Attention LBs

[JokePa]

If you think that the Pitt defensive tackles played well the you have, quite simply, lost your mind. Pitt's defensive tackles were problem number one yesterday. If you can't stop the fullback you can't stop the option. Pitt couldn't stop the fullback. The number one position that has to play well to stop the fullback is the defensive tackles. Pitt's defensive tackles failed miserably at their number one responsibility yesterday.

Galambos having so many tackles was a sign of how thoroughly our defensive tackles got dominated, not a sign of how well they played.

Well.. I already answered this before. The DTs did their job, they didnt do a great job, or good, just adequately did their job of holding up blockers and freeing Galambos to tackle, which they did. If you think otherwise, you dont know what the DTs job is. The first 2 possessions that FB killed us for 5 carries for 52 yards, the rest of the game he had 22 caries for 62 yards, that tells me will made adjustments and 'stopped the fullback' . Unfortunately, we were then playing catch-up, which is Navy's strength (get lead, sit on ball), and they chewed up the clock.

I said, if we had Aaron Donald breaking free and making 5 tfl that woulda been a great job, but we dont have Aaron Donald, so those guys did OK. Galambos getting 20 tackles IS NOT A SIGN of our DTs getting dominated, it IS A SIGN they did their job

 

[PittPoker]

You are totally wrong JokePa, the DT's were absolutely terrible. They did a horrible job.

 

[CougarClaws]

I so rarely agree with the Poker, but our DT's got handled for sure.

 

[JokePa]

I can really care less what either of you think, I know I am correct. Again... I dont think they played well, I just think they did what they are supposed to do. Someone saying "they did horrible" means nothing... I brought stats. Did they miss tackles?? what? I mean, again... I am not sticking up for them, we needed more out of them, but anyone that thinks your mlb making 20 tackles means your DT sucks doesnt know football.

 

[thebadby2]

I can really care less what either of you think, I know I am correct. Again... I dont think they played well, I just think they did what they are supposed to do. Someone saying "they did horrible" means nothing... I brought stats. Did they miss tackles?? what? I mean, again... I am not sticking up for them, we needed more out of them, but anyone that thinks your mlb making 20 tackles means your DT sucks doesnt know football.

The primary job of the interior DLs is to clog up the gaps, disrupt blocking schemes and occupy blockers-not necessarily to make tackles or we sacks. Once in a while you get the special guy who does both, like AD, Bosa, or McDowell at MSU. Our guys are adequate but they looked confused yesterday. They were thinking too much.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

This exactly what DLs do against the option. Our DLs were cut blocked many times and this allows for the dive. When the dive works it is all down hill from there.

Our D looked terrible and hard to tell who's fault some of the runs were. I focused on our LBs and they played bad.

I am looking forward to having athletic LBs.

Attention LBs

The primary job of the interior DLs is to clog up the gaps, disrupt blocking schemes and occupy blockers-not necessarily to make tackles or we sacks. Once in a while you get the special guy who does both, like AD, Bosa, or McDowell at MSU. Our guys are adequate but they looked confused yesterday. They were thinking too much.

 

[slwlion]

Thank you for adding to to the TV ratings. Can't wait to kick your asses in September. You are the moron.

You post on BWI acting like a jerk and then call him a moron ?? Are you not capable of understanding ?

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Try reading it again, this time slowly.

You post on BWI acting like a jerk and then call him a moron ?? Are you not capable of understanding ?

 

[MajorMajors]

I watched one of our DTs on several plays and they did not make an impact - no penetration except once by Tyrique J. And our DEs seemed to be pretty invisible. That combination made it tough for the LBs to be effective. On and on...

Still, we should have had a bunch more points and if the offense had played well it would have been a competitive game.

Go Pitt.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

The DTs did their job, they didnt do a great job, or good, just adequately did their job of holding up blockers and freeing Galambos to tackle, which they did.

Galambos tackled Swain 6 times on running plays. None of those plays were for less than three yards. That also means that the fullback ran the ball right up the middle 27 times and our middle linebacker didn't make the play on the fullback on 21 of those 27. On 78% of Navy's fullback dives someone other than Galambos made the tackle. If that's your idea of the defensive tackles keeping the middle linebacker clean on the dive play so that the middle linebacker could make the play then I don't know what to say, because that simply is not what happened.

On the 14 running plays that Galambos made a tackle Navy gained an average of 6.7 yards per carry. Against the option you need your middle linebacker making plays at or near the line of scrimmage, not six yards down field. The big reason that the middle linebacker made 19 tackles wasn't because the defensive tackles did a great job of keeping him clean, it was because Navy ran the football 71 times. Again, Navy ran the football 71 times. And the majority of those were between the tackles. He's exactly who is supposed to be making tackles on plays like that. This wasn't a normal game where the offense might have run the ball between the tackles 10 or 15 times or something like that. Navy ran the ball between the tackles what, 30, 40 times? More? They attacked Pitt's weakness over and over and over and over and over again. And that weakness was right up the middle.