People keep bashing the offense

[Shake n Blake]

(11-22-2017, 06:49 PM)Synric Wrote: While I get what your saying about 3rd down and it's true but a huge part of why the defense isn't great in areas like Turnovers is because the offense is incapable of making thr opposing team one dimensional. Most turnovers happen when they force a team to thrown down field to catch up quick.


Not only is the offensive line dragging the offense into the void it's also latched onto the defense and pulling it with them.

I believe they're hurting each other. I can't buy into the "offense is making the defense tired" narrative because we've given up far more points in the first half than the 2nd. Teams have been running well on us and converting hella 3rd downs in the first half.

I don't agree with your assertion that most turnovers happen when teams have a big lead, either. We had many of the same offensive issues last year, yet we were 8th in turnovers forced. We rarely had a big lead, and most of our forced turnovers came in tightly contested games. 

This is not me letting the offense off the hook. Our run game ranking dead last is seriously hurting us in TOP...but the defense is a mirror of our offense. We're 32nd in rush yards...but 28th in rush yards allowed. On offense we are 30th in 3rd down % and 31st in 3rd down conversions. On defense, we're 28th and 32nd in those categories. Sprinkle in how we're 27th in forced turnovers, and boom. Now you know why we're so abysmal in TOP.

It's not one or the other...it's both.