It's kind of interesting when you look at some of the numbers on the surface, they don't necessarily tell the entire story as we know. Some of the overall statistics
Total Defense: 447.8 (106th)
Passing Defense: 270.0 (99th)
Rushing Defense: 177.8 (81st)
Scoring Defense: 28.7 (76th)
So we know those numbers can be skewed by number of plays, so here are some per plays numbers
Total yards per play: 6.02 (99th)
Passing yards per attempt: 8.4 (112th)
Rushing yards per attempt: 4.2 (69th)
So this kind of tells me we can get some yards on their defense and people put up points against them (noting that if you take out their game against a D1AA opponent, the least amount of points an opponent has scored against them is 30). But there are some other numbers to consider
Sacks per game: 3.0 (17th)
Turnover margin per game: 0.83 (22nd)
Interceptions per game: 1.0 (37th)
Fumbles recovered: 7 (8th)
Opponent 3rd down conversion: 35.6% (44th)
Opponent red zone scoring %: 75.0% (27th)
So they are fairly aggressive, do make some plays, and buckle down a little bit in tough situations. If there is ever a week our offense needs to be disciplined and make smart decisions, it is this week because you can get yards/points on these guys.
Total Defense: 447.8 (106th)
Passing Defense: 270.0 (99th)
Rushing Defense: 177.8 (81st)
Scoring Defense: 28.7 (76th)
So we know those numbers can be skewed by number of plays, so here are some per plays numbers
Total yards per play: 6.02 (99th)
Passing yards per attempt: 8.4 (112th)
Rushing yards per attempt: 4.2 (69th)
So this kind of tells me we can get some yards on their defense and people put up points against them (noting that if you take out their game against a D1AA opponent, the least amount of points an opponent has scored against them is 30). But there are some other numbers to consider
Sacks per game: 3.0 (17th)
Turnover margin per game: 0.83 (22nd)
Interceptions per game: 1.0 (37th)
Fumbles recovered: 7 (8th)
Opponent 3rd down conversion: 35.6% (44th)
Opponent red zone scoring %: 75.0% (27th)
So they are fairly aggressive, do make some plays, and buckle down a little bit in tough situations. If there is ever a week our offense needs to be disciplined and make smart decisions, it is this week because you can get yards/points on these guys.
