Notre Dame Defensive Line Was Dominant vs Duke
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00:00 And you can't do that if you don't let your defense attack.
00:06 And we had something in the chat talk, we've talked a lot about the crashes.
00:11 They have had a lot of ineffective line games this year, a lot,
00:14 because a lot of their stuff was basically left and right.
00:17 I'm going lateral this way, I'm going lateral this way.
00:20 And what I loved about what they did last night is a lot of their stuff was vertical.
00:24 You're going vertical here, I'm coming vertical here.
00:27 And it allowed them to penetrate.
00:29 And even though they didn't get a ton of hits on the quarterback, and
00:32 they had what, two sacks in the game?
00:34 They had Riley Leonard thrown off of his back foot all night long.
00:38 >> My gosh, yeah, a lot of inaccurate passes, a lot of throwaways.
00:42 >> And there wasn't anywhere to go anyway.
00:44 I mean, if we're being honest, if you go look at the all 22,
00:46 there weren't a lot of openings.
00:48 They covered the receivers pretty well for the most part.
00:50 They had one drop and a couple other plays where maybe they could complete a seven or
00:55 eight yard pass if he doesn't have someone in his face.
00:57 But for the most part, there was nowhere to go.
01:00 But even if he had time, but here's the reason why it matters.
01:03 He wouldn't have had stuff to do, but if they weren't able to get pressure,
01:06 there would have been run lanes that he could have planted and ran through.
01:10 But he couldn't do that last night because they were so
01:13 aggressive coming up the middle.
01:16 And it was Howard Cross, it was Riley Mills, it was Javante Jean-Baptiste,
01:19 it was the linebackers, and there just was nowhere for that kid to go.
01:22 >> Right.
01:23 >> And I gotta tell you, man,
01:24 if they can find ways to do something along these lines week after week after
01:28 week, I'm gonna love this because we have said all year, and
01:32 what do we say before the game?
01:33 This is a really good offensive line.
01:35 Now, they didn't have Graham Barton, that hurt them, but that's the left tackle.
01:40 They dominated the guards and centers all night long.
01:43 >> Right. >> And they're good football players and
01:45 veteran football players.
01:46 And this is a very good offensive line and Notre Dame kicked their butt last night.
01:50 We talked a lot about how Duke's defensive line kicked Notre Dame's defensive lines,
01:53 but I'd say the same thing about the Notre Dame defensive line.
01:56 The difference is Duke's offensive line actually played well
02:00 from an assignment standpoint.
02:02 They battled, they tough,
02:03 it was just Notre Dame's dudes are better than their dudes.
02:05 I mean, it was just simply, they were trying their best.
02:08 It was like Notre Dame guys, we'll get to that, but it was sloppy technique.
02:13 It was a lot of those things.
02:14 That wasn't the case for Duke's guys.
02:15 They just got their butts kicked.
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