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Previously: Purdue Offense, Seth's video breakdown of the No-Name. Yesterday we looked at the Purdue offense. Today we pivot to the side of the ball that head coach Ryan Walters specializes in. He doesn't have his guys yet, but this is still the principles of a Ryan Walters defense: The Film: Still rolling with Ohio State because they are the best offense that Purdue has faced this season and the game was relatively recent. Personnel: Click for big. Purdue is playing with a consistent five-man defensive front, three defensive tackles and then two EDGE-shaped players in their base defense. The three starting defensive tackles are Isaiah Nichols, Cole Brevard, and Malik Langham. Of these three players, the one I liked the most was the nose Brevard, but none reached star status. They were also just okay against an Ohio State offensive line that is not the world's most imposing on the ground. All three rotate out a decent amount, as you'd expect with DTs. The second group of tackles are Jeffrey M'Ba, Mo Omonode, and Joe Anderson, plus Sulaiman Kpaka. I thought the second-string DTs were noticeably worse than the starters, with M'Ba being one who was taken advantage of in particular. Their two EDGE guys are a pair of Dudes, Nic Scourton and Kydran Jenkins. Scourton, who you may remember as the humorously named Nic Caraway in last year's FFFF (he changed his last name this offseason), has taken a sizable step forward and is a legit disrupter with three sacks and 16 hurries. Jenkins, who is twenty pounds lighter at 260, is a dangerous passrusher in his own right and has thrived having Scourton opposite him on a blitzy defense, racking up seven sacks and 21 pressures of his own. Both players can drop into coverage but they don't do it very often, 23% of Jenkins' snaps and 18% of Scourton's snaps, per PFF's charting. They also don't leave the field much but if they do, Will Heidt and Khordae Sydnor are two players who can come on in relief. Purdue's five man front leaves them with either one or two ILBs depending on package. Against heavy, they have two and against a more spread offense, they leave just one out there. We're making the diagram heavy because, you know, they're playing Michigan. The two starters are Yanni Karlaftis (brother of George) and Clyde Washington, who is replacing injured starter OC Brothers. I do not think highly of either of these players and I am a longtime hater of Brothers. Brothers would've gotten the cyan if healthy, Washington does. Karlaftis narrowly avoids it. In the secondary, we're listing four men with the nickel on the bench in starter's font. The starting outside corners are Markevious Brown and Derrick Rogers Jr., both of whom get to play with quite a bit of cushion in this man-heavy system. Brown gets the larger cushion and was exploited often by OSU in the game I charted, getting the cyan. Rogers definitely showed me much more in the way of strong coverage. Nickel Cam Allen is a bit of a problem as well, as Purdue's coverage is definitely not the same caliber of the last defense Walters fielded, when he had Devon Witherspoon at his disposal. The two safeties are the spectacularly named Sanoussi Kane at SS and Dillon Thieneman at FS, who plays in the parking lot, as is customary for a Walters defense. There's not much rotation in the secondary, but Botros Alisandro is the one corner who rotated in worth mentioning. [AFTER THE JUMP: man coverage with iffy corners]
Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (8-0) vs Purdue (2-6) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 7:30 Eastern THE LINE M –32.5 (Vegas) M –36.5 (Bill C) TELEVISION NBC PBP: Noah Eagle Color: Todd Blackledge TICKETS From $111. WEATHER cloudy minimal wind mid-40s Overview Purdue made the Big Ten Championship Game last year on the back of Aidan O'Connell and Chuck "Charlie Jones" Sizzle, supported by the fake-flea-flickerin'-est coach east of the Pecos River. All of those dudes are gone. O'Connell and Jones both went in the fourth round of the NFL draft; Jeff Brohm was finally, inevitably raptured up by the Louisville program where he cut his teeth as a quarterback. Purdue responded by hiring Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters. In the recent annals of third-tier Big Ten football programs hiring coaches this qualifies as a very good idea, but Walters was the king of man coverage last year with Devon Witherspoon and company. Jumping into year zero at Purdue with a nearly exclusive man coverage approach is… difficult. Purdue has suffered. They're 2-6 and coming off a 31-14 hammering at the hands of a Nebraska program that Michigan hammered 45-7. Get ready for another whoopin'. [AFTER THE JUMP: Year Zero]
Previously: Purdue Offense, Seth's video breakdown of the No-Name. Yesterday we looked at the Purdue offense. Today we pivot to the side of the ball that head coach Ryan Walters specializes in. He doesn't have his guys yet, but this is still the principles of a Ryan Walters defense: The Film: Still rolling with Ohio State because they are the best offense that Purdue has faced this season and the game was relatively recent. Personnel: Click for big. Purdue is playing with a consistent five-man defensive front, three defensive tackles and then two EDGE-shaped players in their base defense. The three starting defensive tackles are Isaiah Nichols, Cole Brevard, and Malik Langham. Of these three players, the one I liked the most was the nose Brevard, but none reached star status. They were also just okay against an Ohio State offensive line that is not the world's most imposing on the ground. All three rotate out a decent amount, as you'd expect with DTs. The second group of tackles are Jeffrey M'Ba, Mo Omonode, and Joe Anderson, plus Sulaiman Kpaka. I thought the second-string DTs were noticeably worse than the starters, with M'Ba being one who was taken advantage of in particular. Their two EDGE guys are a pair of Dudes, Nic Scourton and Kydran Jenkins. Scourton, who you may remember as the humorously named Nic Caraway in last year's FFFF (he changed his last name this offseason), has taken a sizable step forward and is a legit disrupter with three sacks and 16 hurries. Jenkins, who is twenty pounds lighter at 260, is a dangerous passrusher in his own right and has thrived having Scourton opposite him on a blitzy defense, racking up seven sacks and 21 pressures of his own. Both players can drop into coverage but they don't do it very often, 23% of Jenkins' snaps and 18% of Scourton's snaps, per PFF's charting. They also don't leave the field much but if they do, Will Heidt and Khordae Sydnor are two players who can come on in relief. Purdue's five man front leaves them with either one or two ILBs depending on package. Against heavy, they have two and against a more spread offense, they leave just one out there. We're making the diagram heavy because, you know, they're playing Michigan. The two starters are Yanni Karlaftis (brother of George) and Clyde Washington, who is replacing injured starter OC Brothers. I do not think highly of either of these players and I am a longtime hater of Brothers. Brothers would've gotten the cyan if healthy, Washington does. Karlaftis narrowly avoids it. In the secondary, we're listing four men with the nickel on the bench in starter's font. The starting outside corners are Markevious Brown and Derrick Rogers Jr., both of whom get to play with quite a bit of cushion in this man-heavy system. Brown gets the larger cushion and was exploited often by OSU in the game I charted, getting the cyan. Rogers definitely showed me much more in the way of strong coverage. Nickel Cam Allen is a bit of a problem as well, as Purdue's coverage is definitely not the same caliber of the last defense Walters fielded, when he had Devon Witherspoon at his disposal. The two safeties are the spectacularly named Sanoussi Kane at SS and Dillon Thieneman at FS, who plays in the parking lot, as is customary for a Walters defense. There's not much rotation in the secondary, but Botros Alisandro is the one corner who rotated in worth mentioning. [AFTER THE JUMP: man coverage with iffy corners]
Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (8-0) vs Purdue (2-6) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 7:30 Eastern THE LINE M –32.5 (Vegas) M –36.5 (Bill C) TELEVISION NBC PBP: Noah Eagle Color: Todd Blackledge TICKETS From $111. WEATHER cloudy minimal wind mid-40s Overview Purdue made the Big Ten Championship Game last year on the back of Aidan O'Connell and Chuck "Charlie Jones" Sizzle, supported by the fake-flea-flickerin'-est coach east of the Pecos River. All of those dudes are gone. O'Connell and Jones both went in the fourth round of the NFL draft; Jeff Brohm was finally, inevitably raptured up by the Louisville program where he cut his teeth as a quarterback. Purdue responded by hiring Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters. In the recent annals of third-tier Big Ten football programs hiring coaches this qualifies as a very good idea, but Walters was the king of man coverage last year with Devon Witherspoon and company. Jumping into year zero at Purdue with a nearly exclusive man coverage approach is… difficult. Purdue has suffered. They're 2-6 and coming off a 31-14 hammering at the hands of a Nebraska program that Michigan hammered 45-7. Get ready for another whoopin'. [AFTER THE JUMP: Year Zero]
What is this diary? Each week, I take a deep dive into the box scores and team pages from Pro Football Focus, Game on Paper, College Football Data, and more for as many Big Ten teams as I can manage. Often, life makes it impossible to cover every team, but I try to always cover OSU, MSU, PSU, and whoever Michigan is playing in the coming week. (This week, I managed every game but Illinois-Maryland. Sorry, folks.)
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Previously: Quarterback, Running Back, Receivers, Offensive Line, Defensive Line, Linebacker We have made it to the end of The Enemy, Ranked 2023. Just like last year, I'm counting DB-shaped HSPs as DBs, but in reality that really only affects one team on this ranking, which is Indiana's "HUSKY". Most teams here have five positions listed with the nickel being included because this is 2023 and most CFB teams play with 5 DBs most all of the time. At the end of the piece I will briefly drop in special teams rankings and then will wrap this whole series up by reviewing what we learned about the opponents on Michigan's 2023 schedule. 12. East Carolina CB CB S S Shavon Revel Isaiah Brown-Murray Teagan Wilk Julius Wood TyMir Brown Jonathon Jones Dontavius Nash This is pretty grim. On the plus side of things, Teagan Wilk and Julius Wood are a pair of returning safeties, two-thirds of last year's safety rotation. On the down side, they weren't particularly special. More concerning: the top four corners from last season and nickel Gerard Stringer all are out the door. Yikes!! The wreckage that remains are the following names: Shavon Revel (ex-JUCO who played sparingly last year), Isaiah Brown-Murray (3*, RS last year), Jonathon Jones (good at FCS Campbell), and TyMir Brown (ex-3* UNC down-transfer who never played for North Carolina). Take your pick of those names, it's likely not going to be pretty! This is bad even for a Group of 5 program and in the context of this list, ECU is easily last. [AFTER THE JUMP: more DB rooms]