10-02-2022, 04:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2022, 04:39 PM by BostonCard.)
The Stanford OL has given up 16 sacks in 4 games, worst in the pac-12 (even as every other team has played 5 games). On a per game basis, in the entire country, only Tulsa, Colorado State and Akron have been worse. Some of that is the scheme, and some of that is McKey’s lack of pocket presence, but a lot of that is the OL.
In TFL allowed, Stanford is heads and shoulders worse than the next worst team in the PAC-12… 8.25 compared to 5.8 for Cal, ASU, and WSU. The 2.5 TFL/g gap between Stanford and the teams immediately above them is greater than the gap between Cal and the #3 team in the conference (OSU). Even if you subtract out sacks, Stanford is uniquely bad at allowing other teams into our backfield. It is probably a tribute to Filkins that he can average 4.5 ypc; he does ok when he is not met by a linebacker in the backfield.
Stanford has run 272 plays, and given up a TFL on 33 of them, so one in eight plays goes for negative yardage. A good scheme and quarterback can reduce that, but it doesn’t absolve the offensive line of its basic responsibility to keep opposing defenders out of our backfield.
BC
In TFL allowed, Stanford is heads and shoulders worse than the next worst team in the PAC-12… 8.25 compared to 5.8 for Cal, ASU, and WSU. The 2.5 TFL/g gap between Stanford and the teams immediately above them is greater than the gap between Cal and the #3 team in the conference (OSU). Even if you subtract out sacks, Stanford is uniquely bad at allowing other teams into our backfield. It is probably a tribute to Filkins that he can average 4.5 ypc; he does ok when he is not met by a linebacker in the backfield.
Stanford has run 272 plays, and given up a TFL on 33 of them, so one in eight plays goes for negative yardage. A good scheme and quarterback can reduce that, but it doesn’t absolve the offensive line of its basic responsibility to keep opposing defenders out of our backfield.
BC