NC State Football’s Yin & Yang with the Red Zone

Depending on whether you play defense or offense for the NC State football team, the Red Zone has either been y0ur friend or your foe through the first 3 games of the 2022 season.

The red zone has been a friend of the Wolfpack defense, because they have barely seen it. East Carolina, Charleston Southern and Texas Tech combined only entered the Red Zone 3 times. That ranks 4th nationally.

Opponents have taken a whopping 11 snaps in the Red Zone against the NC State defense.

On the other side of the ball, the Wolfpack offense has had a hard time moving the ball down the field into the Red Zone, doing so 9 times through 3 games, which ranks 101st nationally. In those nine trips, the Wolfpack have scored on 7 of them, ranking 102nd nationally.

NC State Offensive Coordinator Tim Beck isn’t down about the state of his offense, and believes things will eventually start clicking on all cylinders.

“I’m confident in our players’ playmaking ability and our guys up front, I think we’re running the ball well. I think we’ll be ok, I don’t have any doubt in my mind where we’ll end up being. It’s just some growing pains right now with some of the guys but they’re playing a lot.” (Link)