09-09-2018, 04:35 PM
(09-09-2018, 04:06 PM)d4cohn Wrote: Alferi and Toohill were outstanding again last night. I thought the DL was ok, based on the film I saw. SC is a much tougher ask than SDSU, and we certainly played better than either game last year on the DL. DL missed two obvious sacks (one by Swann, went for first down, not sure on second, but it was cleaned up by Barton). In that regard, I think Barton and the LB crew was able to help the DL with a tough assignment.
All in all, defense was an A in my estimation. Great great performance.
one other thing about the defense yesterday. It was less dependent on great individual plays (though there were some), than on swarming to the ball. A couple times the ball carrier eluded the first guy who managed to slow him down enough that he was met with an onslaught of defenders so that the damage from a missed tackle (with a couple exceptions) was usually minimal.
On the long pass against Murphy, it was hard to really blame him. He was with the receiver step by step; Daniels just placed it perfectly, in a place where only the receiver could get it. Reminded me of Luck back in the day.
BC