Missed tackles vs NC State

[Lippy1]

You can knock Joe all you want...but the defense missed a s*** load of tackles. By the 3rd....it looked like they wanted no part of Armstrong. I couldn't even tell if they were spying him.

 

[Punkbo]

I think we’ll all agree on this one. The tackling was awful. Major disappointment.

 

[Ctrane]

I guess probably 20 missed tackles

 

[ZOOCONN]

You can knock Joe all you want...but the defense missed a s*** load of tackles. By the 3rd....it looked like they wanted no part of Armstrong. I couldn't even tell if they were spying him.

Mora stated postgame they don’t spy. I was yelling it all game. He killed us with his legs.

 

[XLCenterFan]

NC State QB was dancing around all night. Surprised he didn’t hit 100 yards rushing.

 

[UCFBfan]

Mora stated postgame they don’t spy. I was yelling it all game. He killed us with his legs.

I don't think it would have mattered if they did. The way they tackled, or didn't, they wouldn't have been effective. On his last QB run, Armstrong should have been tackled at least twice behind or at the line of scrimmage. On another play, where it looked like we had a spy on him, he easily broke the tackle and got the first down.

 

[huskyblooz]

DL got manhandled. Embarassing.
Jackson mitchell played like a 3rd-team all-fciac player.

and the OL couldnt move anyone on a key playcall.

and before i go off on Charlton, his choice was wrong.
we have 9 days to get better.

it doesnt too promising.

 

[Glenn]

24-14, at the end of the day it was the offense that failed us. we need more than 14 points to win in the college game

 

[Blue Huskie]

Mora stated postgame they don’t spy. I was yelling it all game. He killed us with his legs.

They may want to re-think that. Of course if you can't tackle the guy it doesn't matter much.

 

[DawgEnjoyer]

Mitchell played a really bad game.

It's one thing for some of the massive DLs to not get a hand on a quick QB, but an All-American LB whose supposedly an NFL prospect needs to make these plays.

Bouyer-Randle of last year was better than any of these guys tonight.

 

[ZOOCONN]

I don't think it would have mattered if they did. The way they tackled, or didn't, they wouldn't have been effective. On his last QB run, Armstrong should have been tackled at least twice behind or at the line of scrimmage. On another play, where it looked like we had a spy on him, he easily broke the tackle and got the first down.

Very true, only LB I would have trusted to spy him would have been Jackson and they need him more out in the field. Plack had a rough night.

 

[king conn]

Mora stated postgame they don’t spy. I was yelling it all game. He killed us with his legs.

That sounds like something Edsel would say

What?

 

[HCCForever]

DL got manhandled. Embarassing.
Jackson mitchell played like a 3rd-team all-fciac player.

and the OL couldnt move anyone on a key playcall.

and before i go off on Charlton, his choice was wrong.
we have 9 days to get better.

it doesnt too promising.

I don't think it is as bad as your last statement. They have the opportunity to clean up their poor tackling and LB play in the next two games against Georgia State and FIU. I'm still confident they can improve, win two games and be ready for Duke in a few weeks.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

I think we’ll all agree on this one. The tackling was awful. Major disappointment.

And some stupid penalties

 

[jackl]

I think we’ll all agree on this one. The tackling was awful. Major disappointment.

Tackling was bad, almost as bad as the announcers. Play by play guy sounded as if he had to gulp air between sentences. Distracted from the Game on tv.

 

[HCCForever]

Tackling was bad, almost as bad as the announcers. Play by play guy sounded as if he had to gulp air between sentences. Distracted from the Game on tv.

I just muted the telecast. I'm sure that I did not miss any insights anyway.

 

[SuperHuski]

Please don't rag on Jackson. He lead the team in tackles with 15 tackles. He can't do everything.

As bad as our defense looked with the missed tackles, it was not why we lost the game. In fact, take a look at this:

Two things really stand out to me.
1. NC State had 74 plays wheras UConn only had 46. NC State had 8 more minutes of possession. Our offense just could not stay out on the field.
2. Our non-Jackson linebackers are the biggest source of missed tackles. Plack stood out the most to me but Tui was just as bad. Last year, Swenson was usually a top 3 tackler and Bouyer-Randle in the top 7. Durante had 14 tackles is amazing to me because he's a safety and NC State rushed 60% of the time.

Our defense is overall better than last year. NC State is a top 40, maybe top 25 team and our defense did their job overall. My biggest concern going into the season was our passing game. Last night did nothing to alleviate those concerns.

 

[giddyup]

Please don't rag on Jackson. He lead the team in tackles with 15 tackles. He can't do everything.

As bad as our defense looked with the missed tackles, it was not why we lost the game. In fact, take a look at this:

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Two things really stand out to me.
1. NC State had 74 plays wheras UConn only had 46. NC State had 8 more minutes of possession. Our offense just could not stay out on the field.
2. Our non-Jackson linebackers are the biggest source of missed tackles. Plack stood out the most to me but Tui was just as bad. Last year, Swenson was usually a top 3 tackler and Bouyer-Randle in the top 7. Durante had 14 tackles is amazing to me because he's a safety and NC State rushed 60% of the time.

Our defense is overall better than last year. NC State is a top 40, maybe top 25 team and our defense did their job overall. My biggest concern going into the season was our passing game. Last night did nothing to alleviate those concerns.

We can love Jackson and still say he played poorly, which he did. 16 tackles made 5, 10 and 15 yards down field pads the sheets but doesn’t help. D line is slow and it showed against a quality squad.

Positives are in short yardage these guys are really tough.

 

[SuperHuski]

We can love Jackson and still say he played poorly, which he did. 16 tackles made 5, 10 and 15 yards down field pads the sheets but doesn’t help. D line is slow and it showed against a quality squad.

Positives are in short yardage these guys are really tough.

I suppose if Jackson was the second coming of Lawrence Taylor, he could have single-handedly won us the game on defense. There were a drive that Jackson killed all by himself with tackles in the backfield. But as an offense, you simply run the ball away from the guy that's hurting you.

Jackson is our middle linebacker. How many big runs up the middle did NC State? How many big runs came from the flank?

I suppose you can argue that because he's the team captain, he gets more of the blame. But defense is a team game and Jackson needs more help from his other linebackers.

 

[Blades]

Speaking of tackling anyone read/hear anything on Dixon-Williams ? One of the key defenders, I don't remember seeing him for much of the game/ second half with Cross out there at safety. Seems like a big downgrade. Injured ?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Tackling was bad, almost as bad as the announcers. Play by play guy sounded as if he had to gulp air between sentences. Distracted from the Game on tv.

What was up with the lead guy's voice? Does he always sound that way? Hard to believe his job is to talk and he does it so poorly.

 

[huskymedic]

Speaking of tackling anyone read/hear anything on Dixon-Williams ? One of the key defenders, I don't remember seeing him for much of the game/ second half with Cross out there at safety. Seems like a big downgrade. Injured ?

Lower body injury…

 

[amishboy]

What was up with the lead guy's voice? Does he always sound that way? Hard to believe his job is to talk and he does it so poorly.

It sounded like his voice kept cracking. I thought maybe he’d just reached puberty.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

It sounded like his voice kept cracking. I thought maybe he’d just reached puberty.

I read in another thread on here that he has a medical condition that causes the problem. Tv announcer seems like an odd career choice if you hace that issue.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

I read in another thread on here that he has a medical condition that causes the problem. Tv announcer seems like an odd career choice if you hace that issue.

Im not 100% on this, but i remember reading that it was something that happened within the last year or two.