Can anyone explain where this defense has been

[rucook08]

Truly an amazing effort

What changes where made during the bye week ?


This Minnesota team can score they hung 40 on Maryland

 

[chase_NJ]

Health? Bye week can do wonders. Longerbeam looked like his old self for the first time in a long time.

 

[RUfromNJ]

Play with that same effort these next 3 games and the results will take care of themselves

 

[RUschool]

Players might be injured but are still playing and needed an extra week to heal.

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

That 4th quarter defense was OUTSTANDING pressure on Brosmer to take over the game. Let's goooooo!

 

[Plum Street]

They haven’t been playing a fleck offense, which is what they go against everyday in practice

 

[RU MAN]

Truly an amazing effort

What changes where made during the bye week ?


This Minnesota team can score they hung 40 on Maryland

Injured and/or banged up.

 

[kupuna133]

Said in one of the other threads. Interior DL played much better today. First time I saw a swim move. And first time I saw them get off blocks with consistency.

Need to play with violent hands. They are still accepting the block.

 

[newwavedave1]

Bye week came at a good time.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Sure.. replacements in-game experience plus bye-week coaching helped them improve and to play as a team?

How's that sound?

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

During the first few drives, Minny was breaking tackles and looking strong offensively.

Full credit to the RU defense for bearing down and taking the game to the Gophers. Outstanding all-around.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Said in one of the other threads. Interior DL played much better today. First time I saw a swim move. And first time I saw them get off blocks with consistency.

Need to play with violent hands. They are still accepting the block.

Agreed.. gotta keep OL hands away and prevent them locking onto your shoulder pads. Though holding is out of control in this conference. The refs shocked me late in the 2nd half making a call.

You see that 2nd hands-to-the-face call against Lewis? OL was trying to yank his shoulder pads up over Lewis' helmet. That was a weak hands to the face call.. thought the fix was in there... happily found it was not.

 

[RUGuitarMan1]

An extra week to heal up and work on fundamentals … like tackling and gap integrity. Also extra time to prepare for Minn. We will see what it looks like at MD.

 

[read option]

Was a different DL today. Stopping the run, getting pressure, etc. Also seemed like the extra blitzer(s) made a consistent impact. DBs did a nice job also with PBUs and tackling. And Djabome… wow

 

[RU848789]

Truly an amazing effort

What changes where made during the bye week ?


This Minnesota team can score they hung 40 on Maryland

Are you serious? The last few weeks, Lewis, Longerbeam, Powell, Dixon and Bailey have all either been mostly our or completely out, while today all of those except Bailey were 100% in or mostly in. Huge difference in those guys vs. their subs. One can argue that we should've had better depth, but we haven't and that's why the D has looked so bad recently. Would be nice if these guys stay healthy for the rest of the season, as that will be a major key in us finishing with 6+ wins.

 

[kupuna133]

Agreed.. gotta keep OL hands away and prevent them locking onto your shoulder pads. Though holding is out of control in this conference. The refs shocked me late in the 2nd half making a call.

You see that 2nd hands-to-the-face call against Lewis? OL was trying to yank his shoulder pads up over Lewis' helmet. That was a weak hands to the face call.. thought the fix was in there... happily found it was not.

Yea egregious call. Seems to only be called on defensive players. Refs missed a bunch of calls with hands to the face on OL.

 

[koleszar]

Are you serious? The last few weeks, Lewis, Longerbeam, Powell, Dixon and Bailey have all either been mostly our or completely out, while today all of those except Bailey were 100% in or mostly in. Huge difference in those guys vs. their subs. One can argue that we should've had better depth, but we haven't and that's why the D has looked so bad recently. Would be nice if these guys stay healthy for the rest of the season, as that will be a major key in us finishing with 6+ wins.

Lewis was only used as a sub. He came in once maybe every third play and didn't even register an assist. He was a complete nonfactor except his facemask penalty which led to a score. Walker and Hamilton had beast games. Lewis will not be missed next year.

 

[RUref]

IMO, Coach addressed it. He had to decide if starters at 80% perform better than backups at 100%. Today, Mascoe, Sanders, and Salaam played much more than I've ever noticed. Only saw Igbinosun on one play. Rogers, not at all. Longerbeam, not as much as usual.

 

[koleszar]

IMO, Coach addressed it. He had to decide if starters at 80% perform better than backups at 100%. Today, Mascoe, Sanders, and Salaam played much more than I've ever noticed. Only saw Igbinosun on one play. Rogers, not at all. Longerbeam, not as much as usual.

Eric Rodgers #0 was out there a lot. Had a tough start missing the dead to rights sack and getting picked on then played well. #4 Dez is a lost train wreck, in year 4 he still has no idea who he's supposed to cover.

 

[RU848789]

Lewis was only used as a sub. He came in once maybe every third play and didn't even register an assist. He was a complete nonfactor except his facemask penalty which led to a score. Walker and Hamilton had beast games. Lewis will not be missed next year.

Fair point on Lewis, but the others had very good games, IMO, and yes, this was probably the best we've seen from Hamilton and Walker this season.

 

[kupuna133]

IMO, Coach addressed it. He had to decide if starters at 80% perform better than backups at 100%. Today, Mascoe, Sanders, and Salaam played much more than I've ever noticed. Only saw Igbinosun on one play. Rogers, not at all. Longerbeam, not as much as usual.

Young guns outplayed their older teammates. Rogers and igbinosun are not having good years. Longerbeam looks to be getting healthy and playing with much more confidence.

Igbinosun and Rogers played a lot and both had mistakes on critical plays which lead directly to scores. They both need to work on very basic and fundamental things. They lose eye discipline.

 

[gef21]

The DL got pressure, we had no blown coverages, and the LBs did not get lost most of the team. We STILL have an issue jumping inside and losing contain, which is maddening, but we are getting there.

 

[Jtung230]

I think #4 got less playing time. Great tackling today. Very few yards after catch.

 

[ashokan]

They haven’t been playing a fleck offense, which is what they go against everyday in practice

Lol some truth there

Flip was also looking like his 2023 self vs old team

 

[RUSK97]

To the OP: this defense has been in the infirmary.