That Ohio State has only showed peak form a couple of times is a concern, as is an only
decent run defense and the fact that we haven't seen Barrett dominate a solid defense with his arm this year.
Just as experience doesn't automatically equal quality, size doesn't equal
decent run defense.
Not exact matches
He's a physically well - built lad, can do a few Yaya Touré
runs into a sleepy
defense, and has a little finesse to go with his touch & tackling... Can make a
decent signing!
Instead we got Joe Lee Dunn 2.0 where everyone on
defense runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, and we give up big play after big play and get blown out by
decent SEC teams.
The Jacksonville Jaguars
run basically the same
defense as the Seattle Seahawks, and last week Gus Bradley's team stuck to that system and played a
decent game.
The 2017 UT
defense struggled pretty dramatically against a
decent run game (107th in Rushing S&P +) but completely dictated the terms against opposing passing games.
In 2010, Berry did his best to do things a bit off - kilter —
running when opponents expected the pass, passing when opponents expected the
run, keeping things fast - paced (possibly not the best idea for an underdog), employing the underdog - friendly 3 -3-5
defense, etc. — and the results were
decent; despite low overall quality, ULM won five games, three by a touchdown or less, and came within a one - point loss to UL - Lafayette of finishing bowl - eligible.
UCLA's
run defense is
decent and seems to have improved in recent weeks; Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey, he of the 400 - yard performance against Colorado, gained just 71 yards in 20 touches versus UCLA, and Utah's John White gained just 48 in 12 a few weeks earlier.
If John Ross isn't stretching a
defense, nobody is, and the game comes down to Miles» legs and those of two
running backs: semi-efficient freshman Lavon Coleman (4.1 yards per carry, albeit with a
decent 36 percent of his carries gaining at least five yards) and all - or - nothing sophomore Dwayne Washington.
They have a strong
defense, great
running game, good offensive line and some
decent weapons.
The
run game was
decent but unspectacular (and it was horrendous in short - yardage situations), and the
defense was
decent but inefficient, and Trubisky had to be awesome for the Heels to survive.
His awareness is
decent as well, but if he wants to make forward
runs regularly he needs to know when he can and can not do it so the
defense doesn't lack for it.