Week 1 Big 10 blitz rates

[Pepe Silvia]

It's possible Tony White was saving a few things for CU

 

[cwessel76]

It's possible Tony White was saving a few things for CU

That and we had no reason to ever blitz against a team like UTEP.

I really hope we can generate a pass rush with our DL and drop as many back as we can into coverage.

Call it the Suh-ification of our defense, if you will.

 

[Mavsker]

imagine blitzling 😆
like bro imagine not being able to generate a pass rush with just your 3 down linemen 😂 😂 😂

 

[Alcaus]

It'll be interesting to see what we do.

Wonder if it's a lot of drop-7/8 or if we blitz like crazy. Just think Sanders takes advantage of blitzing at a lethal clip.

His stats while blitzed last week are insane. If I remember correctly he was like 6/8 for 160+ and 3 TDs. Fucking dumb.

 

[dsbigred1]

It'll be interesting to see what we do.

Wonder if it's a lot of drop-7/8 or if we blitz like crazy. Just think Sanders takes advantage of blitzing at a lethal clip.

His stats while blitzed last week are insane. If I remember correctly he was like 6/8 for 160+ and 3 TDs. Fucking dumb.

I can see the allure of blitzing, though. He was under pressure, and blitzing with bigger/faster/more athletic guys could easily get home in time. That said, if you don’t have to in order to get pressure, then you don’t do it very often this week.

 

[Alcaus]

I can see the allure of blitzing, though. He was under pressure, and blitzing with bigger/faster/more athletic guys could easily get home in time. That said, if you don’t have to in order to get pressure, then you don’t do it very often this week.

That's my feeling. Whoever blitzes is hopefully not coming from the secondary and you wouldn't think they'd need to.

Either way, White knows what he's doing. I'm hoping this is a resume game for him.

 

[Bootleg11]

Kind of a hilarious chart.

Nebraska didn't need to blitz...but to not even blitz once is pretty funny.

 

[Goskers07]

It'll be interesting to see what we do.

Wonder if it's a lot of drop-7/8 or if we blitz like crazy. Just think Sanders takes advantage of blitzing at a lethal clip.

His stats while blitzed last week are insane. If I remember correctly he was like 6/8 for 160+ and 3 TDs. Fucking dumb.

In fairness, most of that was against much less athletic players and nearly blindly chucking it up for Travis Hunter to make a play over a much less athletic player.

That being said, I'd love to just keep on getting home with only 3 or 4 guys.

 

[Alcaus]

In fairness, most of that was against much less athletic players and nearly blindly chucking it up for Travis Hunter to make a play over a much less athletic player.

That being said, I'd love to just keep on getting home with only 3 or 4 guys.

I get that, we'll obviously be a better matchup physically. I just feels like that Sanders/Hunter/Horn combo allows them to survive those broken plays more often than not.

@Jim14510 can you see Sanders' stats under pressure on PFF?

 

[Kazman5k]

This is the game that get Tony white the Florida job next year

 

[Lionsfan93]

Kind of a hilarious chart.

Nebraska didn't need to blitz...but to not even blitz once is pretty funny.

Exactly. It's not like Cockeye needed to blitz either.

But knowing that we basically held everything back and only played base defense all game doesn't give Colorado a lot to go off of. Sure, they have last year. But that is still crazy...

 

[dsbigred1]

This is the game that get Tony white the Florida job next year

I wouldn’t wish that on White.. Not sure the admin would give him enough time to get that cultural nightmare turned around

 

[Goskers07]

I get that, we'll obviously be a better matchup physically. I just feels like that Sanders/Hunter/Horn combo allows them to survive those broken plays more often than not.

@Jim14510 can you see Sanders' stats under pressure on PFF?

It does allow for that. I'm banking on guys like Hill to be able to mitigate that.

 

[Kazman5k]

I wouldn’t wish that on White.. Not sure the admin would give him enough time to get that cultural nightmare turned around

True. They probably think they are too high and mighty to hire a lowly D-coordinator as well

 

[Jim14510]

I get that, we'll obviously be a better matchup physically. I just feels like that Sanders/Hunter/Horn combo allows them to survive those broken plays more often than not.

@Jim14510 can you see Sanders' stats under pressure on PFF?

 

[Jim14510]

2023 not good

 

[Alcaus]

2023 not good

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Not good when pressured but above average (I'd imagine) when blitzed.

Blitzes have to get home and at least get in his face.

 

[slattimer]

Kind of a hilarious chart.

Nebraska didn't need to blitz...but to not even blitz once is pretty funny.

I have a hard time believe PFF didn't mess this up, but even if they did and missed a couple. Pretty obvious. Tony White wasn't putting shit on film for Prime Fluffs. Good on them. IMO, it was the same on O.

Saw some podcast about some dudes whining about Fidone's usage Game 1....I'm sure that was by design.

 

[Goskers07]

Not good when pressured but above average (I'd imagine) when blitzed.

Blitzes have to get home and at least get in his face.

I'd argue that's kind of the general idea. If you blitz but don't get pressure, all you're doing is putting less guys in coverage, thus making it easier to get guys open. Now, you just got to have someone that's not Jeff Sims that can get them the ball.

(Not trying to argue you in general, you've just presented good counter discussions.)

 

[Alcaus]

I'd argue that's kind of the general idea. If you blitz but don't get pressure, all you're doing is putting less guys in coverage, thus making it easier to get guys open. Now, you just got to have someone that's not Jeff Sims that can get them the ball.

(Not trying to argue you in general, you've just presented good counter discussions.)

No, you're absolutely right. I guess the only point I'm trying to make is that I feel like Sanders operates against the blitz at a higher efficiency than most QBs.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to any stats to back that up or see how he compares to other QBs hence it's just a feeling.