Marcus Freeman & Al Golden killing it on the defensive side of the ball

[chaseball]

4th ranked defense in the country (according to the latest F+ update), after a good performance vs a Louisville offense that F+ really respected (even without Christian Gray, Mickey, and Traore). Impressive. I haven't seen a unit (offense or defense) ranked this highly at Notre Dame in a really long time.

KVA & Bowen have already developed into stars too. PFF graded Bowen as one of the best LBs in the country in week 5.

NDs offense tumbled to #25 though (15 spots below their off-season projection of 10th).

 

[john0gaunt]

Love Love Love this defense.

 

[chaseball]

Love Love Love this defense.

I included Marcus Freeman in the title. I have a feeling that he'll be able to turnout good to great defenses no matter who is the DC under his leadership.

 

[john0gaunt]

I included Marcus Freeman in the title. I have a feeling that he'll be able to turnout good to great defenses no matter who is the DC under his leadership.

Agreed. And the young kids on the defensive side of the ball are phenomenal.

 

[chaseball]

Agreed. And the young kids on the defensive side of the ball are phenomenal.

Player development on that side of the ball is crazy.

Leonard Moore, KVA, and Bowen are all super green players going to be here for at least another 2-3 seasons and all produced bigly vs a good offense.

Leonard Moore is a true freshman, and was a composite 3 star ranked in the 400s too.

 

[john0gaunt]

Player development on that side of the ball is crazy.

Leonard Moore, KVA, and Bowen are all super green players going to be here for at least another 2-3 seasons and all produced bigly vs a good offense.

Moore seems to have 8 gears. Adon physically looks like he should be in the league already. Clark is gonna be another great one.
edit: And then there's Young.

 

[mbd11]

They're doing a great job with recruiting and player development.

The run defense was better Saturday. Maybe playing Bowen, KVA and Ausberry more had something to do with that.

Cross had his best game yet, too. He was coming off an injury, so maybe that explains his slow start.