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3 Tiny Improvements = Big Results
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:53 pm
I've compiled a superfluous list of little improvements that would make a large impact on the final scores of our games.
1. Eason needs to take the heat off his dump off passes and checkdowns. This can be practiced, and learned as a behavior relatively quickly. But it must be practiced.
2. Eason needs to change his mental cadence, whatever cadence Fat Chaney has installed for checking down receivers, needs to change. In every game this season, at least once, sometimes more, he has had a wide open receiver in the end zone. I don't mean the receiver had a couple steps on the defender... I mean wide open. And Eason threw to the check down. This is coaching. There is usually some type of pneumatic device with a counting element, they way bartenders make cocktails. Whatever this mental cadence is... needs to change. Even if Fat Chaney's cadence is perfectly good, it isn't working in Eason's brain. It needs to be changed up.
3. All receivers need the Michael Bennett training for the next two weeks. No jukes, no yards after catch, no head fakes. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control.
No more razzle dazzle until you get the basics down.
Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control.
This is practiced. Have a scout team guy hit the receiver on contact over and over and over until the receiver is doing this consistently. Receivers who can't do this consistently get to watch the others play on Saturday.
Conclusion.... even with all of the other problems, two weeks of work on these three things will improve our chances of winning out significantly.
Look for other journalists to be publishing this list soon, without giving credit to the dawgrant.
1. Eason needs to take the heat off his dump off passes and checkdowns. This can be practiced, and learned as a behavior relatively quickly. But it must be practiced.
2. Eason needs to change his mental cadence, whatever cadence Fat Chaney has installed for checking down receivers, needs to change. In every game this season, at least once, sometimes more, he has had a wide open receiver in the end zone. I don't mean the receiver had a couple steps on the defender... I mean wide open. And Eason threw to the check down. This is coaching. There is usually some type of pneumatic device with a counting element, they way bartenders make cocktails. Whatever this mental cadence is... needs to change. Even if Fat Chaney's cadence is perfectly good, it isn't working in Eason's brain. It needs to be changed up.
3. All receivers need the Michael Bennett training for the next two weeks. No jukes, no yards after catch, no head fakes. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control. Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control.
No more razzle dazzle until you get the basics down.
Run your route, catch the ball, take the hit, fall down, maintain control.
This is practiced. Have a scout team guy hit the receiver on contact over and over and over until the receiver is doing this consistently. Receivers who can't do this consistently get to watch the others play on Saturday.
Conclusion.... even with all of the other problems, two weeks of work on these three things will improve our chances of winning out significantly.
Look for other journalists to be publishing this list soon, without giving credit to the dawgrant.
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Posted on 10/17/16 at 7:58 pm to deeprig9
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No more razzle dazzle until you get the basics down.
Bill Murray respectfully disagrees.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:10 pm to deeprig9
Head fakes and "stemming" are basics of WR play. So no, wide receivers can't "just run your route" and expect to get open.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:22 pm to DaveyDownerDawg
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Head fakes and "stemming" are basics of WR play.
I meant head fakes after the catch to try and juke tacklers.
They are trying to juke tacklers before they even catch the ball right now.
Run your route (which may include a head fake, studder steps, etc) then catch the ball, then take the hit, then fall down, maintain control.
Once that is solid, then you work on after the catch stuff.
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:24 pm to deeprig9
Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant! Gotcha now.
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:27 pm to deeprig9
Eason needs to learn to check down. I've seen Chubb twice now jumping up and down in the flat waving his arms and Eason never looked his way. This happened again this weekend and Chubb had at least 20 yds of daylight ahead of him.
I was at the game this weekend and when you can see the whole field you realize that we are getting open guys ..... hes just not seeing them. Maybe smoking that pot from WA has slowed his cognitive abilities.
I was at the game this weekend and when you can see the whole field you realize that we are getting open guys ..... hes just not seeing them. Maybe smoking that pot from WA has slowed his cognitive abilities.
This post was edited on 10/17/16 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 10/17/16 at 8:36 pm to DaveyDownerDawg
Headfakes don't really get defenders these days anyway, they are taught to watch the hips and the feet, until their back is to the qb, then they watch for the head.. and there's a cadence there as well... that's why so many defenders are getting busted on PI now, they don't take their eyes off the receiver when the receivers head turns.. if the defender turns his head to look for the ball, there's a little more lee way on contact... but the defenders aren't stupid enough to turn their head, because they know about the head fake.
Back in the 90's when I played some beach football in Destin with Johnny Utah, I always told Johnny to find me in the endzone, and he always did. I ran a go route, got past the defender so he was trailing me, turned my head, gasped with a big open mouth and wide eyes, slowed down, defender slowed and turned his head, and I took off running to connect with Johnny's awkward spiral in the end zone, just inside of the rotting horseshoe crab.
The I would carry the ball back past the girls laying out and strut "I know yall saw that... " and they would giggle.
Wearing their sunglasses to hide their eyes... I knew what they were looking at.
And then the cops showed up and told us the Winn Dixie parking lot was no place to have a football game at 3AM and acid started to wear off.
Back in the 90's when I played some beach football in Destin with Johnny Utah, I always told Johnny to find me in the endzone, and he always did. I ran a go route, got past the defender so he was trailing me, turned my head, gasped with a big open mouth and wide eyes, slowed down, defender slowed and turned his head, and I took off running to connect with Johnny's awkward spiral in the end zone, just inside of the rotting horseshoe crab.
The I would carry the ball back past the girls laying out and strut "I know yall saw that... " and they would giggle.
Wearing their sunglasses to hide their eyes... I knew what they were looking at.
And then the cops showed up and told us the Winn Dixie parking lot was no place to have a football game at 3AM and acid started to wear off.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 7:54 am to deeprig9
1. I agree - Stafford had the same problem his first year. We know you can throw, kid, now learn some touch.
2. He needs time back there - hopefully next year's OL can give him this
3. Couldnt agree more - just catch the F'ing Ball!!
2. He needs time back there - hopefully next year's OL can give him this
3. Couldnt agree more - just catch the F'ing Ball!!
Posted on 10/18/16 at 7:55 am to deeprig9
and one Tiny Improvement I feel like I saw v. Vandy was I dont feel like Eason was throwing off the back foot nearly as much as the other games... so there is progress!
Posted on 10/18/16 at 8:51 am to DaveyDownerDawg
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Head fakes and "stemming" are basics of WR play. So no, wide receivers can't "just run your route" and expect to get open.
Honestly? I played WR, and I can't remember a single time a head fake worked. Most are taught to watch the belt buckle, because the body is going to follow the belt buckle.
A head fake is similar to the baseball pitcher that fakes a throw to first base then wheels and fires over to third to try to pick a runner off base. It's done over and over, but rarely, if ever works.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 8:55 am to deeprig9
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Headfakes don't really get defenders these days anyway, they are taught to watch the hips and the feet, until their back is to the qb, then they watch for the head..
I should have read your post before I posted. You are correct. Head fakes have never worked. I was taught at the High School level to watch the belt buckle area and not the head or legs.
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 8:56 am
Posted on 10/18/16 at 9:02 am to SquatchDawg
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Eason needs to learn to check down. I've seen Chubb twice now jumping up and down in the flat waving his arms and Eason never looked his way. This happened again this weekend and Chubb had at least 20 yds of daylight ahead of him.
I remember this play in the 4th quarter against Vandy. Chubb leaked out to the left side and Eason was focused downfield. Didn't see anything so rolled right and threw it out of bounds. Chubb had nothing but green grass in front him.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 10:13 am to gatorhata9
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Eason needs to learn to check down. I've seen Chubb twice now jumping up and down in the flat waving his arms and Eason never looked his way. This happened again this weekend and Chubb had at least 20 yds of daylight ahead of him.
I remember this play in the 4th quarter against Vandy. Chubb leaked out to the left side and Eason was focused downfield. Didn't see anything so rolled right and threw it out of bounds. Chubb had nothing but green grass in front him.
There was one in which we had a WR going down the left sideline and Eason was focused on the middle of the field and ended up throwing it to Nauta. Nauta had a good gain, but we had a TD had Eason seen the WR.
This really isn't unusual for a freshman QB, though. The game is still moving faster than Eason is used to. As he gains experience he will make decisions faster, and there will be fewer of these type things.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 10:29 am to deeprig9
There is certainly a disconnect between hand and eyes with our WR group. And that is something that all programs focus on to the nth degree. Not to get too cerebral, but it has to do with confidence. How many freak catches have we made this season? Usually there are a few balls caught that seem impossible. We're not catching some of the really ordinary ones.
I don't like Cheney. I don't think Kirby does either, deep down. You can't coach discipline if you don't live it. He looks like a baby killer whale on the sidelines. I don't know if he and Pittman are a package deal but, if not, I think we can do better. I'm not sure our fan base is patient enough for a OC transition or not.
On the other hand, you're right. There are a few small adjustments that could be made to improve our offensive situation. I'm not sure that Cheney sees it that way though.
I don't like Cheney. I don't think Kirby does either, deep down. You can't coach discipline if you don't live it. He looks like a baby killer whale on the sidelines. I don't know if he and Pittman are a package deal but, if not, I think we can do better. I'm not sure our fan base is patient enough for a OC transition or not.
On the other hand, you're right. There are a few small adjustments that could be made to improve our offensive situation. I'm not sure that Cheney sees it that way though.
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