droop10 wrote:rockthief wrote:Zero sacks. hmmm
Only 20 pass attempts, and most of those were quick hitters. They didn’t seem to have trouble getting pressure the few times there was a longer pass play. I wouldn’t make much of that. Not saying it’s considerably improved, but really nothing to take away one way or another from this game.
And there were multiple times where pressure ruined the play but didn’t result in a sack, and crucial plays too. PSU just has an athletic starting QB who also throws really quickly and they ran a lot of screens. The pass rush could’ve been better but I’m not too worried about the defense.
That second drive was awful for the defense though, they were just sleepwalking out there and you could tell being at the game they weren’t motivated. Lanning must’ve chewed them out cause they were a different defense after that.
One thing I noticed was how quickly Lanning was to sub someone on defense that missed an assignment, even if they play wasn’t positive for PSU. Lanning clearly is passionate about drastically improving the defense.