Penn State Stock Up/Stock Down: Defense
Penn State’s defense gave up over 350 yards to Purdue through the air but limited the Boilermakers to 24 points on defense. Film analyst Thomas Frank Carr breaks down the players that performed well and those that took a step back in his stock-up and stock-down series. Subscribe to Blue White Illustrated on YouTube so you don’t miss an episode of the BWI Daily.
Stock Up, Stock Down
The headliner of the list is Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. T-Frank focuses on how many targets, yards, and pass breakups Porter had to put his night into context. While he’s a polarizing figure, T-Frank has a clear picture of whether or not Porter was successful Thursday night.
While no player draws as much debate as Porter Jr. the list isn’t without controversy on both sides of the coin.
Other Penn State players mentioned during the episode are defensive end Demeioun “Chop” Robinson, Jonathan Sutherland, defensive tackle PJ Mustipher, linebacker Curtis Jacobs, and freshman Dani Dennis-Sutton. Check out the video to see which players land on which list.
Defensive Film Review: Penn State gets pressure without getting pressure
The Penn State defense allowed 24 offensive points to Purdue on Thursday night in a 35-31 victory. There are hundreds of interesting nuggets to unearth in the performance, from individual player performance to defensive scheme and execution. We’ll touch on several of those in today’s film review and try to understand how the Nittany Lions performed in a game where they tallied ten pass breakups but tied for 12th in the Big Ten with 17 missed tackles on the night.
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Give Credit to Purdue
Like head coach James Franklin does at the start of every post-game press conference, we’ll start by tipping our hat to the Purdue offense and the game plan they put together to face Penn State. They had several great play designs ready for Diaz’s defense, and quarterback Aidan O’Connell executed them well. So we’ll start with discussing Purdue and their quick-game attack on offense.
Truthfully, quick-game might be a misnomer for what O’Connell and play-caller Jeff Brohm executed on Thursday night. There was plenty of RPO featuring slants, some screens, and other passes into the flat, sure. But typically, quick-game passing attempts don’t travel more than five yards downfield.
In reality, O’Connell was operating at a high level on Thursday night from a processing standpoint. When he identified a single coverage matchup he liked, he wasted no time in delivering the ball downfield before the pass rush had a chance to operate.
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