Quote Originally Posted by Jacob81 View Post
Stacking the box helps stop the run and also creates pressure on passing down. Stacking the box helps defend the run and pass. This day and age, anyone not stacking the box is basically in a prevent. No one on our schedule can beat us doing that. I think teams plan for beating Levi(passing game) is get pressure and force him out of the pocket. Limit his time to throw. You, Scott, can call it a knock on Levi because it supports your opinion of him.
When I saw teams start to stack the box effectively against us earlier this season, we were still trying to run against 0 or 1 deep defenses. I was assuming we had a script for the first possession or two. I thought it was as good a game plan against the Cajuns as I've seen. Our opponents just decided that if they don't stack the box and stop the run, they lose. If the Cajuns can somehow run effectively anyway, they lose. They began making the decision to force Lewis to beat them with his arm and were sticking with it - not because Levi Lewis is a bad QB, but because if you can't stop the Cajuns' running attack, the game is lost anyway. As a result, we've played some very tight games. We should expect ULM and App St to employ similar game plans in the next two weeks and hopefully adjust our offensive game plan.