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What to look at throughout USC vs. Rutgers: D’Anton Lynn will get inventive to ramp up stress

By Editorial Board Published October 24, 2024 5 Min Read
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What to look at throughout USC vs. Rutgers: D’Anton Lynn will get inventive to ramp up stress

Grasping Vance Jr. might not look, on paper, like he can be the reply to USC’s move speeding issues. One, he’s a nickel nook — hardly a premier pass-rushing place. And two, Vance weighs solely 170 kilos, making him the lightest participant on the Trojans’ protection.

However as USC struggles to get to the quarterback, defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has needed to get more and more inventive. In current weeks, it’s meant manufacturing stress from probably the most surprising sources.

On this case: a stringy slot nook who by no means had been credited for a sack in his school profession.

“We’re going to keep on trying to mix it up,” Lynn mentioned Wednesday, “and give different people opportunities.”

That ought to proceed Friday in opposition to Rutgers, a workforce that for all of its points has been among the many greatest within the Huge Ten at defending the quarterback.

To create that stress in opposition to Maryland, Lynn despatched Vance speeding the passer from the slot on 5 snaps, whereas Kamari Ramsey got here up from the security spot to blitz six instances. Neither had rushed the passer that many instances all of final season mixed.

They usually weren’t the one ones blitzing from the secondary: Akili Arnold added two pass-rush snaps final Saturday, whereas Jaylin Smith rushed as soon as from his nook spot.

These appears have develop into a extra common a part of Lynn’s scheme with USC’s entrance failing to stress quarterbacks with any consistency. USC ranks 124th within the nation in sacks with simply eight by way of seven weeks. Almost a 3rd of these have come from the secondary, the place Ramsey is tied for the workforce lead with two. USC’s whole line of defense has solely a half-sack extra.

USC security Kamari Ramsey knocks the ball out of the arms of Bryson Barnes through the Trojans’ win over Utah State on the Coliseum on Sept. 7.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Instances)

That isn’t the type of cut up both Lynn or coach Lincoln Riley want to see. However previous the halfway mark of this season, they might not have a selection.

“You’ve got to go make it work with what you have,” Riley mentioned, “And try to accentuate the things that we do well, and then try to — I don’t know if cover up’s the right word, but you got to try to create with what you have.”

That’s not precisely a rousing present of help for USC’s defensive entrance, which misplaced two of its most disruptive items — defensive finish Anthony Lucas and linebacker Eric Gentry — for the season final week. The pass-rushing image up entrance has been bleak. Senior Jamil Muhammad, who led the workforce in sacks final season, has but to register one. Sophomore defensive deal with Devan Thompkins is USC’s most efficient supply of inside stress regardless of simply beginning his second sport.

The circumstances have made for a troublesome take a look at of Lynn’s skill to adapt his protection. And up to now, Riley has been impressed along with his solutions.

“You feel his creativity week to week,” Riley mentioned. “And he stays really positive with it. Very positive, very confident, it’s all about — just find a way. And if this isn’t working, or if this is different, then let’s adjust, and do everything we can to put these guys in position to succeed and to stop offenses.”

That’s how Vance ended up blitzing from the slot final Saturday, sprinting untouched into the backfield the place he introduced down Maryland quarterback Billy Edwards for a two-yard loss.

Vance seemed each bit the a part of an ace move rusher in that second. Even when he was pint-sized.

Right here’s what else to look at as USC hosts Rutgers on Friday at 8 p.m.:

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