Offense/Defense Stats 2015 compared 2014

Sorry for the long post but I'm trying to make an effort here

Stat - 2015 - 2014 (including the TCU beatdown)

Offense

Improved:
Red Zone Success - 85% - 70%
Field Goal - 81% - 56%
4th Down - 54% - 45%
3rd Down - 40% - 39%
Rush YPA - 4.96 - 4.25
Rush YPG - 167 - 155
Pass Rating - 163 - 139
Total Offense YPP - 7.31 - 6.03
Points/G - 43 - 28
TFL/G - 5.5 - 6.8
QB hurried/G - 1.7 - 1.7


Defense

Improved:
4th Down - 22% - 53%
Rush YPG - 130 - 136
TFL/G - 8.3 - 7.6
QB hurries/G - 3.8 - 2.9

Declined:
Red Zone Success - 82% - 73%
3rd Down - 43% - 33%
Pass YPG - 229 - 192
ToP - 35 - 32
Points/G - 22 - 16


Misc.
Turnover Margin/G - 0.54 - -0.29
Penalty YPG - 58 - 42

I know this is a small set of stats and it's not quite apples to apples considering we're about to hit the rough stretch of our schedule but I just wanted to get a quick look at how we're doing compared to last year.

You hear so much about our OL being at fault but the Offense hasn't missed a beat from last year. I know the OL is bad but it's serviceable with Swag slinging the ball.

The Defense on the other hand... absolutely terrible. Conner, Prewitt, Golson, DT, and Bryant were guys that simply laid people out. We just don't have heavy hitters this year. Outside of the line and occasionally Denzel and Hilton, the defense is soft as frick.

If we didn't lose Issac Gross this year, our DL would be unbelievable. I think we're definitely playing better on the line but it could have been great.


In my opinion, just from watching games and comparing stats from last year, our problems are:

1. We're missing Prewitt, Golson, DT, Bryant, and Hooks, who were all HUGE contributors last year. This isn't even including Conner, Gross, and CJ that are currently injured. That's an arse-ton of talent right there.













2. Defense is too soft
3. Defense ain't thirsty
4. Defense
5. OL is more banged up than a bama wife on September 20, 2015
6. Matt Luke - why not?