Tandaian No. 1 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Oregon comes back with a lot of returners on the D-Line. Ranking the Pac-12’s defensive lines for the 2022 season SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM We rank the defensive line groups (including edge rushers) throughout the Pac-12. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazeNconfused No. 2 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) About USC from the article. Namely, this was a defense that ranked among the worst in the country at hitting backs behind the line of scrimmage (128th in stuff rate) and winning in short-yardage situations (123rd). Grinch has work to do getting this group ready for a Pac-12 title run. Those numbers are terrible! Not only does Grinch have to improve that, but he also doesn't have much depth on the DL. USC has Fresno St, Stanford, and The Bark Eaters games 2-4 this season. Jeff Tedford is back at Fresno and has Jake Hayner back at QB (NFL Prospect) with an offense that was really good last year. The WR's are coming back, the #2 Rb had 700-plus total yards last year and is back. Fresno beat UCLA, San Diego St last year and played the Ducks to a one score game. All were ranked in the top 25 and all were road games for Fresno. Tree has been down, but they steam roiled the USC defense last year. Just ran the ball down their throat and then hit play action, just like Tree loves to do. Little Jon at OSU always fields a well-coached team. and they have a SOLID offensive line and always run the ball. Once they get that running game going, the pass game opens up for them. All three of these teams have the ability to go on long drives and put points on the board. That's how you beat an offense like USC with Caleb Williams, keep them on the sideline and wear down the USC defense. Grinch is a really good DC, but early on his unit has to learn his system, make their mistakes, watch film, work on mistakes in practice and get better each week. USC's defense will be better in week 6 than week 2-4, and the teams they play in those weeks are bad matchup's so early in the year for them. Edited July 25, 2022 by DazeNconfused 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Great information and conclusions DazeNconfused...you are quite the welcome new addition to this forum since you joined a few months ago, and I really look forward to your article on Wednesday, as it is a dandy. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
