09-10-2017, 08:47 AM
I think you hit the big points, but I think we need to look behind why we gave up 9 ypp:
- Front 7 got little pressure on Darnold. I don't care how good your DBs are, if you give a top-notch QB 4 seconds or more he will find an open receiver
- Front 7 was god-awful against the run, especially ILBs who other than Palma are undersized. Alfieri was supposed to be some kind of savior here and I don't think I saw him more than 15-20 snaps. I know he's "still learning the position" but given how often the guys getting more snaps were out of position or easily moved from their position I think he needs to be thrown in there. He couldn't be much worse
I can't remember the last time Stanford was so dominated in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Too early to tell if U$C is really that good or if we just aren't very good there, but if the play doesn't improve on the front lines this is an 8-4 team at best
- Front 7 got little pressure on Darnold. I don't care how good your DBs are, if you give a top-notch QB 4 seconds or more he will find an open receiver
- Front 7 was god-awful against the run, especially ILBs who other than Palma are undersized. Alfieri was supposed to be some kind of savior here and I don't think I saw him more than 15-20 snaps. I know he's "still learning the position" but given how often the guys getting more snaps were out of position or easily moved from their position I think he needs to be thrown in there. He couldn't be much worse
I can't remember the last time Stanford was so dominated in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Too early to tell if U$C is really that good or if we just aren't very good there, but if the play doesn't improve on the front lines this is an 8-4 team at best