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z28craz

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I think these guys need a shout out. The secondary was a big question mark coming into the season and Jackson has taken some heat, even lost his starting spot. But these three did some good things yesterday and took a step forward. Still a lot of work to do, but Jackson and Bootle both did a good job of finally getting their heads turned, hands up, and defending passes without getting PIs. I think there was only one yesterday. But man, what a difference it makes to just get your head turned and hands up. Minny had to make some really spectacular, athletic grabs to get some things going. Yes we gave up some big ones, but the progression is there.

And Williams was nails in run support yesterday. He came up and made some great tackles and was all over the field. I know the defense gave up a lot of yardage and 22 unanswered points, but they stepped up and stonewalled Minny when it counted and gave the offense plenty of opportunites. Great job, especially by the 3 guys mentioned above.
 
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I also wonder how much of that is just the defensive scheme starting to click? PIs tend to happen when you get beat off the ball, and I’m wondering if the coverages, calls, and keys are beginning to click so that the recognition is coming faster? That makes it much easier to defend in one on one coverage when you’re not getting beat.
 
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z28craz said:
I think these guys need a shout out. The secondary was a big question mark coming into the season and Jackson has taken some heat, even lost his starting spot. But these three did some good things yesterday and took a step forward. Still a lot of work to do, but Jackson and Bootle both did a good job of finally getting their heads turned, hands up, and defending passes without getting PIs. I think there was only one yesterday. But man, what a difference it makes to just get your head turned and hands up. Minny had to make some really spectacular, athletic grabs to get some things going. Yes we gave up some big ones, but the progression is there.

And Williams was nails in run support yesterday. He came up and made some great tackles and was all over the field. I know the defense gave up a lot of yardage and 22 unanswered points, but they stepped up and stonewalled Minny when it counted and gave the offense plenty of opportunites. Great job, especially by the 3 guys mentioned above.
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Williams for Young would be a helluva upgrade, if he spun down and inside.
 
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I wasn't aware of it until I heard the stat yesterday that Bootle leads the B10 and is 3rd in the country in pass break ups.
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Yes, I was surprised and unaware of that stat as well. That’s impressive, and certainly shows progression in the secondary and the defense overall.
 
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z28craz said:
I think these guys need a shout out. The secondary was a big question mark coming into the season and Jackson has taken some heat, even lost his starting spot. But these three did some good things yesterday and took a step forward. Still a lot of work to do, but Jackson and Bootle both did a good job of finally getting their heads turned, hands up, and defending passes without getting PIs. I think there was only one yesterday. But man, what a difference it makes to just get your head turned and hands up. Minny had to make some really spectacular, athletic grabs to get some things going. Yes we gave up some big ones, but the progression is there.

And Williams was nails in run support yesterday. He came up and made some great tackles and was all over the field. I know the defense gave up a lot of yardage and 22 unanswered points, but they stepped up and stonewalled Minny when it counted and gave the offense plenty of opportunites. Great job, especially by the 3 guys mentioned above.
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z28craz said:
I think these guys need a shout out. The secondary was a big question mark coming into the season and Jackson has taken some heat, even lost his starting spot. But these three did some good things yesterday and took a step forward. Still a lot of work to do, but Jackson and Bootle both did a good job of finally getting their heads turned, hands up, and defending passes without getting PIs. I think there was only one yesterday. But man, what a difference it makes to just get your head turned and hands up. Minny had to make some really spectacular, athletic grabs to get some things going. Yes we gave up some big ones, but the progression is there.

And Williams was nails in run support yesterday. He came up and made some great tackles and was all over the field. I know the defense gave up a lot of yardage and 22 unanswered points, but they stepped up and stonewalled Minny when it counted and gave the offense plenty of opportunites. Great job, especially by the 3 guys mentioned above.
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Well as of right now those three are leading the team in PBU's. Bootle has 13 which leads the BIG and ranked 2nd nationally, Jackson has 5 and Williams has 4
 
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Our DBs have took a step forward. Bootle has been solid most of the season (yes he’s had a few mistakes but who wouldn’t when a QB has all day) and L Jackson has started to make progress the past couple games. Yesterday’s game he stepped up in a big way. They tried to pick on him early and often and he was up for the challenge. Proud of our DBs. Let’s keep getting better and better each week.
 
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Considering how bad our pass rush was yesterday, I think they did a good job.
 
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z28craz said:
Yes, I was surprised and unaware of that stat as well. That’s impressive, and certainly shows progression in the secondary and the defense overall.
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Strange that people throw that much at him when you have Lamar Jackson on the other side.

Pass breakups can be a misleading stat, when you have a lot of them, then you have teams throwing that direction a lot. I would like to see the stat that shows passes defended in relation to times thrown at.
 
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Strange that people throw that much at him when you have Lamar Jackson on the other side.

Pass breakups can be a misleading stat, when you have a lot of them, then you have teams throwing that direction a lot. I would like to see the stat that shows passes defended in relation to times thrown at.
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Yeah, I have no idea why people don't throw at Lamar more. He has stepped up his game substantially, but I'd still go after him because of what he put on tape in 4 of the 7 games.
 
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The play at CB is improving, you can see that. There are still balls that are SURE picks if they turn on time that are only PBUs because they're late with their awareness, but I'll take it over giving up the catch.

Laurinaitis was funny on the broadcast, he kept saying how #6 for Minnesota basically gets all his production over the middle and hinting that's really all Minnesota has, why isn't NU taking it away. I think for all their monster OL, the Gophers are devoid of playmakers at WR.

Wanna see them making picks against B-C. They need some good vibes to last them through that OSU game. Their WRs are going to have their way with NU's secondary.
 
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