Yeah, the results would argue otherwise... I comment on run blocking above. Here are some run defense notes from PFF.
"Disruption and finish are two of the easiest ways to earn positive grades in the PFF system. Defeating blocks and then making tackles in and around the line of scrimmage will earn positives, and as with other areas of the grading system, the speed of the win determines the level of the grade.
On the negative side, the worst grades are the ones on which there is a clear lost gap, whether blocked or unblocked, that compromises the structure of the defense."
Results can come from lots of reasons, PFF tries to examine every player to see if they are *making a difference* when it comes to run defense. PFF rewards great plays, not effective plays, because current thinking is that *disruption* is the key to success. I believe this comes from their NFL roots.
Just clogging the line of scrimmage and bottling up the play won't get great grades because it is a slow way to win the battle and disruption/speed of terminating the play is important to high grades. If someone away from the play falls down and leaves a gap then that's a massive failure (I don't know if that actually happened...) even if the play went nowhere overall.
Effective tackling is an important metric. Since we got great on tackling, I'm even more surprised.
Maybe someone else can comment on our disruption quotient...
Below average run block and run defense grades very surprising.
Maybe because Ott and Ifanse created tons of yards on their own? By avoiding tackles or running through tackles but not going down.
Yeah, the results would argue otherwise... I comment on run blocking above. Here are some run defense notes from PFF.
"Disruption and finish are two of the easiest ways to earn positive grades in the PFF system. Defeating blocks and then making tackles in and around the line of scrimmage will earn positives, and as with other areas of the grading system, the speed of the win determines the level of the grade.
On the negative side, the worst grades are the ones on which there is a clear lost gap, whether blocked or unblocked, that compromises the structure of the defense."
Results can come from lots of reasons, PFF tries to examine every player to see if they are *making a difference* when it comes to run defense. PFF rewards great plays, not effective plays, because current thinking is that *disruption* is the key to success. I believe this comes from their NFL roots.
Just clogging the line of scrimmage and bottling up the play won't get great grades because it is a slow way to win the battle and disruption/speed of terminating the play is important to high grades. If someone away from the play falls down and leaves a gap then that's a massive failure (I don't know if that actually happened...) even if the play went nowhere overall.
Effective tackling is an important metric. Since we got great on tackling, I'm even more surprised.
Maybe someone else can comment on our disruption quotient...