[BostonCard]

No, the defense largely failed to get to Minshew, though a couple of times he was pressured to throw it away.  That was not for lack of trying... we did a mix of blitzing, but Minshew can get the ball out of his hands within three seconds; no amount of pressure fixes that.

The failure of the defense was largely a tackling failure.  Time and again we had a dB with a chance to tackle the WSU receiver for a loss or short gain on their bubble screens, and time and again the receiver would make our guy miss and turn a two yard gain into a twelve yard gain. Our safeties and Holder were repeatedly victimized.

In the past when we were able to stuff WSU it was because our guys could tackle in space.  Today we could not.

BC

[BostonCard]

No, the defense largely failed to get to Minshew, though a couple of times he was pressured to throw it away.  That was not for lack of trying... we did a mix of blitzing, but Minshew can get the ball out of his hands within three seconds; no amount of pressure fixes that.

The failure of the defense was largely a tackling failure.  Time and again we had a dB with a chance to tackle the WSU receiver for a loss or short gain on their bubble screens, and time and again the receiver would make our guy miss and turn a two yard gain into a twelve yard gain. Our safeties and Holder were repeatedly victimized.

In the past when we were able to stuff WSU it was because our guys could tackle in space.  Today we could not.

BC