🏈 Bama fan compiles Alabama situational stats on defense I found

[18Champs]

Rushing Yards Allowed:

When Tied - 4 yards
When leading by 1-7 - 115 yards (Kellen Mond had 54 of those on one play)
When leading by 8-14 - 71 yards
When leading by 15+ - 444 yards

Passing Yards Allowed:

When Tied - 75 yards
When leading by 1-7 - 91 yards
When leading by 8-14 - 56 yards
When leading by 15+ - 732 yards

Total Yards Allowed:

When Tied - 79 yards
When leading by 1-7 - 206 yards
When leading by 8-14 - 127 yards
When leading by 15+ - 1176 yards

 

[bama alum]

Those are next year's 1's and 2's. CNS will take care of that.

 

[Bamabww]

Yeah, most of those pups will be big dogs by then.

 

[mando]

Would be interested in see the # of plays in each bucket. I suspect they have had a lot more snaps with a +15 point lead. Maybe the per yard stats in those buckets would be informative.

 

[TerryP]

@mando, cfbstats.com will have that.

 

[94 Grad]

Would be interested in see the # of plays in each bucket. I suspect they have had a lot more snaps with a +15 point lead. Maybe the per yard stats in those buckets would be informative.

Agreed... I would say the majority of our snaps have been with a 15+ lead...

Louisville - 41.5 minutes played with 15+ lead
Arky State - 48 minutes played with 15+ Lead
Ole Miss - 49 minutes played with 15+ lead
aTm - 32 minutes played with 15+ lead
ULL - 53 minutes played with 15_ lead

The stat that would really make more sense is yards per snap, not total yards.


When you look at time, 75% of the time we have had a lead of 15+ points.
Total yards given up is 1,588.
75% of 1,588 is 1,191 yards.
According to the post above, yards give up with 15+ lead is 1,176...

So I'd say we are playing about the same level of defense from kick off to whistle.

 

[mando]

I have never seen Saban defenses give up so many rushing yards or be in the middle of the pack in stats in the SEC. To me this starts at the line of scrimmage as well as experienced depth. Hard to keep replacing so many D linemen year after year w/o an impact.

I expected some drop of due to having a less experienced D and that is what we are seeing.

Also, the variable of playing so many players as we work to develop that depth and having such large leads are all factors.

I do not mean to complain when we are winning by such large margins but I am thinking of the tougher teams we will play down the road. Also comparing us against our own standard. Good thing we have the best coach and coaches in the business that we know will improve the D as the season progresses.

Some stats for comparison:

2018:
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.96
Total Offense: Yards / Play 4.73

2017:
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 2.72
Total Offense: Yards / Play 3.99

2016:
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 2.01
Total Offense: Yards / Play 3.99

 

[TUSKtimes]

Not trying to oversimplify the defensive numbers but this shouldn't look and sound like more than it is. I don't think this is solely a player problem. The problem with stats, not in all cases, I don't want to offend our stat guys over here, they do help make the case, but at the end of the day they are just cold figures and they always need proper application.

Look at the NBA. Some of the best defenses in the league, points-wise, are simply due to the fact they slow down and play a very deliberate offense. By the time they are through taking the air out of the ball, there aren't enough possessions for the other team to put up a humongous score. Is that really great defense?

Surely we understand that some of our great defensive teams are because of the offense we chose to run? Ball control, field position, playing for the short field, wearing down our opponent, making their azz quit. Plays into fewer possessions for the other team, lower scores, lower yardage, our guys are a helluva lot fresher at the end.

What's different? Let me count the ways. Quick strikes for TDs, balls flying all over the field, the clock stopped, 4-hour games, The other team gets many more possessions. And this point is worth our attention too. Our defensive team is practicing against this type of offense every day in practice. Every day, they are spread out, hurried up, trying to stop a pass-oriented team. Muscle memory goes to the game. That's code for you play as you practice.

This is a good defensive team. Good personnel as always. But its backside is probably going to be dragging more often in the 4th quarter with our brand new Ferrari style of play. You can't score, and average 56 points a game like this and expect us to look like the 2011 defense, physically and statistically.

 

[TerryP]

Would be interested in see the # of plays in each bucket.

I have never seen Saban defenses give up so many rushing yards or be in the middle of the pack in stats in the SEC.

It's context. If I wasn't on my phone when I suggested cfbstats.com I'd have posted more numbers.

129 rushing attempts when the team is leading by 15+.
30 rushing attempts when the team is leading by 1-14 points.

Over 70% of the rushing yards allowed have been when the team is up by more than two touchdowns.

 

[UAgrad93]

I think the rushing is skewed because when the opponent has gotten behind so badly so quick, they throw up the white flag and try and run the clock. Our D looses some focus and is thinking the opponent has to throw it to get back in the game and we loose gap responsibility on our run fits.

 

[TerryP]

Our D looses some focus and is thinking the opponent has to throw it to get back in the game and we loose gap responsibility on our run fits.

The 40 yard run by ULL at the start of the fourth reflects that. Roughly 50% of ULL's rushing total came in the fourth.