Upon Further Review: 2019 Offense vs OSU
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WHY? I was charting up this game because I needed to extend UFR data to the end of the season for my HTTV article on the course of #SpeedInSpace over the 2019 season. Since I had it I figured I'd post it.
FORMATION NOTES: For most of this I only took personnel notes for OSU because I was just trying to complete data. Their standard personnel is like ours except they replace the strong safety with a slot cornerback. I called that a "Nickel." Sometimes the slot cornerback is replaced with a second hybrid (they call it the bullet). I called that a "4-2-5." Their passing down dime is four DEs and an ILB lifted for a second safety. I called that "Rushmen". I called this Nickel Eagle:
[After THE JUMP: I use swear words and so can you!]
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
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M25 | 1st | 10 | Pistol Twins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7 | Run | Inside Zone | Haskins | 8 |
No-read IZ, Onwenu-2 shoved back, Runyan+.5 stalemates Allen, Haskins +2 gets WLB to commit inside then cuts back and runs him over for YAC | ||||||||||||
M33 | 2nd | 2 | Shotgun Tight | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7 | Pass | TE Curl | McKeon | 10 |
Mirrored routes. Simple read of the flat defender, In rhythm, (CA+, 3, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
M43 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | RPO | QB Counter Trey/Jet Flare | Patterson | -2 |
OSU not fooled by neat idea, Patterson-2 tries to edge when Haskins is his lead blocker in the regular lane. OSU scrape exchange | ||||||||||||
M41 | 2nd | 12 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | RPO | OZ/Slant | Bell | 7 |
Bredeson-2 run through, Patterson off his back foot (CA, 2, prot 0/2) | ||||||||||||
O45 | 3rd | 5 | Shotgun Flex TE | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6.5 | Pass | Snag | Bell | 7 |
McKeon flex, Bell starts as SB, motions to tight w Black. Bredeson-2 falling, Patterson bails, rolls, finds Bell after long drag. Rescued but also bugged out? (CA, 2, prot 1/3) | ||||||||||||
O30 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Tight | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | TE Stop | Eubanks | 8 |
Eubanks split out as X, throw a titch late but good route vs HSP (CA, 3, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
O22 | 2nd | 2 | Shotgun Tight | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7 | Run | End Around | Jackson | 22 |
Right out of Yost's playbook! Ruiz+ helps Young inside, Haskins wastes himself but that's part of the fake (RPS+2), Eubanks+ seals as his guy goes in, McKeon+2 reaches HSP, Collins+ extended downfield block, Jackson+ speed. | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Touchdown, missed XP, 6-0, 12 min 1st Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M25 | 1st | 10 | Wildcat 2RB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 8 | Run | Midline Down G | Haskins | -1 |
Patterson splits out, they're doubling the DE and mid-lining the DT, he forms up, give. Bredeson-2 shed on his downblock | ||||||||||||
M24 | 2nd | 11 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Run | Counter/Jet Flare | Charbonnet | 0 |
Jet is a fake option (no read). Ruiz gets hands-to-the-faced bad (refs-) when Chase Young spills, McKeon- no oomph on kickout, Runyan- whiffed MLB who chases this down | ||||||||||||
M24 | 3rd | 11 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Rushmen | 7 | Pass | Fade | Collins | Inc |
OSU brings 5 and plays m2m, Bredeson- knocked over, lots of contact, Nico catches while getting shoved OOB (CA, 1, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 6-7, 8 min 1st Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M17 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Empty | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Seam | DPJ | 20 |
Catch Cov 3 vs Flags, perfect route and throw creates YAC (DO, 3, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
M37 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6.5 | RPO | OZ/Dig | Haskins | -1 |
Mayfield+ tracks Young, Bredeson- beat back by slant, Patterson- is supposed to read WLB who is sitting on LOS should pull and Throw! Why read this guy? | ||||||||||||
M36 | 2nd | 11 | Pistol 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Play-action | Fake Bubble | Bell | Inc |
Works as all three LBs track Jackson's route, Bell open down the seam, Patterson throws behind him and high. Okudah gets there eary (refs-) it's thrown so bad (INx, 1, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
M36 | 3rd | 11 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Rushmen | 6 | Pass | Seam | Collins | Inc |
Again too far inside but not as much. Allows Okudah to make a play on it. Okudah is grabbing and all over him. Refs-2 (MA, 1, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 6-7, 4 min 1st Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M25 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Flex TE | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 6.5 | Pass | Flare | Haskins | 9 |
Quick dumpoff in the flat, Haskins+ powers out extra (CA, 3, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
M34 | 2nd | 1 | Shotgun Twins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 6.5 | Play-action | PA TE fly | McKeon | 41 |
PA off the Arc read to pass to the Y and the LBs bite. Werner, the HSP, is unconcerned about the crosser and lets McKeon into open space before a most beautiful Oh Shiiiiiit moment. RPS+3 (CA, 3, prot n/a) | ||||||||||||
O25 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Tight | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 5.5 | Pass | Post | DPJ | 25 |
Bell motions to flare and two OSU players go with him. DPJ clears the 2nd level and the throw doesn't miss. Refs+2 since Mayfield-2 let Chase Young by and grabbed around the waist. (CA, 3, prot 1/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Touchdown, 13-14, 1 min 1st Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M22 | 1st | 10 | Pistol 3-Wide | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 6.5 | Play-action | TE cross | Eubanks | 34 |
Nobody home and Eubanks+2 (route+) deepens and Shea throws him open. Eubanks then dodges and gets another 10 of YAC (DO, 3, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
O44 | 1st | 10 | Wildcat Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Run | QB Down G Lead | Jackson | 4 |
Shea wide, Jackson under center. They run P&P without a second puller, using Haskins as a lead blocker instead. Bredeson+ digs out, McKeon gets a late but authoritative seal to rescue a minus | ||||||||||||
O40 | 2nd | 6 | Shotgun Empty | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Comeback | Collins | 11 |
Patterson-2 bails when Mayfield- is wrangling Young but Young gets outside and it's chuck and pray. Collins comes all the way back to it. Nice save. (CA, 2, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
O29 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Play-action | Quick Out | Bell | 16 |
Bell in the flat Shea double-clutches which gets Bell hit on the catch. Bell+2 uses footwork to shield the ball, sheds that guy and gets YAC (MA, 2, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
O13 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Empty | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Run | QB Pin & Pull | Patterson | 4 |
Motion 82 in then P&P with Shea but Chase Young causing hell forces Shea upfield and delays Mayfield's block. M now has blockers for everybody, with Collins+2 on a textbook stalk block, but Shea-2 runs outside Mayfield+ kickout. RPS+ | ||||||||||||
O9 | 2nd | 6 | Shotgun Twins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7 | Run | QB Pin & Pull | Patterson | -3 |
Same play, Eubanks+2 has moved a LB. Again Shea-2 bounces when Onwenu is kicking the edge. WTF | ||||||||||||
O12 | 3rd | 9 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | n/a | GODDAMMIT | Patterson | -4 |
Shea-4 drops the snap and dribbles it off his knee | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Fumble, 13-21, 7 min 2nd Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M25 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7 | Run | Split Zone | Charbonnet | 2 |
RPO look to Collins against soft coverage is likely just a fake. Onwenu- leaves before Ruiz+ has DT but Ruiz seals. Charbonnet- doesn't see it and runs into that DT. RPS- running into 8-man box so there's an unblocked LB at 2 yards | ||||||||||||
M27 | 2nd | 8 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Dig | DPJ | 24 |
Prot+2 Shea has all day. Zings a perfect ball that DPJ (route+) picks out of the air in tight coverage with a safety over the top. Results-based charting but scary. (DO, 1, prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
O49 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Dig | Bell | 17 |
Crossers underneath Shea throws to the same spot under the safety. Pocket perfect, Charbonnet chip and coverage slide to Chase Young's side neutralizes him RPS+. Ball is a bit off and Bell takes a lick but hangs on. Wind knocked out. "Ron-nie Bell!" (CA, 1, prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
O32 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 6 | Run | Belly | Charbonnet | 6 |
Bredeson+ and Ruiz+.5 get movement on DT, Runyan+ gets seal on MLB so give has room. | ||||||||||||
O26 | 2nd | 4 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Curl | Collins | 21 |
Quick hit under soft coverage, Collins+ puts down a shoulder and gets extra (DO, 3, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
O5 | 1st | Goal | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6.5 | Pass | TE Out | McKeon | Inc |
Quick out is gonna be a TE (RPS+2), announcers blame contact but it's just McKeon who stopped instead of going to the ball. Not going to spend more time on this because all parties gone. (CA, 3, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
O5 | 2nd | Goal | Shotgun Slot RB | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 5 | Run | Down G read | Jackson | 0 |
Jackson at RB, it's Down G with a Bash read Patterson- takes because the HSP is coming up but he's heading outside. Bredeson- got spun inside which uses up Runyan and leaves free MLB. RPS-, OSU had this covered but still want Shea to keep | ||||||||||||
O5 | 3rd | Goal | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Crosser | DPJ | Inc |
All day (Prot+2) and rifles it before safety has a chance to get there. DPJ just barely can't hang on. M settles for sad FG. (DO, 2, prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Refs-2 miss a hurdle on the FG attempt. FG (23), 16-28, 30sec 2nd Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M22 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Tight | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6.5 | Pass | Corner | DPJ | Inc |
Late blitz gets a guy free because prot is set to Chase Young (RPS-). Shea puts it up to DPJ which is fine but underthrows it inside so DPJ has to break up an INT (INx, 0, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
M22 | 2nd | 10 | Pistol Tight | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 | 7.5 | Run | OZ | Haskins | 10 |
Ruiz+ gets out and seals MLB, RPS- for free LB at point of attack, Haskins+3 just runs through him and DT who shed Bredeson- | ||||||||||||
M32 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Run | Inside Zone | Haskins | -1 |
Zone read, pinch surprises Onwenu- RPS- so Ruiz can't get to MLB who makes the stop. Bredeson+.5 and Runyan+.5 made a nice gap. | ||||||||||||
M31 | 2nd | 11 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Drag | Bell | 17 |
Again OSU brings pressure opposite Young shift. Bell (route+) gets away with a tiny push at contact and Shea hits him in stride (DO, 2, prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
M48 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Play-action | TE Wheel | Eubanks | Inc |
Eubanks one-on-one vs Werner, good coverage and on time, just can't pull it in. (CA, 2, prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
M48 | 2nd | 10 | Pistol 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Play-action | Jackson Wheel | Patterson | -6 |
Jackson Jet motion, McKeon-2 loses Cooper and sack. Prot-2. Mayfield tried to help which freed late blitzer but not minusing that. Prot is always set to Chase Young. (PR, n/a, prot 1/3) | ||||||||||||
M42 | 3rd | 16 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 0 | 4 | Rushmen | 6 | Pass | Four Verts | Bell | Inc |
Late Double-A gap blitz picked up (Prot+) but Mayfield-1 misplays a stunt. Ball is perfect under pressure but Bell can't bring it in. Heartbreaking. (DO, 3, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Punt, 16-35, 9 min 3rd Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M26 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel | 5 | Pass | Drag | DPJ | Inc |
Same play, gets same pressure, Mayfield-1 bad-footed by Cooper (Runyan singled on Young). Haskins+ steps into pickup to give Patterson an escape but instead he tries to outlet it and misses short. DPJ gets hands on it but would have been like 3 yards. (IN, 1, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
M26 | 2nd | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Slant | DPJ | Inc |
Ruiz-2 fooled by delayed blitz so pressure up the gut. Patterson throws a wobbler off back foot but where DPJ should catch. Dropped. (CA, 2, prot 0/2) | ||||||||||||
M26 | 3rd | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Levels | DPJ | Inc |
Runyan- and Mayfield- lose outside. Middle is clear. Haskins impressive. Rushed throw is behind open DPJ, would have been 1st down. (MA, 1, prot 1/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Fumble, 16-42, 4 min 3rd Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
O26 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-Wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6 | Pass | Fade | Jackson | Inc |
Orbit motion from DPJ, Prot okay until McKeon-2 loses Cooper, Shea throws off back foot but on target (CA, 2, prot 2/3) | ||||||||||||
O26 | 2nd | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 6.5 | RPO | Midline | Charbonnet | -1 |
Read is the WLB who's blitzing. Patterson-2 should pull--slant is wide open. Charbonnet trips | ||||||||||||
O27 | 3rd | 11 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel | 5.5 | Pass | Out | Collins | Inc |
Six-man pressure picked up (prot+2) but Shea spooked and throws off his back foot. Collins drops a 2. (IN, 2, prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Sad field goal. FG(45), 19-42, 3 min 3rd Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M40 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Even | 7 | RPO | Split Zone/Slot Fade | Haskins | 33 |
Think it's an RPO check whether the FS is covering the fade. It's m2m so give. RPS+ bc OSU is scraping and overpursued backside w/ the rolled safety abandoning ship because he's freaking out about the arc. Runyan+.5 and Bredeson+2 good kicks, Onwenu+ locks up backside DT so Ruiz- can pop MLB he doesn't control. That guy is in the gap but Haskins+2 stiff-arms and outruns Browning, a 5-star LB. DPJ+ downfield block extends. | ||||||||||||
O27 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun 3-wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Over | 7 | RPO | Bubble/Pin & Pull | Haskins | 9 |
DPJ Orbit Motion becomes a flare screen option, pulls S with him. P&P the other way. Bredeson+ kicks a bullet, Onwenu+.5 tough adjustment to MLB exhanging with DE McKeon is sealing. Free WLB hits at 2 yards (RPS-) and Haskins+2 spins through him for a decent gain | ||||||||||||
O18 | 2nd | 1 | Shotgun 3-wide | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Over | 6.5 | Play-action | PA Power Read | Mckeon | Inc |
Tempo. Gets McKeon vs a WLB, McKeon gets a step, Patterson threw like he had two. (IN, 1, prot 1/1) | ||||||||||||
O18 | 3rd | 1 | Shotgun Unbalanced | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 Even | 8 | Run | Arc Read Keeper | Patterson | 1 |
Tempo. DPJ covered for reasons? Eubanks is on the other side and stays there. Patterson+ keeps and outruns Chase Young to the corner with Eubanks+ controlling bullet | ||||||||||||
O17 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Flex 82 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Over | 7 | Pass | Scissors | Haskins | Inc |
Chase Young in a wide 9, splits 73 and 50. Too bad because Eubanks(route+) rubbed free on a wheel and has 3 steps for a TD on the other side. Patterson escapes an Intl Grounding (Refs+) because Haskins is sorta in the area. (PR, 0, prot 0/2) | ||||||||||||
O17 | 2nd | 10 | Shotgun Flex 82 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 Over | 7.5 | Pass | Smash | McKeon | 15 |
Eubanks motions inward but it's a high-low on the backside w McKeon vs Browning on the corner and Haskins drawing the Bullet. Puts it in the Butzone (DO, 2, Prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
O2 | 1st | Goal | Wildcat Tackle Over | 2 | 2 | 2 | Goal Line | 9 | Run | Fake P&P Counter Lead | Haskins | 2 |
Pin and Pull to frontside is a feint to a lead counter with Mason+ getting the pop for Haskins to walk in. RPS+2 | ||||||||||||
O3 | 2PC | Goal | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-2-5 Eagle | 8.5 | Pass | Z route | Collins | Inc (PEN+1.5) |
75 whiffs on Chase Young and free blitzer is inside. Patterson tries to chuck over to wide open Collins(route+2) but it sails. Comes back because guy on Bell tackled him. (PR, 0, Prot 0/2, Runyan-, TEAM-) | ||||||||||||
O2 | 2PC | Goal | Wildcat 2-wide | 2 | 2 | 2 | Goal Line | 9 | Run | Down G | Haskins | 2 |
Haskins-1 doesn't follow his blocking but Haskins+2 does stiff-arm two fools. | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Touchdown, 2PC good. 27-42, 14 min 4th Q. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M20 | 1st | 10 | Pistol Twins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 Over | 8 | Play-action | TE Slant | Eubanks | Inc |
RPS+2 they all bite. HSP is holding Eubanks like crazy the whole way, pass flies out of his reach because he couldn't accelerate. Hard to tell from this angle but Eubanks is probably trying to draw the flag and had a shot. Refs-1 (MA, 1, Prot 2/2) | ||||||||||||
M20 | 2nd | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Even | 6 | Pass | Levels | McKeon | Inc |
Young ruins Runyan, caught M w/ protection to Young's side. Chucks it OOB. (PR, 0, Prot 0/2) | ||||||||||||
M20 | 3rd | 10 | Shotgun 4-wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Rushmen Eagle | 6 | Pass | Stop | Black | 9 |
Black- needs to learn that orbit step every '90s Michigan fan knows from memory. Get some Erik Campbell up in here people wtf? Protection reset got everybody blocked. (CA, 3, Prot 3/3) | ||||||||||||
M29 | 4th | 1 | Wildcat 2-wide | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4-2-5 Eagle | 8 | Run | Fake P&P Counter Lead | Haskins | -1 |
Can't get away with it twice. Haskins-2 has a FS gap but the play design is backside, where Mason+ went thump but Runyan- lost the HSP and the MLB is attacking. Flip to the slot would be all the yards here. Following your blocker would be a shot at comeback. RPS-2 you just showed this. | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Turnover on Downs, 27-42, 12 min 4th Q. Ohio State goes down and scores but does not go for 2 to make it 50. | ||||||||||||
Ln | Dn | Ds | O Form | RB | TE | WR | D Form | Box | Type | Play | Player | Yards |
M36 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Eagle | 6 | Pass | Snag | Patterson | -10 |
Wide 9s are a problem Shea needs to step up quicker here. QB coaching? He dances instead of getting rid of it to an open Bell who should be his primary read. (TAx, n/a, Prot 2/3, Mayfield-.5, Runyan-.5) | ||||||||||||
M26 | 2nd | 20 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Eagle | 5.5 | Pass | Levels | Charbonnet | Inc (Pen+10) |
Patterson again no pocket presence. Chase Young speeds around Runyan but there's lots of space to step up instead he floats it to Charbonnet at the LOS. (TA, n/a, Prot 2/3, Runyan- but let's not pretend Chase Young in a wide 9 who's around clean at 7 yards is something anyone can handle alone. Not charting the catch bc it saves yards to drop it. Late shot by Landers gives M a free 1st down. | ||||||||||||
M40 | 1st | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Even | 5.5 | Pass | Slant | DPJ | 0 |
73 beat inside by slant, Peppers zings to DPJ in traffic, it gets raked out. Fuller takes a cheap shot at his head, clear targeting, called, changed on review Refs-fuck you. (CA, 2, Prot 2/3, Mayfield-) | ||||||||||||
M40 | 2nd | 10 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Eagle | 5 | Run | Run | Haskins | 7 |
Zone Read, OSU is fine with runs right here. Runyan+ controls DT that Bredeson-1 leaves early to harass LB. Ruiz+ got an LB, Fuller who should be ejected makes the stop. | ||||||||||||
M47 | 3rd | 3 | Shotgun Trips | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nickel Over | 7 | Pass | Drag | DPJ | 0 |
Throws it high but OSU S is jumping on his back. DPJ gets up pissed. (IN, 1, Prot 3/3, refs-2) | ||||||||||||
M47 | 4th | 3 | Shotgun 4-wide | 1 | 0 | 4 | Nickel Eagle | 6 | Pass | Crosser | Bell | 0 |
Same thing but DPJ was open on the next read and protection was perfect. FML. (BR, 1, prot 3/3, refs-3 seriously this fuckwad is just glancing at it like who gives shit) | ||||||||||||
Drive Notes: Turnover on Downs, 27-49, 7 min 4th Q. Khaleke gives up the edge on the next drive and it's 27-58 and I can't take this anymore. |
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Are you writing an article for Hail to the Victors?
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Why?
I needed data.
So..
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Bolded are you there?
I am social distancing.
You can't get coronavirus; you don't have any cells to infect.
You don't know that. Nobody knows anything. For all we know this game created the virus.
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Right?
Right. Do you want any charts or anything?
No.
Heroes?
No. Seriously, fuck all the way off with this.
Did you want to see the end around again?
You covered that in Neck Sharpies.
There was a cool play-action they did off their Arc Read.
Yes they finally ran a new play-action off of the running play they've been trying to reestablish all year but couldn't because the quarterback got an oblique injury on the season's first play and wouldn't keep it more than once a game. Yipdeefuckindoo.
We usually do a drive summary?
Whatever.
- Three touchdown drives of 75, 75, and 60 yards
- Drives of 70 and 62 yards that ended on a fumble and a field goal in the red zone
- A 7-play drive of 20 yards extended by penalties.
- One four-and-out of 19 yards
- A 7-play drive of –1 yards(!) extended by penalties
- One three-and-out of –1 yard
- Two late drives that ended on downs that were kind of a ref show.
The total was 396 yards, 21 first downs on a lot of chances because Ohio State didn't bother to run any clock before pulling out your vital organs and stabbing the individual mitochondria therein. The offense could have kept up if it didn't punch itself in the face every so often. But that's part of the mitochondria these days.
Again I ask, WHY?
I'm here to get some specific information that I plan to use for grading the players and some data I discuss in HTTV. For that I'm going to need a…
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SHEA PATTERSON
Good | Neutral | Bad | Ovr | Reads | |||||||||||||
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Game | DO | CA | SCR | PR | MA | BA | TA | IN | BR | DSR | PFF | RPOs | ZRs | ||||
MTSU | 2 | 14(3) | 3 | 4 | 3(1) | 1 | 2 | 4(2)* | 2* | 70% | - | ||||||
Army | 1 | 17(2)+++ | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 6* | 5 | - | 61% | - | ||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | 15(3)++ | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1* | 2* | 5 | 2* | 63% | - | ||||||
Rutgers | 4 | 11(1)+ | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 1* | 3 | - | 79% | - | ||||||
Iowa | - | 15(4)+ | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 4** | 3 | 3* | 56% | - | ||||||
Illinois | - | 10+ | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 1(1) | 58% | - | ||||||
Penn State | 2 | 25(5)++ | 2 | 1 | 8(2) | - | 3 | 7(1) | 2 | 69% | - | ||||||
Notre Dame (rain) | 2+ | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1* | 50% | - | |||||||||
Notre Dame (clear) | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 1* | 1* | 1 | 62% | - | ||||||||
Maryland | 1 | 10(2) | 3 | 1 | - | 6* | - | 56% | - | ||||||||
Michigan State | 3+ | 18(5)+ | 2 | 6 | - | 3 | 5(1) | 1 | 66% | - | |||||||
Indiana | 8 | 14(2)+++ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 71% | - | 8/10 | 0/1xxxx | |||||
Ohio State (seth) | 7 | 16+ | 4 | 3 | - | 2x | 7xx | 1 | 70% | - | 4/6 | 1/4xxx |
Good day for him, passing at least, even with some accuracy issues. Fell apart late.
What about the receivers? Aren't they the ones sticking around?
I thought you weren't.
Turns out I'm trapped in your head.
[0 = uncatchable, 1 = circus catch, 2 = moderate difficulty, 3 = routine]. Grayed: gone.
THIS WEEK | SEASON | ||||||||
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Player | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
DPJ | 1 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 8 | 4/11 | 7/10 | 22/23 | |
Collins | 2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 11 | 4/9 | 9/12 | 22/23 | |
Black | 1/1 | 15 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 18/19 | ||||
Bell | 1/3 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 10 | 3/12 | 9/14 | 30/33 | ||
Johnson | 1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | |||||
Sainristil | 5 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 3/5 | |||||
Jackson | 0/1 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3/3 | ||||
McKeon | 1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 11/11 | |
Eubanks | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 6 | 0/4 | 7/8 | 17/18 | ||
All | 1/1 | ||||||||
Schoonmaker | 2/2 | ||||||||
Charbonnet | 4 | 0/1 | 7/8 | ||||||
Turner | 1 | 3/3 | |||||||
Mason | 0/1 | ||||||||
Haskins | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | 5/5 |
Routes: Collins++, Eubanks++, DPJ+, Bell+
The drops, especially by Peoples-Jones, were extremely deflating because of where and when they occurred. So is life. Nico Collins couldn't remain at 80% on contested balls forever you know. It's just…why now?
Yes, WHY NOW?
Because I wanted to see how Mayfield held up against Young and Cooper over about half's worth of Ohio State getting to tee off on pass rush because the defense put them behind the 8 ball.
Offensive Line | ||||
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Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Runyan | 3.5 | 2 | +1.5 | Regularly sealed LBs. Running game left handed. |
Bredeson | 5.5 | 6 | -0.5 | Rough start against those guys, settled in okay. |
Ruiz | 4.5 | 1 | +3.5 | Agile enough to deal |
Onwenu | 1.5 | 4 | -2.5 | Couldn't bully these guys. |
Mayfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | Not a lot of runs to his side, singled up on Cooper |
McKeon | 3 | 2 | 1 | Seyferthian block on end-around, kickouts didn't oomph |
Eubanks | 4 | 0 | +4 | Work vs LBs, usually a receiver |
All | 0 | DNC | ||
Mason | 2 | 0 | +2 | Used for one thing only |
TOTAL | 26 | 17 | +9 | |
Backs | ||||
Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Patterson | 1 | 6 | -5 | Why the QB run stuff was removed. |
McCaffrey | 0 | DNP | ||
Charbonnet | 0 | 1 | -1 | RB2 in this game |
Turner | 0 | DNP | ||
Wilson | 0 | DNP | ||
Milton | 0 | DNP | ||
Haskins | 12 | 3 | +9 | RAGE highlights, lead blocks, barely used at pass pro |
TOTAL | 13 | 10 | +3 | Fancy QB run game ruined by QB |
Receivers | ||||
Player | + | - | T | Notes |
DPJ | 1 | +1 | Extended block on long Haskins run | |
Collins | 4 | +2 | Extended blocks on big RPS plays | |
Black | 2 | -2 | /hands copy of Orbit Stepping for Dummies, by Erik Campbell | |
Bell | 2 | +2 | Escape artist | |
Johnson | DNC | |||
Sainristil | DNC | |||
Jackson | 1 | 0 | +1 | Fast |
TOTAL | 6 | 2 | +4 | Fox broadcasts are rough on WR blocking |
Metrics | ||||
Player | + | - | T | Notes |
Protection | 68 | 95 | 73% | Mayfield-7.5, Runyan-5.5, Bredeson-5, McKeon-4, Ruiz-2, TEAM-3 |
RPS | 14 | 8 | +6 | Win for Gattis at least |
I'm not positive my grading matches up with Brian's but I know a –7.5 is a very not good. For reference, MSU's starting OL (left to right across the line) charted –8,–5,—13.5,—10.5,—17 against Ohio State last year in FFFF (yes –17 is the record). There's a reason Chase Young was still in the Heisman race even after skipping Rutgers and Maryland for admitting he took an agent's money when he was caught, and his presence puts everybody else in singled situations with a bunch of future pros. Sometimes he just wriggles too much and you've got to hold and hope.
That was a –2 in my grading with a corresponding refs+2 for missing it. It was also one of just two bad pass pro events from him in the first half against Young. In the second half Ohio State switched Chase to Runyan's side, and Michigan started giving Runyan tight end help and running back chips.
It was Cooper, after Ohio State got up big and could tee off on the pass rush, who was responsible for the bulk of Mayfield's bad score. That and this stunt he should have remembered from MSU practice:
Mayfield earned a –1 for that because I thought Onwenu should have given him a little more help, but 3rd and 16 with the DEs spread way outside like that means you have to worry about a rush off the edge first and a DT stunting inside you is just a thing you'll have to hope you can delay afterwards. Wide nine (as in 9-tech) DEs are a pain in the ass because they're pointed right at the quarterback and force you to open up the inside lanes to account for them. The best way to deal with them is get the ball out quickly. And don't get in 3rd & 16 when Chase Young's on the field.
So that was it? You wanted to see if Mayfield could swim in shark-infested waters?
Also the #SpeedInSpace. Gattis had a few good ones. We mentioned the end-around:
This was Michigan's base running play except with a surprise ballcarrier. It also featured 3-star from Massachusetts edging a guy playing Ohio State's new glamor position. It also set up the touchdown to DPJ I embedded above, when three DBs overreacted to the motion and forgot to stay disciplined over the middle.
The #SpeedInSpace threats were also part of why Ohio State failed to fit a simple Split Zone.
They have a season's worth of Arc Read film and are so determined to destroy it that the boundary safety is rolled all the way down and ready to swing across and catch whatever spills outside while the backside is running a gap exchange to get the WDE and WLB both attacking the spot the arc attacks (without letting the crossing TE loose against zone coverage).
Gattis got a rocky start to the season because he was leaning too heaving on Shea Patterson making reads and trusting his legs. Things—and this is the crux of my HTTV article—really took off when Gattis found ways to force multiply the plays Michigan was already good at. Pin & Pull was the base of the offense in the back half of the season, and this is a Pin & Pull against a man defense expecting pass with one less defender to worry about:
Also check out Nico Collins's block here.
This play was designed to get Chase Young an open invitation to speed rush only to blindside him with Eubanks motioning in. Young got himself under control—which: credit to that guy—and it still only delays Patterson from a decent gain that should have been a bigger one if he cut inside where the Pin & Pull is supposed to go.
Sometimes it's hard to know where the Gattis ends and Old Harbaugh begins. They ran the same play with a little tweak on the failed 4th & 1 conversion when Haskins didn't follow his blocker. Here's why he didn't earlier: this play fakes the Pin & Pull frontside but it's really just a lead Iso on the backside. Mayfield is supposed to look like he's going for an inside linebacker then turns to get the OLB, but the OLB and Chase Young are both so reactive to Michigan's base thing that they get sealed inside.
It was a rookie move to call it again so soon after. Gattis does still have that same tendency as my brother in Madden/NCAA to go right back to a play that just worked. The game plan was still one of the main reasons Michigan's offense was keeping pace with the demolition derby on the other side.
Heroes who are still with us?
Hassan Haskins, Ronnie Bell, Josh Gattis
Maybe not so heroic?
Mayfield was okay for a freshman. Let's wait till the bowl charts before talking about a 1st rounder next year.
What does it mean for 2020?
Don't get into a three-score hole to Ohio State. This was the best offensive line at Michigan since the late Moeller era and they still got pretty beat up, particularly on passing downs.
#SpeedInSpace worked. The scoring drives featured big plays opened up by motions that came with threats Michigan was willing to use.
Haskins is boss. Outrunning Baron Browning was . Tried him out at some fullback-like things too. Would be nice to have an Askew to pair with Charbonnet's Chris Perry.
Thanks for posting this Seth.
It brought back memories reminding me that the best thing that came out of this game was my overpriced hot chocolate at halftime.
Speed in space seems like a long time ago.
#SpeedInSpace good!
Obviously everything depends on how the new OL & QB gel, but I think we can move into a firm hold on 2nd best team in the B1G with Gattis & the players we've been bringing in. Sadly that's a HARD ceiling ?
This did make apparent why Shea was such a polarizing player. Back around the draft there were lots of ppl spouting stats to show he was not just better than several QBs who were getting drafted, but also one of the best ever at Michigan!
Bill James, Billy Bean & Mgoblog have made it so everyone feels they have to check the stat sheet before they can trust their own eyes!
Let's all agree the oblique injury on the season's 1st snap was very unfortunate for Shea & for Michigan. But before the season even began Gattis was publicly needling him for spending more time on the links than in the playbook!
I'm very excited to see Dylan and Joe get their shot! While Shea was likely the highest floor player in the room, his ceiling was never beating osu if they let him stay til he's Tom Brady's age!
GUGH.....offensive line still gets worked....
Quick twitch athletes, OSU has them in spades.
They cause so must disruption, even if they don't register a stat. I think this gets lost in the discussion of why we lose, we just aren't consistently physical after the first string.
Ohio state roster is like the Borg.
Thanks?
But also I'm realizing that it wasn't just for Brian's mental health that he never charts these abominable events.
What to know how you get crushed and play yourself out of a game against a team that uses tempo and scores points at a good clip? Have a 9 play stretch in the 3rd quarter that looks like this:
- Incomplete Pass
- -6 on a sack
- Incomplete Pass
- Incomplete Pass
- Incomplete Pass
- Incomplete Pass
- Incomplete Pass
- -1 Yard run
- Incomplete Pass
Incredible. Also, you’re down by 15 against OSU with the ball on their 5 yard line right before halftime. You know OSU will continue to score points. How do you not go for it there?
That field felt odd to me as well. Not sure why the coaches thought -15 is no sweat.
osu getting the ball to start the next half too.
Oh shit, an OSU UFR? WE ARE IN THE END TIMES!!!
Yes, have been for several months now
The offense would have kept up scoring with OSU, if it was not for the mistakes! I think the biggest one was Shea's fumble inside the 20 on the 4th drive. When OSU fumbled the ball it bounced right back to their RB and he made a big run. In the 2nd half our WR got the dropsies and the blowout was in progress. Before DPJ dropped the for sure TD pass to pull Michigan up to within a TD at the half. I still had some hope that our offense could still keep up with the scoring, since I knew that our D would continue to be annihilated. But after DPJ dropped that TD pass I knew it was over and the 2nd half was going to get really bad. While at the stadium, I think everyone felt the same way. When leaving the stadium the crowd was not that upset unlike years ago while attending OSU games at home where we had loss to them. This was my first OSU game at home since the mid 90s.
Pure and utter shock that the fumble bouncing perfectly right back into the OSU player's hands ended up *only* being a big run and not a 70-something yard touchdown.
Dobbins didn't even hafta break stride. That single play was a microcosm of the past 15-ish years of the rivalry--even when Ohio State fucks up, blind luck swings shit back in their favor.
That's probably the best example of our curse against them, but the Ref +/- are particularly annoying when you read through this too. I understand that Seth and us readers are looking through Michigan goggles....but the number of big play penalties that went uncalled versus the ONE we got in our favor is so frustrating.
I think I'm gonna need a beer before I revisit this game
A, as in singular?
Got Bailey's in my coffee and vodka in my orange juice.
I assume he meant a keg.
Last thing I ever expected to be posted!
cool!
now that i read the thing allow me to bitch for 4 years about holding calls. to fit in.
Not if I'm not doing the other side.
i would read that too!
It's weird - it was a rough game to watch in the moment but I'm more excited about the potential for the offense next year than I thought. The line will obviously be a sticking point and there is some uncertainty at QB (though I think we have a ballpark idea of the floor), but I really liked the playcalling here (as well as Alabama) and you can see the thread of a really scary unit.
I know it's old news and not to drag the guy, but this was a game where UM really needed DPJ to take over and out-athlete OSU and he never really did, plus he had a couple of drops. I know people want to talk about how UM ruined him and his potential but his hands really failed him at times last year and it's why I'm cautiously optimistic that Michigan will get equal or better production next year across from Collins.
I think Johnson will have a break out year as the 2nd downfield WR opposite of Collins. The spread WR look good as well. I just hope one of our QBs McCaffrey or Milton can throw deep with accuracy as well as hit the spread WR for those nice 10 to 20 yard gains.
Johnson looks good, and I'm also high on Sainristil, though obviously more as a slot. And I know he had some struggles at times but Bell is a very good #2 on your team and feels like a guy who will benefit from another year in Gattis's system.
UM failed DPJ? Humph!
One of the great underachievers in Michigan's budding 21st century legacy of them! The Kevin Grady Memorial wing of Schembechler Hall adds another bust!
Since Shea transferred in and played only 2 seasons, does he get a bust too? ?
Yeah, the fact that DPJ got drafted at 6th round despite him doing well at combine(which was expected by NFL scouts) pretty much says it all on what NFL thinks about him as a WR. If Michigan failed him then he would've been drafted earlier.
DPJ had chances to shine and couldn't take advantage. He was instead usurped by Ronnie Bell for targets.
Oh if our QB could have only figured out how to run a zone read in 2019. It’s a play he HAD to have learned in HS. Was he always absolute garbage at it? And before we start the “but injuries” crap, you don’t play a guy that shuts down 20% of your playbook. Also, if you are playing that guy, you don’t call that play. But our coaches DID play that guy, and they continued to call that play, meaning they felt him capable of executing it but somehow, with everyone watching he’d shit himself 70% of the time.
in the words of my old HS coach. If you can’t effectively run an inside trap. You better not be running a wing T. I feel exactly the same about our speed in space. Shea could not execute its base play and all else fails from there.
Is this the first time we've actually named Patterson's injury? I assume most people figured it was an oblique, but I don't know that I've seen it in writing before today.
Says a bit about the backups that they'd rather run out a guy with understandably limited mobility and an injury that any contact will exacerbate instead of one of them.
That, and letting a capable QB with a cannon arm walk off campus & proceed to lead the Illini to their best season in a decade. That makes me more uneasy about our “QB whisperer” than anything else.
My fear, promises were made(to Shea) and to the detriment of the team, promises were kept.
I've read a lot of compliments of Brandon Peters, but that is definitely the first time I've seen "cannon arm" used to describe him.
Yeah, I like Peters and I'm glad he was able to help the Illini win some games, but let's not pretend he was lighting the league on fire or anything. He completed 55% of his passes with a YPA under 7 and threw just as many INTs as Shea with 100 fewer attempts.
I can say with near-certainty that not even Peters's mom would describe him as having a "cannon arm". Also...he completed 55% of his passes for under 7 ypa. Patterson, even in his injured and underwhelming state, threw for 56% and 8 ypa. And if you throw out Peters's two games against Akron and UConn, two of the worst defenses in CFB this year, he barely cracked 50% completion percentage.
I was a Peters fan since he arrived at UM and wanted it to work out after he was injured against Wisconsin, but he saw he was behind Paterson and probably McCaffrey and smartly went elsewhere. I hope he succeeds, but nobody ran him off the team because of some conspiratorial promise.
This is fantastic, thank you so much for completing.
Shouldn't Bell have caught that 3rd and 16?
Just a counting error. He dropped his only 3.
So the 3rd and 16 was the 3 that he dropped? Sorry, just wanted to make sure I understand.
It just seems like so many bad things happened on so many critical plays: Patterson fumbles inside the 10 yard line, DPJ drops a TD, Black doesn't know where the sticks are (how can you gd not know how to get 10 yards on 3rd and 10 against OSU; it's 10 yards or death son), Haskins doesn't see the massive hole behind his lead blocker (I know the play design is not there, but make a play), Bell drops that 3rd and 16, we miss a gd extra point on the first TD which immediately gives everyone the willies.
Thanks for doing this Seth.
The best OL since the late Moeller era?
The 2000 OL with seniors Hutchinson and Backus would like a word with you.
see what i did there?
Actually, no Seth, I don't...
Did Moeller recruit those guys? Are you including them as part of his era? Is this a subtle shot at Lloyd leaving the O-line cupboard bare?
Maurice Willliams, too.
Sorry it was a pretty deep cut. The late Moeller guys have been on our podcasts and live rewatches and stuff lately and they've got a bug about the 2000 line getting credit. Also I Neck Sharpies'd the 313 game and gotta admit that must be the best OL performance in Michigan history. Not changing it; leaving out 2k was supposed to get noticed to give my view that 2019 was up there.
Speaking of live rewatches... Are those twitch streams going to start back up after everyone gets their HTTV stuff turned in?
Pretty much what alot of us thought while watching the game, a good gameplan let down by miscues and mistakes. Turned into a true blowout when they fell behind too far and OSU pass rushers could tee off. I really think Gattis started to find his legs as the season went on but it all goes back to the same thing in today's college football, you need great QB play to win against the best. And then double whammy with the WR's not helping out in this game either with deflating miscues. The only way UM is ever going to get past this massive OSU roadblock is with great QB play, a well executed offensive gameplan, the skill positions having a relatively error free game and the defense coming up with a game that at least slows down OSU a little bit. Wish I could be optimistic we will ever see those things come together.
As painful as it was, it's good to get a UFR, especially to see how returning players performed. Thanks Seth.
Me: You know, with a deadly pandemic, endless debates about virtually unprecedented lockdowns, racially charged murders, massive protests and political upheaval, and the looming presidential election that will make it all look minor, I really look forward to having real sports content to view to get my mind off of unpleasant stuff.
Seth:
Me:
Me: So let's check the infection rates in Arizona again.
Don't worry: Warde will give up one of our home games for a neutral field match against the Murder Hornets next year.
I trembled before I started reading only to feel relief. The offense wasn’t horrible so why did I turn off the game. I think it has something to do with Don Brown but I can’t remember.
Turning off the game has more to do with YOU than with Don Brown!
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