challenging than last week. I think we will perform better. Here is the problem as I see it. Playing man coverage exposes us to a really great runner at QB. He has a strong arm too. Do we combat with some man to man with blitzing more than one in lanes that perhaps control his ability to use his mobility or do we play mostly zone and force him to throw poorly and blitz causing his accuracy or hopefully lack thereof to happen. From what I have seen he is a dynamic QB. To win, I believe our crowd has to be a factor and we have to keep him guessing by doing both and throwing their timing off. A few turnovers by them would be great. I think it may be a shootout and I hope we win because CJ will be given a longer leash and the line will improve week one to week 2.
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Question for everyone about our defense for this week/ IMO stopping this team appears more
Replies to: "Question for everyone about our defense for this week/ IMO stopping this team appears more"
- Question for everyone about our defense for this week/ IMO stopping this team appears more - THEISMANCARR - 6:37pm 9/9/25
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- Probably run man under zone. It doesn't seem like their inability - DiscoRick - 12:17pm 9/11/25
- Re: Question for everyone about our defense for this week/ IMO stopping this team appears more - IrishChristopher - 10:13pm 9/10/25
- Denbrock isn't figuring anything out. His stuff is his stuff, is his stuff, etc,..... - Clem - 8:25am 9/11/25
- Jayden Daniels and their WR corp made denbrock look like a genius - ndphysics - 11:30am 9/11/25
- I dunno, seems he pretty ingeniously figured out how to neuter our run game while simultaneously - DiscoRick - 12:11pm 9/11/25
- Fully agree. Maybe Riley was the right fit for our preferred offense. If freeman wants - ndphysics - 12:56pm 9/11/25
- ND won a lot of games big last year, and dominated pretty well in the first two playoff - THEISMANCARR - 11:25pm 9/11/25
- I don’t think many of us expect our QB to be a running back. I think we envision - ndphysics - 4:37pm 9/12/25
- Leonard was perfect for their offense. - DiscoRick - 8:45pm 9/11/25
- ND won a lot of games big last year, and dominated pretty well in the first two playoff - THEISMANCARR - 11:25pm 9/11/25
- Fully agree. Maybe Riley was the right fit for our preferred offense. If freeman wants - ndphysics - 12:56pm 9/11/25
- I dunno, seems he pretty ingeniously figured out how to neuter our run game while simultaneously - DiscoRick - 12:11pm 9/11/25
- Jayden Daniels and their WR corp made denbrock look like a genius - ndphysics - 11:30am 9/11/25
- Denbrock isn't figuring anything out. His stuff is his stuff, is his stuff, etc,..... - Clem - 8:25am 9/11/25
- Re: Question for everyone about our defense for this week/ IMO stopping this team appears more - IrishChristopher - 9:37pm 9/10/25
- Hope that A&M isn't loaded with huge NFL O linemen like Miami!!! [NT]
- irishslovak - 8:57am 9/10/25
- Don't know but several beat reporters claim that their oline is better than Miami's [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:10pm 9/10/25
- Was at the Miami game. 'Cons had 3 times as many "NFL bodies". You could see it during warm ups. [NT]
- irishslovak - 2:21pm 9/10/25
- Watching on TV I thought our D players looked like they had length but lacked bulk. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 6:56pm 9/10/25
- Have not seen our D line handled like that since the 'Bama NC game. [NT] - irishslovak - 10:14pm 9/10/25
- Watching on TV I thought our D players looked like they had length but lacked bulk. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 6:56pm 9/10/25
- Was at the Miami game. 'Cons had 3 times as many "NFL bodies". You could see it during warm ups. [NT]
- irishslovak - 2:21pm 9/10/25
- Don't know but several beat reporters claim that their oline is better than Miami's [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:10pm 9/10/25
- Keep a fast LB as a spy on the QB. Don’t let his legs beat us. Make him throw into coverage [NT]
- ndphysics - 7:58pm 9/9/25
- With the speed ND has at LB they shouldn't have to use a spy. [NT] - Clem - 5:20am 9/10/25
- I have thought about the spy but the downside is that it creates 10 one on one situations. We have - THEISMANCARR - 12:03am 9/10/25
- Zone + keep the QB in front of us [NT]
- KWIRISH - 7:33pm 9/9/25
- Guraranteed loss. See Miami game. No pass rush and zone defense = QBs dream. [NT]
- oldirish - 1:16pm 9/10/25
- Zone + blitz OR man + blitz mix it up [NT] - KWIRISH - 11:27pm 9/11/25
- Exactly. Given time, even great corners lose a step on a good receiver. Get the qb [NT] - murph78 - 6:27pm 9/10/25
- Our zone sucked. Guys played slow. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 11:27am 9/10/25
- Didn't ND do that against Miami??? Allowed Beck to look like Tom Brady [NT]
- NEPA Irish - 9:10pm 9/9/25
- Exactly. Have to get in the backfield and create havoc, - Clem - 5:15am 9/10/25
- Have you seen how fast that QB is? Don't admire him, find a way to best defend him. The runner - THEISMANCARR - 9:06am 9/10/25
- I hear ya, guys need to be disciplined about keeping contain and staying - Clem - 1:59pm 9/10/25
- I'm hoping it's a "What me worried" Alfred E. Newman moment. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 2:15pm 9/10/25
- I hear ya, guys need to be disciplined about keeping contain and staying - Clem - 1:59pm 9/10/25
- Have you seen how fast that QB is? Don't admire him, find a way to best defend him. The runner - THEISMANCARR - 9:06am 9/10/25
- Exactly. Have to get in the backfield and create havoc, - Clem - 5:15am 9/10/25
- Guraranteed loss. See Miami game. No pass rush and zone defense = QBs dream. [NT]
- oldirish - 1:16pm 9/10/25
- Man coverage, speed and KVA in as much as possible. - LanceManion - 6:58pm 9/9/25
- And hoping Bryce Young will play to his potential [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:12pm 9/10/25
- 100% - he needs to show up big time [NT] - LanceManion - 4:46pm 9/10/25
- And hoping Bryce Young will play to his potential [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:12pm 9/10/25
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