Bye weeks are the worst, any momentum gained over the past few weeks seems like it can be lost. For Notre Dame,
they finally started to get back to their winning ways, consecutive victories against California and North Carolina.
The good part about bye weeks is that teams can now self-scout.
Yes, the wins weren’t perfect so there was plenty for Marcus Freeman and his first Notre Dame team to work on.
Here are a few things that I hope they tried to correct since last hitting the playing field.
Drew Pyne establishing rapport with his wide receivers It’s great that tight end Michael Mayer is having a fantastic season,
Bye weeks are the worst, any momentum gained over the past few weeks seems like it can be lost. For Notre Dame,
but even the best tight ends shouldn’t be leading the team in receiving yards. For the season, only one wide receiver has over ten catches, Lorenzo Styles.
Defense’s tackling Over the last two games, albeit wins for the Irish, the tackling has been very suspect.
The defenders are positioned well enough to make the plays but are missing.
Getting back to fundamentals in tackling should have been a focus for defensive coordinator Al Golden and the position coaches
. This will greatly help a defense that has been good, but not great so far this fall.
Red zone defense As mentioned earlier, with just one forced turnover this stat most likely was going to be bad
. It’s not the perfect scoring percentage that really bugs me, its the fact that 75% of the time,
The Irish need to find a way to get some stops when offenses drive this deep into their territory.