Correct. The defense is playing "bend don't break" which results in

Nov 8, 2018
3:36:00pm

SandYFan All-American

"stopping" other teams by letting them screw up. It does result in some longer drives. When you don't get sacks or intercept passes, it's hard to give your offense good field position.

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The problem with Tuiaki's defenses is subtle but VERY impactful to the team

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:34pm

Correct. The defense is playing "bend don't break" which results in

SandYFan

11/8/18 3:36pm

Actually - BYU is better than average in yards allowed per possession

proudcugr

11/8/18 6:15pm

And the offense has the job of no 3 and outs.

Archaea

11/8/18 3:39pm

Again, that is partially offset by how good our cover units are

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:41pm

Good point.

dilbert

11/8/18 3:41pm

Why don’t I understand this. The defense doesn’t get off the field...

kotacoug

11/8/18 3:46pm

Points are inversely correlated the length of the field you have to drive to

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:55pm

If you pay attention to field position over the last two years, you'll see that

dilbert

11/8/18 4:34pm

This is a two way street. You can't only blame this on the defense. Our horrible

Blueto

11/8/18 3:50pm

Except that our poor offensive FEI is more than offset by our elite cover units

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:58pm

As well as the D played vs Boise, those two 10+ play drives in the 2nd half hurt

CaliWG

11/8/18 3:51pm

Look no further than our redzone effectiveness (or lack thereof)

Jericho

11/8/18 3:54pm

That is simply correlated to first-year OC, lots of freshmen playing and FR QB

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:57pm

sure

jvquarterback

11/9/18 9:58am

Our red zone offense has been much worse in the last two games, IIRC.

here's to hoping

11/9/18 12:36am

Or possibly subpar playcalling due to lack of trust in said freshman

antiyewt

11/9/18 2:55pm

maybe, but the field is smaller and the defenders have an easier time in the red

here's to hoping

11/10/18 9:06am

Quick slants, crossing routes, outs

antiyewt

11/10/18 9:17am

Solid points

slowhiteguy

11/8/18 3:58pm

I keep trying to figure out what the long-term plan is...

Eddie

11/8/18 4:14pm

Bronco also adopted the bend but don't break philosophy. What were his numbers?

deliciousmocha

11/8/18 4:39pm

Doesn’t matter. Bronco won games. No losing seasons in 11 years.

AF Cougar

11/8/18 5:03pm

Bronco’s D was MUCH more aggressive in pressuring the QB

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:14pm

Tuiaki is probably coaching out of fear. He knows if he gets 8 points behind it's game over.

Kajdin

11/8/18 5:28pm

He needs to worry about his own side of the ball.

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:38pm

Actually Bronco used zone pressures, he didn't "blitz" that much

deliciousmocha

11/8/18 9:54pm

The FEI data goes back to 2007 on Football Outsiders. Here are his FEI rankings:

nephicoug

11/8/18 7:45pm

RE: The problem with Tuiaki's defenses is subtle but VERY impactful to the team

Scott_Tenorman

11/8/18 4:41pm

Also, the lack in sacks and turnovers have a huge impact on momentum of the game

cougaman

11/8/18 5:00pm

Let's put this into perspective for a second. If you were to quanitfy a

Ned Schneebly

11/8/18 5:19pm

I think both are responsible for losing;

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:28pm

The problem with Ed Lamb's special teams isn't subtle, but it's VERY impactful

proudcugr

11/8/18 5:50pm

Nailed it. Good post.

Blueto

11/8/18 6:12pm

Fox News is fair and balanced. CNN is just crap.

RoyalPuma

11/8/18 6:13pm

RE: Fox News is fair and balanced. CNN is just crap.

Blueto

11/8/18 6:33pm

Utah State is 21st in the country at defensive FEI,

nephicoug

11/8/18 11:08pm

Every kickoff should be fair caught or allowed to touchback. It's stats, man.

demon_llama

11/8/18 5:52pm

This feels like you’re bending over backwards to put blame on the defense for

Odysseus

11/8/18 6:17pm

This is not a good refutation to the original post.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 6:51pm

ASFP is close to a meaningless statistic for measuring a defense, as illustrated

Odysseus

11/8/18 7:00pm

This is not about measuring the defense in the traditional way.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 7:07pm

Taking this to its conclusion...the defense should also do the scoring

Blueto

11/8/18 7:18pm

I’m not buying it. See proudcugr’s post above. Seems like a special teams issue

Odysseus

11/8/18 7:19pm

Nice post, broheim.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 6:50pm

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