Quote:I didn't say he dropped back into coverage. He just didn't line up to get the qb like Ray or Beasley. Fowler played contain, the run, and was asked to read and diagnose plays before acting. Very different from what Beasley was asked to do. Shouldn't be any debate there.

 

Oh, ok.  Yeah, that's true and I agree there.  However, I don't think the disparity in rush opportunities was that great.  And if you look at the defenses, Clemson was the #1 defense and Florida was the #15.  Both are very good, elite defenses.  When you look at 3rd down, however, Clemson is a run away #1 in 3rd down stops while Florida plummets to 52nd.  This tells me that Clemson had significantly better pass rush on pass rush downs.  Now, its not conclusive that the credit all goes to Beasley and the blame all goes to Fowler, but this stat is very telling as far as ability to rush the passer. 

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