NC State Offense with Leary was meh

[TheCusian]

This chart is really helpful.

NC State's O with their preseason offensive player of the year was not great. Especially passing. Here's opponent adjusted numbers, illustrating that:

Team	Passing Yards per Play	ACC Pass YPP Rank	Rushing Yards per Play	ACC Rush YPP Rank
NC State	7.60	#13	5.39	#10
Syracuse	10.42	#4	6.24	#5

Their passing D is great and to their credit - the whole D is solid:

Team	Passing D Yards per Play	ACC Pass D YPP Rank	Rushing D Yards per Play	ACC Rush D YPP Rank
NC State	3.90	#1	2.70	#8
Syracuse	5.64	#10	2.26	#4

Was surprised at our pass D ranking. Might be that Purdue 4th Q.

 

[RF2044]

It's going to be really interesting to see how we play the run, and whether we flood the box and dare them to throw against our stud CB tandem, counting on them to make plays one-on-one.

Need someone -- Fuentes-Cundiff or Bassette, or both -- to help spell Darton and keep him fresh.

Our best "defense" might be moving the sticks. Hope we have the energy we saw against Louisville defensively.