Daily Short #68, September 26th, 2017: Coverage, Pass Rush and Missed Tackle Leaders
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Snaps Per Missed Tackle (Through first three games)
1) BB Naashon Hughes - 150
2) NT Poona Ford - 134
3) DE Charles Omenihu - 89
4) DE Malcolm Roach - 82
5) NCB PJ Locke - 80
6) DE Chris Nelson - 67
7) S Deshon Elliott - 59.67
8) LB Anthony Wheeler - 55.33
9) CB Davante Davis - 45
10) S Brandon Jones - 44.25
11) LB Gary Johnson - 41
12) BB Jeffrey McCulloch - 39
13) CB Kris Boyd - 37.5
14) LB Malik Jefferson - 31
15) DE Jamari Chisolm - 14
The following players have not missed a tackle during (number of snaps listed)
CB Holton Hill (171)
LB/DE Breckyn Hager (37)
DB John Bonney (34)
NT Gerald Wilbon (22)
DE Taquon Graham (18)
S Jason Hall (11)
LB Edwin Freeman (10)
CB Josh Thompson (10)
CB Antwuan Davis (10)
DE D'Andre Christmas (10)
Secondary Per-Snap Coverage Efficiency (of players with at least 30 total snaps on defense)
total snaps / (INTs + PBUs + Blowups + times targeted + lockdown bonuses - completions allowed - burns)
1) DB John Bonney - 7.34
2) CB Holton Hill - 9.54
3) CB Kris Boyd - 12.15
4) CB Davante Davis - 16.33
5) CB Josh Thompson - 16.33
6) S Deshon Elliott - 16.9
7) NCB PJ Locke - 22.83
8) S Brandon Jones - 32.12
Per-Snap QB Disruption Efficiency (of players with at least 30 total snaps on defense)
total snaps / (sacks + QB hits + QB pressures + batted passes)
1) DE Charles Omenihu - 17.8
2) LB Malik Jefferson - 18.6
3) NT Poona Ford - 24.73
4) DB John Bonney - 34
T5) DE Malcolm Roach - 41
T5) LB Gary Johnson - 41
7) LB Anthony Wheeler - 66.4
8) S Deshon Elliott - 71.6
9) LB Jeffrey McCulloch - 78
10) NCB PJ Locke - 80
11) S Brandon Jones - 177
The following players have played (number of total defensive snaps) without yet causing QB disruption)
CB Holton Hill (177)
CB Kris Boyd (150)
BB Naashon hughes (150)
DE Chris Nelson (134)
CB Davante Davis (45)
LB/DE Breckyn Hager (37)
Takeaways
- At least Naashon Hughes isn't missing tackles, because he is generating absolutely zero productivity this season otherwise. I almost think this could be some kind of mistake because it seems impossible: Hughes hasn't been credited for so much as even a piddly QB pressure despite playing the sixth-most snaps of any player on the team while playing the apex pass-rushing role on the unit. Continuing to allow Hughes to dominate snap percentages at the B-Backer position simply because he's a team captain just seems like stubborn arrogance from the defensive coaching staff.
- Malcolm Roach (while he has had a smallish handful of wonderful plays such as the fourth-down stuff versus USC where he crossed the guard's face to fill A-gap and shut down the runner) is being neutered as a dynamic pass-rusher from the DE position. He needs to bump out to B-Backer and take snaps from Hughes.
- This should be a no-brainer as Charles Omenihu has emerged as a player who can truly generate excellent disruption ability from that very spot and should be playing more. Getting Omenihu and Roach on the field at the same time with Roach playing in more of a natural OLB role will give an immediate boost to productivity in the QB disruption department.
- It's interesting to see John Bonney so high on the coverage efficiency metrics, but it likely has most to do with his very small sample of plays being utilized in only the Cowboy dime package. While his snaps are down, Bonney is one player the staff (in the complete opposite ways of Roach and Hager) has actually found a way to get the most out of.
- Can you believe that Malik Jefferson is currently the team's second-most effective QB disruptor? Now he just needs to move out of the position of Texas' second-worst tackle-misser and we'll be talking about a player who's made unbelievable strides from 2016 to 2017.
presented by the Dental Offices of Wendy Swantkowski, DDS
The Absolute BEST in family and cosmetic dentistry for the Houston-Memorial Area
Now Accepting New Patients --- 281-293-9140
Snaps Per Missed Tackle (Through first three games)
1) BB Naashon Hughes - 150
2) NT Poona Ford - 134
3) DE Charles Omenihu - 89
4) DE Malcolm Roach - 82
5) NCB PJ Locke - 80
6) DE Chris Nelson - 67
7) S Deshon Elliott - 59.67
8) LB Anthony Wheeler - 55.33
9) CB Davante Davis - 45
10) S Brandon Jones - 44.25
11) LB Gary Johnson - 41
12) BB Jeffrey McCulloch - 39
13) CB Kris Boyd - 37.5
14) LB Malik Jefferson - 31
15) DE Jamari Chisolm - 14
The following players have not missed a tackle during (number of snaps listed)
CB Holton Hill (171)
LB/DE Breckyn Hager (37)
DB John Bonney (34)
NT Gerald Wilbon (22)
DE Taquon Graham (18)
S Jason Hall (11)
LB Edwin Freeman (10)
CB Josh Thompson (10)
CB Antwuan Davis (10)
DE D'Andre Christmas (10)
Secondary Per-Snap Coverage Efficiency (of players with at least 30 total snaps on defense)
total snaps / (INTs + PBUs + Blowups + times targeted + lockdown bonuses - completions allowed - burns)
1) DB John Bonney - 7.34
2) CB Holton Hill - 9.54
3) CB Kris Boyd - 12.15
4) CB Davante Davis - 16.33
5) CB Josh Thompson - 16.33
6) S Deshon Elliott - 16.9
7) NCB PJ Locke - 22.83
8) S Brandon Jones - 32.12
Per-Snap QB Disruption Efficiency (of players with at least 30 total snaps on defense)
total snaps / (sacks + QB hits + QB pressures + batted passes)
1) DE Charles Omenihu - 17.8
2) LB Malik Jefferson - 18.6
3) NT Poona Ford - 24.73
4) DB John Bonney - 34
T5) DE Malcolm Roach - 41
T5) LB Gary Johnson - 41
7) LB Anthony Wheeler - 66.4
8) S Deshon Elliott - 71.6
9) LB Jeffrey McCulloch - 78
10) NCB PJ Locke - 80
11) S Brandon Jones - 177
The following players have played (number of total defensive snaps) without yet causing QB disruption)
CB Holton Hill (177)
CB Kris Boyd (150)
BB Naashon hughes (150)
DE Chris Nelson (134)
CB Davante Davis (45)
LB/DE Breckyn Hager (37)
Takeaways
- At least Naashon Hughes isn't missing tackles, because he is generating absolutely zero productivity this season otherwise. I almost think this could be some kind of mistake because it seems impossible: Hughes hasn't been credited for so much as even a piddly QB pressure despite playing the sixth-most snaps of any player on the team while playing the apex pass-rushing role on the unit. Continuing to allow Hughes to dominate snap percentages at the B-Backer position simply because he's a team captain just seems like stubborn arrogance from the defensive coaching staff.
- Malcolm Roach (while he has had a smallish handful of wonderful plays such as the fourth-down stuff versus USC where he crossed the guard's face to fill A-gap and shut down the runner) is being neutered as a dynamic pass-rusher from the DE position. He needs to bump out to B-Backer and take snaps from Hughes.
- This should be a no-brainer as Charles Omenihu has emerged as a player who can truly generate excellent disruption ability from that very spot and should be playing more. Getting Omenihu and Roach on the field at the same time with Roach playing in more of a natural OLB role will give an immediate boost to productivity in the QB disruption department.
- It's interesting to see John Bonney so high on the coverage efficiency metrics, but it likely has most to do with his very small sample of plays being utilized in only the Cowboy dime package. While his snaps are down, Bonney is one player the staff (in the complete opposite ways of Roach and Hager) has actually found a way to get the most out of.
- Can you believe that Malik Jefferson is currently the team's second-most effective QB disruptor? Now he just needs to move out of the position of Texas' second-worst tackle-misser and we'll be talking about a player who's made unbelievable strides from 2016 to 2017.
