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

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Aug 14, 2018
3:29:24pm

CougarBacker All-American

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

and East Carolina. Yes I know Wisconsin was a top 5 team, but they literally did anything they wanted in that game. It was like watching an NFL team play against high schoolers. USU started out okay, but as soon as the offense went in the tank, so did the defense. East Carolina was mostly on the offense, but our defense was equally as disappointing in that game.

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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

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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