03-20-2024, 08:13 PM
(03-20-2024, 07:29 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: It’s a great subject. With the same front 7 why was the run defense so bad? Yards per rush attempt… We were #30 in 2023 and #5 in 2022. We were dead last in total yards per play. Blaming that on Bates & Bell’s departure is ridiculous...
There are many factors that come into play. You have run support from the safety positions. Linebackers also support the run defense but they also need to support pass defense. If your secondary is in disarray and the linebackers have to worry about that part of the defense, it probably has an affect on them doing everything right they are supposed to be doing including run support. Hubbard was hurt last year and didnt help the run defense as much as he could. Hendrickson has never been good in run support but last year he seemed far more interested in getting more sacks than being a complete all around defensive end. The last issue is the offense. The offense was so bad last year they kept putting the defense in bad situations time after time. With the challenges the defense was already facing having the offense keep failing didnt help.
