[washingtonismoney]

I kept seeing three-man DL fronts and only three men rushing at times and had PTSD flashbacks of Ted's Buddy's failed prevent defense.  I don't believe in not rushing four or more defensive players...also saw a play were two of our edge rushers (a DE and a blitzing OLB?) were taken out by one offensive player.  Doh.  Fortunately, the play was well away from that oopsie.

In general, I'm not a brobdingnagian fan either. But in this game, it was pretty appropriate: there was no way Wazzu was getting behind our defense, and with the way our defensive backs were closing down on receivers, the best-case scenario was a tackle for a short gain. I don't think our DBs have played quite so well from this perspective in ages--we even had a couple of TFLs on bubble screens, which is pretty hard. (Loved one play where Michael Thomas abused his blocker to drop the receiver behind the LOS. That kind of stuff you can't scheme for.)

In particular, thought Terrence Brown was really good. After an iffy game against UCLA, he's had two strong games in a row. And Barry Browning was rarely targeted at all, which is probably good, since he was defending WSU's top receiver all game.

I imagine this three-man-rush is not a permanent feature of our defense.

[washingtonismoney]

I kept seeing three-man DL fronts and only three men rushing at times and had PTSD flashbacks of Ted's Buddy's failed prevent defense.  I don't believe in not rushing four or more defensive players...also saw a play were two of our edge rushers (a DE and a blitzing OLB?) were taken out by one offensive player.  Doh.  Fortunately, the play was well away from that oopsie.

In general, I'm not a brobdingnagian fan either. But in this game, it was pretty appropriate: there was no way Wazzu was getting behind our defense, and with the way our defensive backs were closing down on receivers, the best-case scenario was a tackle for a short gain. I don't think our DBs have played quite so well from this perspective in ages--we even had a couple of TFLs on bubble screens, which is pretty hard. (Loved one play where Michael Thomas abused his blocker to drop the receiver behind the LOS. That kind of stuff you can't scheme for.)

In particular, thought Terrence Brown was really good. After an iffy game against UCLA, he's had two strong games in a row. And Barry Browning was rarely targeted at all, which is probably good, since he was defending WSU's top receiver all game.

I imagine this three-man-rush is not a permanent feature of our defense.