[Husker] The defense is still the strength of this team

[Skylar Dodds]

We play the matchups every week.  When the other team has a mobile QB, we don't rush the passer, we just ask our d-line to keep the play contained and don't let the QB out of the pocket.

We give up 3-5 yard rushes from the RB and don't get a lot of negative plays, but we rarely give up big plays and we blanket their receivers.  It's BY DESIGN that we give up some yards on the ground and BY DESIGN that we don't get a lot of TFLs.

You've only seen a couple games this year where the d-line was allowed to rush up the field and they've dominated.

Very few of the scores we've given up have been on a long field.

--
Skylar