Defense may better than we think

[ThomsonJacket]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.

 

[BrentwoodJacket]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.
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Next we get number 7.

 

[JJacket]

Good to see Florida up there. Go Gator. Go Gator. Go Gator.

 

[covingtonjacket]

We knew that the schedule this year was rough before the season. It still is. Things like this back it up.

 

[ThomsonJacket]

Currently 61st in total defense

 

[GTRules]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.
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None of that's relevant. We want to piss and moan. Even after a road conference win.

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

Total defense isn’t helped by the fact that we’ve thrown something like 4 pick sixes this year and some weird offensive decisions that puts them in tough spots.

 

[ThomsonJacket]

Total defense isn’t helped by the fact that we’ve thrown something like 4 pick sixes this year and some weird offensive decisions that puts them in tough spots.

Absolutely

 

[BainbridgeJacket]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.
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Alternately, they're top 13 because they've played us to pad the stats.... too many receivers getting wide the öööö open for me to think we're any good on defense.

 

[StraightFresh]

You can't seriously have seen the Pitt game and think that our defense is anything better than below-average

 

[whiskey clear]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.
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The ACC seems to be much better on O than they are on D overall.

 

[GTRules]

Total defense isn’t helped by the fact that we’ve thrown something like 4 pick sixes this year and some weird offensive decisions that puts them in tough spots.

How many pick sixes have we thrown?

 

[RussianOffense]

Got to exclude the games against us and rerank offenses. Otherwise you have a huge confounder in this assessment.

As someone else said, they might be top 13 in part *because* they played against our defense. So this may actually be evidence our defense is bad.

 

[coit]

Alternately, they're top 13 because they've played us to pad the stats.... too many receivers getting wide the öööö open for me to think we're any good on defense.

Which of them padded their stats against us? Pitt was the only one that had more offensive yardage against us than their average, and we scored more on them than they had been giving up.

 

[GT65_UGA89]

The ACC seems to be much better on O than they are on D overall.

Red River Shootout says hello

 

[RussianOffense]

Virginia is #7 in total offense but if you look at their game stats they barely run it and their QB is throwing it 50+ times a game. More passes => more plays in the game => more yards. They might be good but total offense is a misleading stat and they probably aren't 7th best in the country. Points per possession is the better metric

 

[johncu]

ESPN FPI has our defense ranked 40th and offense ranked 55th. That sounds about right.

 

[RussianOffense]

Points per offensive play from https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-play:

Pittsburgh #8
North Carolina #23
Virginia #64
Northern Illinois #75
Georgia Tech #77
Duke #81
Clemson #122

Pittsburgh and North Carolina are probably the only decent offenses we've faced.

We are ranked #55 in opponent points per play (defensive metric).

 

[Tampa Jacket]

Last 3 games have been against teams in the top 13 of total offense.
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Pittsburgh has a really good offense. Big Uglies in the trenches on the OL that can run and pass block. And an NFL QB that can read defenses, quick release, strong arm and excellent accuracy with good string receivers that make yards after the catch. Even good defenses like UGA would struggle against the Pitt offense, unless the refs called holding against Pitt— which they would.

 

[TechRush]

Tech D is average on a good day. UNC was their good day. It turns out Clemson's offense isn't working on all cylinders so that day doesn't look as good as it once did.