Pre-snap motion/TE usage
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I think part of it has to do with Pep spreading it out in the Shotgun more.
The other thing is there's been a ton of TE help given to Ulizio that would factor into that as well.
I have no actual data for you tho.
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September 17th, 2017 at 6:38 AM ^
Really a shame JBB isn't very good because he has the longest arms and size on team. I beat this to death yesterday, but really a shame we can't run the ball inside the red zone. Our recruiting has been underwhelming as fas as o-lineman go.
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September 16th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
You apparently didn't watch the Florida game.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:15 PM ^
We played Florida. We beat Florida. Florida can do whatever the fuck they wish. It does not concern us. Move on.
September 17th, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
Ugly it was, and we have every right to be critical of certain things, but we did win. I mean, if you would have preferred to lose, that's great, but I would argue that it is a sign of deeper problems which the blog is sadly not qualified to address. That, and we beat Florida - matter resolved, hopefully to the satisfaction of everyone at this point.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
There's not nearly the same motion or complexity/creativity in our scheme. Need more shifting, but with a young team, maybe they're concerned. That's not Darboh, Chesson, and Butt.
I also feel like we're running too many routes where we send 3 WRs out and they run those slow developing, pro style routes combos. And because it takes so long to develop we leave a TE in or we've got a FB in to help block with the weak right side of the OL.
Need more short throws, get Speight's confidence up and get the ball in the hands of the playmakers. Look at what happened with the DPJ throw today.
When's the last time we've thrown a screen pass to a RB?
When's the last time we've thrown a swing pass to a RB?
Think about that...why the fuck do we have Chris Evans if we're not going to get him involved in the pass game?
September 16th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
Speight tried the shortest throw today on his scramble and it didn't end well.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:52 PM ^
That was improvisation. He needs to keep that to a minimum.
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September 17th, 2017 at 7:39 AM ^
Which is my point...stop running these deep, pro route tree routes. We look like the Indianapolis Colts. That's not a good thing.
Get the ball out of Speight's hands quickly. This deep, you run a 15 yard in, you run a post corner, and you run 10 yard hitch on the back side shit is terrible.
Again, where's a swing pass to a RB? Where's a screen to a RB? Has a RB caught a pass all year? What about play action rollout and hit the FB or the TE crossing over the middle?
I feel like there are very elementary, safer, move the chains type plays that we just NEVER run.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:42 PM ^
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September 17th, 2017 at 8:03 AM ^
I agree with you about these younger receivers- and it was even true of the younger Darboh and Chesson. Younger receivers tend to give up a little to easily, thinking, "Oh shit, I'm covered" and just go through the motions. Better, more mature receivers continue to fight to get open and/or stress the defense through the whistle. They also fight for position and the ball on throws in a way that makes the QB pretty confident most 50/50 balls will end up going our way.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
I promise you will see all of these things once Big 10 play starts, and not before. We have this conversation every year, because every year we put away all the exotic elements so they're not on film. We're not even putting our TEs on film (HA!). September is always vanilla pudding. We're busy working out the butterflies.
Last year, we saw an explosion of fancy at the perfect time (October). Wham plays, Peppers in the Wildcat, RB screens all over the place, the Train formation, the OL overloads, reverse handoff draws... am I missing anything? I promise we will see some flag routes to our TEs this year. No butterflies in September for Harbaugh.
September 17th, 2017 at 2:59 AM ^
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TEs have been non existent for the most part.
I think its mostly about getting the young OL a lot of practice run and pass blocking and trying to forge that unit in the fire, so they are functional when we need them.
And its been decent enough to win. There have been derps and turnovers, a lot of Nordin.
But I don't think we are touching a good portion of the playbook in games (probably in practice tho). Pep has got a lot more up his sleeve.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
I have to agree with this take. First with your point about youth and concern with understanding and ingesting an offense that uses that much movement like we saw with three seniors last year.
I also agree that I'd like to see some shorter passes... Lay-ups if you will that allow our QB to feel good. Plays to get the ball out of his hands and into the hands of a play-maker. We have far to many to not spread the ball around and just get guys in space. Screens, quick passes and then deep shots would be great.
It makes me wonder if Speight struggles with throwing screen passes. I know that there are some QB's that struggle with those small toss passes and the timing to get the ball out while facing the rush.
We do a ton of jet sweeps and reverses I don't see why we don't have the other side of the short offense.
Perry, DPJ, Higdon, Evans, Issac, Gentry, Eubanks... None of these guys are getting enough touches. This offense needs to do a better job of getting playmakers the ball.
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Maybe. But screen passes to RBs take a lot of time to set up and practice and get the timing right. Time a lot of coaches prefer to spend honing other things.
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Yep. Did not go as they hoped.
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We gotta go back to the maize jerseys. The blues are not working.
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