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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 4384836, member: 2585"]
Trying to wrap my head around why this is true AND we have a middling yards per play number on D.

[B]Easy answer[/B]: the D is seeing less snaps. Only 244 snaps in total after 4 FBS games is #2 in the ACC.

[B]But why?[/B] Well, our offense is better at going on drives - we're #5 in the ACC in snaps in 4 FBS games. Red Zone production has been really good, we're tied with Clemson at #1 in the ACC. Holding the ball and running and scoring is very helpful to the D.

[B]What about TO margin?[/B] We're +1 which is good for 4th. But our 4 TOs lost all happened in one game, which means we took snaps away from our opposition via TO a fair amount vs Ville, UCONN, and Purdue.

[B]Is that all sustainable? [/B]They will tell you TOs are not sustainable and tend to even out. The offense and red zone production won't stay perfect, but 4 games is enough to say maybe. If Tucker can be more productive - all of this seems way more sustainable - we won't need to have the best D in the ACC - just a D that is good enough.
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