Four games into the 2016 college football season and one thing is very clear, the Northwestern Wildcats defense is not anywhere near its 2015 level. Saturday night might have proved it’s not a very good unit in general..
Despite optimism surrounding the defense’s ability to replace the talent exodus following last season, the unit has not lived up to even moderate expectations of continued success. After the first three games, the secondary was banged up, the linebackers had been inconsistent and the defensive line was getting very little push up front.
Then Nebraska’s offense came to Evanston and Tommy Armstrong Jr proceeded to torch Northwestern’s defense for 378 total yards on his way to a career night.