14/18 6:55pm

How about the percentage of tds to drives.

SDcoug74

8/14/18 7:25pm

that stat would matter if our offense ever put us in the lead, but since we were

here's to hoping

8/14/18 8:26pm

There were 11 actual teams whose offense was worse than BYU’s last year?

Future_Tacos

8/14/18 5:04pm

Because they lost to the worst offense in D1 last year.

StalwartBraveTrue

8/14/18 5:15pm

Defense needs to get back to forcing turnovers and making

CougarsFanSince80s

8/14/18 6:32pm

They weren't that bad and here is why.

SDcoug74

8/14/18 6:42pm

As someone who thought BYU would be horrible again this year...

boyblue

8/14/18 8:10pm

Alright, I will take a stab at debunking your points, maybe I can learn some

here's to hoping

8/14/18 8:19pm

Pace of play doesn't matter

SDcoug74

8/14/18 9:23pm

I agree that pace of play doesn't necessarily change the number of chances each

here's to hoping

8/14/18 11:04pm

Because we had only 3 or 4 NFL players on that side of the ball

Y05

8/14/18 7:09pm

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