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re: Did Saban start Mac to have a shot at keeping Tua?
Posted on 12/27/19 at 7:45 am to BFANLC
Posted on 12/27/19 at 7:45 am to BFANLC
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Our schemes aren't the reason our defense is awful
If on 3rd & 10 all your DBs are running away from the line of scrimmage and they have not been taught to look back and react to the ball, and they do not have spatial awareness, then schemes are a reason why your defense is awful.
If on 3rd & 10 you have a 3 man front and drop 8 into coverage and they are not facing the line of scrimmage and I run a QB draw for a 1st down, because you don't believe in using a spy then schemes, are a reason why your defense is awful.
If your defense requires several 5 star players or future NFL draft picks to have 2-3 years of experience, before they can get it down, then your schemes are a reason why your defense is awful.
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Posted on 12/27/19 at 8:58 am to pvilleguru
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It still would have been a touchdown if he threw it in front of the receiver.
It's difficult to throw the ball with 100% accuracy when you have a defender right in your face.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 8:59 am to RollTide1987
quote:Then throw it out of bounds or take the sack.
It's difficult to throw the ball with 100% accuracy when you have a defender right in your face.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 9:00 am to John Milner
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That said, the interception wasn't a freak play at all. It was a very bad decision, but one he can learn from. Harris was wide open, with plenty of field but no defenders between him and the endzone sideline.
I guess you missed where the defensive end was literally in Jones's face. He had to throw it quick while also falling back. As a result, the throw was a little behind.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 9:01 am to pvilleguru
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Then throw it out of bounds or take the sack.
Easy to say in hindsight. But no one throws it away in that situation.
Najee Harris was wide open. The throw was just a little off due to the pressure and him having to fall back as he threw it.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 9:02 am
Posted on 12/27/19 at 9:14 am to RollTide1987
I'm kind of torn on Jones v AU.
On one hand, he played a really damn good game besides the two pick sixes. Showed poise, toughness, accuracy.
But those two pick sixes were such a big reason why we lost that game. The first one was horrible. You can defend the second one all you want, but that throw absolutely was errant, and there is no way the defender picks that ball without the decision that Jones made to throw the ball.
On one hand, he played a really damn good game besides the two pick sixes. Showed poise, toughness, accuracy.
But those two pick sixes were such a big reason why we lost that game. The first one was horrible. You can defend the second one all you want, but that throw absolutely was errant, and there is no way the defender picks that ball without the decision that Jones made to throw the ball.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 9:15 am
Posted on 12/27/19 at 10:35 am to RollTide1987
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It still would have been a touchdown if he threw it in front of the receiver.
It's difficult to throw the ball with 100% accuracy when you have a defender right in your face.
He had time to throw it, so he had time to throw it to throw it away. If not that, take the sack. It was a shitty play any way you cut it, but he can and should learn from it.
edit: I see that observation has already been posted. I'll leave it.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 10:38 am
Posted on 12/27/19 at 10:53 am to John Milner
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He had time to throw it, so he had time to throw it to throw it away.
In that situation, when I see my RB a step ahead of the defender out in the flats, I'm going to take a chance and throw it in his direction. Tua would have done the same thing. Any QB would have. The TD was there.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 10:54 am to Funky Tide 8
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there is no way the defender picks that ball without the decision that Jones made to throw the ball
That's a really hot take. Did you also know there is no way you will get wet unless water impacts you?
Posted on 12/27/19 at 10:58 am to RollTide1987
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That's a really hot take. Did you also know there is no way you will get wet unless water impacts you?
I simplified it so much because you seem to believe that it wasn't Mac's fault that an inaccurate ball that he threw was picked at the goal line and taken back the other way for a one hundred(100) yard touchdown.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 11:00 am to RollTide1987
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In that situation, when I see my RB a step ahead of the defender out in the flats, I'm going to take a chance and throw it in his direction.
are you going to make sure that there is no chance for the defender to house the motherfricker for a 100 yard pick six???
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 11:00 am
Posted on 12/27/19 at 11:49 am to Funky Tide 8
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are you going to make sure that there is no chance for the defender to house the motherfricker for a 100 yard pick six???
There's always a chance that could happen.
Have you watched the replay of the interception at all? Everything went wrong on that play and none of it was Jones's fault. It's easy to blame him but when you watch it frame-by-frame, it becomes apparent that he did everything he could on that play.
Watch #1 for Auburn on the right side of our line. He anticipates the snap count and is already running when Mac Jones snaps the ball. Immediately two things go incredibly wrong. The TE, #84, releases to the left on a pass route which leaves the blitzing defender one less blocker to deal with. It looks like the FB, #20, is going to pick up the oncoming rusher but he inexplicably lets #1 blow right past him with a clear shot at the QB.
As soon as Jones gets his head around to look for Najee Harris he sees #1 right in his face. This leaves him with a split second decision to either throw the ball away, take the sack, or attempt to get the ball to Najee Harris out in the flat. When Jones makes the decision to throw it to Najee, he is wide open on the five yard line and is making a beeline for the pylon. Zakoby McClain is running parallel with Harris, though slightly ahead of him, at the goal line.
Just before Jones throws the ball, #1 for Auburn lunges for him and has made contact with him just as the ball is released. As a result, the ball is slightly behind Harris, bounces off Harris's forearm, and into the arms of McClain.
Now it's easy to say that Jones should have taken the sack but as soon as he whipped his head around he saw a seemingly wide open Najee Harris in the flat behind the hard charging #1 for Auburn. If the same view presented itself to me, I throw the ball in Harris's direction 100% of the time. And you would too.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 11:49 am
Posted on 12/27/19 at 1:42 pm to YStar
I don’t know how good or bad Mac is. He hasn’t played enough. And that’s not damning, considering he’s been behind Tua. I personally think Mac, if he ends up being the guy next year (which if Tua leaves I expect it to be either Mac or Young), he could easily be the third-best passer of the Saban era, behind Tua and AJ. He’s shown some good flashes. That’s not really a ringing endorsement, but we’ve won with QBs that weren’t as talented as him in my opinion.
This post was edited on 12/27/19 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 12/27/19 at 2:06 pm to Bham Bammer
Sometimes it’s better to have a humble qb. Less likely to take unnecessary risks like rolling out on your last play of the half and having your hip fubar’d by two behemoths.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 2:36 pm to Funky Tide 8
Kaho was the player that screwed that play up by not even considering blocking the AU lineman.
It was a good play call, bad execution by Kaho and subsequently Jones
It was a good play call, bad execution by Kaho and subsequently Jones
Posted on 12/27/19 at 3:13 pm to BaDoing
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Sure I do. Just as surely as I know you upvoted your own post
Newsflash. You’re wrong twice in one statement. Congrats.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
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Everything went wrong on that play and none of it was Jones's fault.
He threw the ball at the receiver's back. You can't say none of it was his fault.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 4:47 pm to pvilleguru
It wasn’t the best play to call to begin with, but Mac should’ve just taken the sack. I don’t think any other QB on the roster that isn’t a healthy Tua that could’ve played a better game though. Taulia has looked mediocre in garbage time, and Paul Tyson hasn’t even been considered apparently.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 4:51 pm to pvilleguru
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He threw the ball at the receiver's back.
It hit Najee right in the forearm. The timing was off due to the blown block and Mac had to get rid of it before Harris was looking for the ball. By the time he got his head around to look for the football, the ball was already impacting his right forearm.
And people who are saying he should have taken the sack are totally in the wrong. The play was there, Mac Jones saw his man open in the flat, he just had to get rid of it quick and wasn't able to put it where he wanted it as a result.
A fluke bounce that only Auburn could get put the ball right into their defender's hands.
Posted on 12/27/19 at 5:08 pm to BaDoing
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44 against Clemson
46 against LSU
48 against Auburn
37 against Clemson and 34 against Auburn. But yeah.
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