(08-26-2018 10:11 AM)JHS55 Wrote: It’s major applesnooz that has me worried and
DC Onofrio is historically an idiot,” see Miami” his game plan is to start each down soft, play far off the line and allow receivers to catch the ball first then react about 15 yards later
Has a strong history of disliking the blitz and just like last year he will put ed Oliver in the least effective position for his talents
he Likes to use linebackers as strong safety’s way too often so stopping the run is not a concern of his, will be ugly more often than not, hope Iam wrong
I look for a new DC in 2019
Houston might win 8 games with offense but zero with defense that will also lose us games
That QB for Arizona “ Tate” is going to have a field day with 10 yard passes right over the middle
Houston was #1 in the aac is passing TDs allowed (by a huge margin)
Houston was #2 in the aac is rushing tds allowed..
--not sure why you are making it seem like our defense was bad
those 2 stats are drastically more impressive when you considered our offense lead the aac is giving away turnovers (meaning often times put in bad positions, like how tulsa's first 2 TDs in our game vs them started inside the houston 6)
also there is this notion that our pass defense was bad...if you are looking at the fact that we gave up a ton of passing yards alone, it would look that way..
but teams couldn't run on us, passing the was lesser of 2 evils...houston was #1 in opposing qb attempted passes (meaning teams threw more on us than anyone else, because they couldn't run the ball)
look at opposing qb passer ratings, allowed efficiency/rating, TD:int ratio, yds per attempt; they were all top 3 in the aac..im not saying they were elite but they were a lot better than people give them credit for
they were the worst part of our defense, yes, but that was because all of it was great....
but notice last years 2 of our top 5 cbs were injured all season (javian and dj small)...a different 2, had never played in D1 as a DB ever (myres and johnson)..only 1 had experience and he wasnt good (winchester)..and this core held there own all season
our secondary next season could be SCARY: everyone returns, now with experience...added a top 50 recruit (anderson), added a top 150 recruit who started 9 games for ND last year (watkins).
defense isnt an issue...also tate is a runner..he fit perfectly with our defensive strength similar to lamar jackson.....im not that worried about him