After ranking a meager 75th in Adj.
Sack Rate last season, they have fallen to 116th.
Petersen's quick - passing system keeps pressure off of the quarterback, and ECU ranked 12th in Adj.
Sack Rate last year despite the shuffling.
Not exact matches
The senior - to - be completed 63 percent of his passes
last year (Buechele: 60 percent), took half as many
sacks (a 3.8 percent
sack rate to Buechele's 7.3), and threw fewer interceptions.
Purdue's only defensive asset
last year was speed up front — the Boilers were 49th in Adj.
Sack Rate and 46th in stuff r
Rate and 46th in stuff
raterate.
Offensive line coach Vance Vice ran Memphis» line
last year with the opposite results — the Tigers were 98th in Adj. Line Yards but 28th in Adj.
Sack Rate.
It did pretty well
last year despite the walk - ons, ranking 22nd in Adj. Line Yards (though dismal in short - yardage) and 52nd in Adj.
Sack Rate.
On Standard Downs, they are actually decent against the pass; they rank 53rd in Passing S&P + and 47th in Passing Success
Rate + on these downs despite ranking dead
last in Adj.
Sack Rate.
Inefficient outings vs. Rice (15 - for - 33) and Memphis (13 - for - 30) have kept his season completion
rate down a bit, but in the
last two weeks, he countered those performances by going 46 - for - 57 (81 percent) for 627 yards, eight touchdowns, and no picks (with six
sacks) vs. Rutgers and South Florida.
Carolina's defensive line, which ranked No. 1 in adjusted
sack rate through
last week, has carried them this season.
What the metrics say: The Bucs defense ranks dead
last in the following categories: Yards per play, passing yards,
sacks, adjusted
sack rate, and opponent third - down conversion.
Defenses are also getting after the passer much better than
last year,
sacking quarterbacks on 6.5 percent of dropbacks (up from 5.8 percent); that's the second - highest
sack rate since 2006.
In the Action Network's Monday Night Football preview, NFL expert Stuckey noted that the Bucs defense ranks dead
last in yards per play, passing yards,
sacks, adjusted
sack rate, and opponent third - down conversion.
For the everyman, however, there are better - looking, longer -
lasting and equally as powerful devices which
sack - off of the screen's refresh
rate for the sake of being better all - round devices.