K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Me walking into the #Phillies media room for the official Dave Dombrowski extension presser: 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That #Illini offense always keeps ya guessing! 100
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026UPDATE: Following Week 5 of the college football slate, the #Illini Illini are now t-88th in FBS in Red Zone TD conversion rate (60%), and t-129th in overall red zone scoring rate—TDs + FG—(67%), in 2026. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Definitely at least fear of LOOKING incompetent. Could be your suggestion if he does actually know he’s incompetent. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Any loss that wakes up Jeff Lurie and Howie Roseman to jettison Nick Sirianni is a good loss. #Eagles 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And because Nick Sirianni didn’t take the points, he needs a touchdown with a minute left, and a FG won’t even tie the game. #Eagles 031
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Usual Story: Eagles offense—often by top-down design—lets the Eagles defense down, keeping them on the field the entire second half. Eagles defense gets blamed for being human beings with muscles that get tired, and lungs that get winded. #Eagles 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wife asked me why the Eagles didn’t take the points. I just said, “Nick Sirianni is Head Coach.” Nick Sirianni is overly aggressive when you need to be conservative, and overly conservative when the reward of aggression outweighs the risk. In all cases, it’s driven by fear. #Eagles 250
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026^sorry, I gotta walk that back a bit: I don’t hate it… but it certainly makes me uncomfortable. #Eagles 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Man, I hate going into halftime with double-digit leads. I’m worried Nick Sirianni will turn off his OC’s headset now and say he wants Vic Fangio and this defense to take all responsibility for the next 30 minutes of football. #Eagles 110
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026UPDATE: Rams just scored. Sucks to have to say this, but it’s better for the Eagles if LA stays in this game. Then Nick is more likely to just make his own bad decisions as head coach, and not start making bad decisions on play selection and design on behalf of his OC. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Birds just took a two-score lead with 5:44 left in the second quarter. It typically feels like Sirianni turns his OC’s headsets off at halftime with that kind of lead. Wonder if that happens sooner, considering the weather. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They reported back to locker room with hammy. He was basically hobbling back from wall to sideline after his run when I (over)reacted, so I’ll take a hammy over what I first erroneously thought in live speed! #Eagles 100
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’m inclined to agree. I texted into The Drive 93.5 multiple times in spring and summer that I couldn’t predict a single win past UAB and SIU, and I still can’t. But good lord do I hope they find a way. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Former NFL coworker texted and asked me a few hours before kickoff of the UAB game what I thought of the 2026 #Illini, and I’m hoping I didn’t ask too much. Just get to six wins, guys. Don’t care how it happens. Don’t care if it happens on the final week. Just get to six. 100
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey @jwerner247.bsky.social and @mrwagner25.bsky.social of Illini Inquirer, here’s some longitudinal research on Barry Lunney’s Illini career, analysis, and a key takeaway from Big Deff if you wanna use it! 010
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hahaha Barry Lunney is like, “Put Jordan Anderson in. Hand off to Jordan Anderson. No one will see it coming!” #Illini I just have to laugh. Remember when we all thought Lunney was getting fired midseason 2023 partly bc he COULDN’T send Isaiah Williams in jet motion without giving him jet sweep? 010
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Key takeaway from this analysis: #Illini are one of just two CURRENT B1G teams—UCLA the other—to REACH the Red Zone at least 200 times since Week 0 of 2022 (again going into Week 5 of 2026), while converting fewer than 60 percent of their Red Zone opportunities into touchdowns during that time. 110
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026^sorry, one more!! Thanks so much cfbstats.com and teamrankings.com for the info, @microsoft.com for my Excel, and @datawrapper.de for converting my spreadsheet to a Substack table. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/20262/2 #Illini 58.5% clip (thru week 4) ranks 14th out of 18 CURRENT B1G teams in TD rate. Among these teams, that COMBINED red zone TD rate in that span is 64.2%. 101
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/20261/2 #Illini are 1-for-2 scoring TDs at halftime with their Red Zone opportunities today. At last week’s end, Illini were t-74th in FBS on RZ TD Rate (63.6%), and t-124th in all Red Zone Scoring (72.7%) 2026. ILL offense under Barry Lunney has 58.5% TD rate since 2022. 100
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Looked like an outside zone handoff and then a toss play behind gap blocking for the #Illini immediately when Valentine came out. You’re always welcome to prove me wrong, Lunney. Nice adjustment and thank you. 🙏🏻 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There goes our rushing attack (at least the inside zone to which Barry Lunney is most faithful) if Ca’Lil Valentine is actually hurt. #Illini 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Alright #Phillies pitchers, here’s a new move I’d like you to tinker with this offseason. Whenever JT pushes PitchCom buttons in your ear next year, try this: 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/20262022 lost in World Series. 2023 lost in NLCS. 2024 lost in NLDS. 2025 lost in NLDS. 2026 lost in NL Wild Card Series. Do the Philadelphia #Phillies make the playoffs in 2027 (or whenever the next MLB Postseason occurs)? 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The homer Jon Bowlan gave up to Matt Olson was also his changeup whose average EV was 91.9 going into tonight instead of 91.6. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Donnie Baseball is gonna pull up at home to his family like when ol’ Shadow comes over that hill at the end of Homeward Bound and I would ugly cry for that too. I can’t hate DFB. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Aaron Nola arriving at Truist Park is more explosive than a pallet of Mentos arriving at Coca-Cola headquarters. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey look… it’s exactly what we knew was coming since we saw the lineup card. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nola gave up 21 HR in 75.1 innings pitching to JT (2.5 HR/9), and 9 HR in 70.1 innings pitching to Garrett Stubbs (1.2 HR/9) in the 2026 regular season. That’s what worries me about JT as tonight’s starting C, but here’s hoping all goes well, not just for the #Phillies’ sake, but for Aaron’s. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Also happy for this #Phillies guy again today. ⬇️ 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Understand that botched play in RF was awful. But happy for Bryce that he could complete the B2B with with Schwarbs for a game tying HR. I undersfand when he frustrates fans, he frustrates me too at times. I just don’t get the abject hatred for him I see on social. Happy he had some redemption. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Between the simultaneous Mr. Softee chime and traffic helicopter roar just outside my house right now, I feel like the star of a James Cameron/Linda Hamilton nightmare sequence. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love Alex McFarlane. But when your organization’s big, galaxy brain, 4D chess solution to an awful bullpen in the playoffs is a rookie with fewer than 20 regular season innings under his belt, that’s not a McFarlane problem. It’s a YOU problem. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gutsy effort by Zeus today, no matter what happens after this post. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gutsy effort by Zeus today, no matter what happens after this post. #Phillies 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Really happy for Bohmer to come through with two outs, there. Especially after staying disciplined and battling beyond first pitch. #Phillies 001
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, that might just about be game. #Eagles 020
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, that will certainly be hard to overcome. #Eagles 010
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As one of Nick Sirianni’s biggest critics, kudos to him not firing off at the mouth and saying the right things going into half when asked about Jalen Hurts getting pulled on the 95-yard drive. #Eagles 030
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, in case you were wondering… I love Jalen Hurts. #Eagles 010
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s what I hope to see from #Illini D with Bobby Hauck gone. I believe this is all scheme-friendly, and some philosophies aren’t new, just need more. I wish the hire never happened, but I truly feel the upward pivot is possible with BH no longer killing this program’s momentum on the field. 010
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To you and @mrwagner25.bsky.social’s conversation, here are #Illini adjustments I’d love to see (or see MORE/LESS of), that IMO, I truly believe are feasible and fit neatly within current scheme without major change: 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s what I hope to see from #Illini defense the rest of the year. IMO, these are adjustments within scheme without departing from scheme. 000
K. Andrew Deffley @andrewdeffley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hauck gone. WTF Bret doing studying/vetting these guys, interviewing them, & hiring them?? The day BH was hired, reports were readily available that Hauck lives in a) half Cover 1 with CBs on an island/half Cover 3 shell, with b) criticism of dropping 8 too often (Aaron Henry’s bugaboo). #Illini 010
![K. Andrew Deffley - Big Deff - @bigdeff72 Threads - @andrewdeffley.bsky.social posts on Bluesky on November 16, 2026:
“[Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni] has two gears:
Succumbing to fear, and falsely advertising to people that he's not succumbing to fear.
#Eagles”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eezh27s4hocud5k2qpntrhmf/bafkreifaigpgdknv62oxz4fj2n6q2i6czhba3bf6t6cb7wyuiw26pdbfbm)
![K. Andrew Deffley - Big Deff - @andrewdeffley.bsky.social Bluesky - @bigdeff72 Threads receives a text from a friend and former coworker with the National Football League on September 3, 2026, hours before the first game of the season :
“Time for some [University of Illinois Fighting Illini] football! What are your thoughts on them for the season?”
Deffley responds, “…I have no idea what to think … just don’t miss a [bowl game] that’s all I ask.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eezh27s4hocud5k2qpntrhmf/bafkreic5yp6kdlal37ihi5hglc6lc3w7sflfjr6cjbbtjzbr36odmadmui)
