Potentially 'one' of the best ever...on paper.
Potentially 'one' of the best ever...on paper.
If you wore the uniform...you're a champion.
Exactly. Our corners were playing poorly at times. Pressure was inconsistent without the blitz. QBs killed us when the got out of the pocket. And at times we tackled poorly. Kind of the story of last year. Of course when the offense stunk it up, they even had less time to adjust. Also seemed like teams scripted their first few drives and always got points out of it which means we were being out coached.
On paper this team has the makings of a great defense but at this point we are not even worthy of being in the same breath as 2012-13
Fortunately with DeLuca and Tanguay coming back and a ton of returning starters... This squad has big time potential. But they need to prove it on the field
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I've updated the spreadsheet to go back to 2002: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...6bs/edit#gid=0
Maybe I should do one where the seasons are random and the year is replaced with a variable and see if I can rank them from best record to worst record. 2002 and 2009 certainly stand out as bad years, but we've certainly been spoiled with very good to great defenses.
Back to the 2017 defense, Kolpack and Izzo pointed it out, but sophomore DT Cole Karcz could be great. I should dig up some of his clips - there's one of him knocking Kuhnert on his ass and another of him doing the same to Tanner Volson... now, the OL has a ways to go, but I don't doubt their one-on-one ability - it's just that there is a lot of work to do to function as a group anytime you have 3 OL graduate.
Oh yeah, and here's the Izzo and Kolpack preview of Karcz: https://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/to...rs-cole-karcz/
IMO, Kuhnert and Volson would rank as upper tier OL in the MV. When I saw Karcz maul these guys, I thought it had more to do with his (Karcz) abilities than their lack of. He looks to have ability to get OL off balance, then burst towards the QB using quickness and strength. I'm looking forward to watching him play this season, think he'll cause some headaches.
Hey Barkeep, another round of the green stuff for me and my buddies!
Boy, that 2009 defense was not good at all. Got run on, scored on and we could be turn them over. Inside the 20 the opposing team scored a TD 76% of the time. No wonder we were 3-8 that year.
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What years did Steve Walker play?
If you wore the uniform...you're a champion.