Banker Looks to Limit Explosive Plays

[Scratchtown]

For as much hand wringing there is on HB about the offense, this season is going to hinge on the defense.

We can't allow mediocre QBs to throw for 300+ on us (I'm looking at you Mitch Liedner and Joel Stave). We can't allow teams to move the ball at will against us in the final 2 minutes of a game (BYU, So Miss, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern). We can't allow crappy teams to run the same play 10 times and gain 20 each time.

I hope that we see some addition by subtraction on the DL. I hope that the coaching change in the secondary pays off. I hope that Lamar Jackson is the 2nd coming of Deion Sanders. I hope that the LBs stay healthy all year and take a step forward. But I remain skeptical until live action hits in September.

Uhhhhh, two NFL draft picks later and you hope for addition by subtraction? What?

The change in DL coach might be a bigger impact.

Not year one. It will definitely down the road but from what I heard the guy say. There's a learning curve. It's not just going to happen overnight.

 

[GBRFAN]

I just hope this year Banker can hold Purdue to under 50.

You might want to set your expectations higher - however, one benefit of having low expectations is that you are almost always happy with the results. In this case, you should have about 30 points to spare - so don't lose any sleep on the night of October 21st.

 

[BigRedBuster]

"Trying to limit big plays on defense is probably a good idea" - Capt. Obvious

I'm excited to hear that they will try to stop the big plays because stopping the little plays is so boring.

​Actually what I've seen is not much luck stopping the intermediate, chain moving plays. I think they should NOT, let me stress NOT, get 8 yards a play every time they throw the ball. That's just me.....maybe I'm a stickler for stopping drives??

Uhhhhh, two NFL draft picks later and you hope for addition by subtraction? What?

I want to let it be known that I'm for addition by addition .....or multiplication even.

Great comments.

This board is starting to come alive again.

YAY !!!!!!!!

If people are so bored with the subject, why are you wasting your time reading it?

Because there's more truth in their comments than there is in the other comments being made.

The whole "addition by subtraction" thing is nonsense and these people realized it and called it out.

These are smart fans.. and I applaud comments from smart fans.

I was talking more about the "Mr. Obvious" post about limiting big plays....like a coach saying that is the dumbest thing in the world.

Actually, it's a very important point to make by him. Like the Iowa game that was pointed out. In general, our defense played well. You don't allow those two big plays, we win the game (probably). That's a very different issue than our defense just getting walked over on every single play.

Discussing it and making that claim isn't dumb or a waste of time other than if you really don't give a crap and just want to find something to complain about towards an article discussing our team.

 

[RedDenver]

For as much hand wringing there is on HB about the offense, this season is going to hinge on the defense.

We can't allow mediocre QBs to throw for 300+ on us (I'm looking at you Mitch Liedner and Joel Stave). We can't allow teams to move the ball at will against us in the final 2 minutes of a game (BYU, So Miss, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern). We can't allow crappy teams to run the same play 10 times and gain 20 each time.

I hope that we see some addition by subtraction on the DL. I hope that the coaching change in the secondary pays off. I hope that Lamar Jackson is the 2nd coming of Deion Sanders. I hope that the LBs stay healthy all year and take a step forward. But I remain skeptical until live action hits in September.

Uhhhhh, two NFL draft picks later and you hope for addition by subtraction? What?

The change in DL coach might be a bigger impact.

Not year one. It will definitely down the road but from what I heard the guy say. There's a learning curve. It's not just going to happen overnight.

Agreed. I'm just speculating on the much-debated "addition by subtraction" comment.