While there are no game grades or snap counts to evaluate this week, Pro Football Focus' Aaron Bloch sent over some notes related to the Colorado matchup this week:
"With the USC coming off a bye week, we can look back to their performance in their win against Colorado from the 2017 season. A very welcome detail for Trojans fans from a year ago was the performance of the USC offensive line in pass protection. When they last played Colorado, the team posted their highest pass blocking grade since Week 4 of the 2016 season, with a score of 91.7. In 37 dropbacks by QB Sam Darnold, the offensive line only allowed one single pressure, something the 2018 group will hope to repeat for QB JT Daniels. Chris Brown and Andrew Vorhees both posted season-high pass blocking grades of 86.9 and 86.6, respectively, while RT Chuma Edoga posted a very respectable 83.5 pass blocking grade himself.
"The 2017 clash against Colorado resulted in the Ajene Harris show. Colorado tested Harris all game long, targeting him in coverage 13x. However, this matchup yielded few positive results for the Buffaloes. Harris intercepted 2 passes, broke up another 2 passes, and allowed just 42 yards on 6 catches for a 14.4 NFL passer rating against him. Harris also recorded 6 tackles, two of which were classified as run stops, and even added a sack rushing off the edge. Harris' overall grade of 91.4 vs Colorado currently stands as a career-best for him and was the highest single game defensive graded earned by a USC Trojan over the course of the 2017 season."
"With the USC coming off a bye week, we can look back to their performance in their win against Colorado from the 2017 season. A very welcome detail for Trojans fans from a year ago was the performance of the USC offensive line in pass protection. When they last played Colorado, the team posted their highest pass blocking grade since Week 4 of the 2016 season, with a score of 91.7. In 37 dropbacks by QB Sam Darnold, the offensive line only allowed one single pressure, something the 2018 group will hope to repeat for QB JT Daniels. Chris Brown and Andrew Vorhees both posted season-high pass blocking grades of 86.9 and 86.6, respectively, while RT Chuma Edoga posted a very respectable 83.5 pass blocking grade himself.
"The 2017 clash against Colorado resulted in the Ajene Harris show. Colorado tested Harris all game long, targeting him in coverage 13x. However, this matchup yielded few positive results for the Buffaloes. Harris intercepted 2 passes, broke up another 2 passes, and allowed just 42 yards on 6 catches for a 14.4 NFL passer rating against him. Harris also recorded 6 tackles, two of which were classified as run stops, and even added a sack rushing off the edge. Harris' overall grade of 91.4 vs Colorado currently stands as a career-best for him and was the highest single game defensive graded earned by a USC Trojan over the course of the 2017 season."
