Started By
Message
Washington QB throws longest TD of season... against a blitz
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:15 pm
To beat a blitz you have to make them pay. Boise had their safeties up and sent more than Washington could block. Washington's freshman QB stepped up in the pocket abandoned threw the deep ball.
That is how you get defenses to respect you and back up to give you the space to have more blockers than they have defenders in the box and open up the middle of the field to be surgical.
That is how you get defenses to respect you and back up to give you the space to have more blockers than they have defenders in the box and open up the middle of the field to be surgical.
3
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:22 pm to YStar
Not seeing the point.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:25 pm to Panthers4life
quote:
Not seeing the point.
Some here think we need a perfect pocket for a productive QB. If we take what they give us we can exploit them and then can do whatever we want instead of being cornered into doing what they want us to.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:28 pm to YStar
Okay. Problem we have is we either have such an egregious miss in pass pro that the play is dead at the snap, the quarterback over or under throws it, or the receiver drops it. We can't get all 11 player executing their job consistently enough on offense to be a good unit.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:30 pm to YStar
Maybe it would help if we could also substitute Boise State's defense for Oklahoma's, Auburn's, and Georgia's.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:34 pm to Tupelo
Also, I just saw that long touchdown. The quarterback is an elite athlete and he made the free blitzer miss with a slick move then tossed it 30+ yards to a guy that didn't have anyone within 20 yards of him.
Not really frick all to learn from that other than "lets go find the next Kyler Murray"
Not really frick all to learn from that other than "lets go find the next Kyler Murray"
Posted on 12/13/25 at 9:11 pm to YStar
GAs blitz rate against Bama was 50% , a team typically throws the deep ball what 5-6 times a whole game? Bama ran what 56 plays? That's 10%.
You're saying that Bama needs to throw the ball deep 50% of the time? To have made GA pay?
If you recall Bama's only td drive, it included a couple hail Mary off the back foot deep throws by Ty. We got a couple penalties that helped our cause. Our Td came on a middle wide receiver screen to 5. During a blitz, was a great call and was there the whole game.
There are plays like that available in every game and there are things the OC can do to help the qb out. Grubbs didnt do it, attempting to do it when your qb has had his brains beat out for 4 qtrs is too little too late.
In reality there are more ways to make a team pay for blitzing. Everyone knows this, you know it.
You're saying that Bama needs to throw the ball deep 50% of the time? To have made GA pay?
If you recall Bama's only td drive, it included a couple hail Mary off the back foot deep throws by Ty. We got a couple penalties that helped our cause. Our Td came on a middle wide receiver screen to 5. During a blitz, was a great call and was there the whole game.
There are plays like that available in every game and there are things the OC can do to help the qb out. Grubbs didnt do it, attempting to do it when your qb has had his brains beat out for 4 qtrs is too little too late.
In reality there are more ways to make a team pay for blitzing. Everyone knows this, you know it.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 9:20 pm to BFANLC
You beat the blitz more with quick throws, screens, and the run game than deep passes in my opinion.
It's trickier to beat the blitz with the run game because you gotta make sure your scheme fits the blitz.
However, trying to go medium to deep is precisely why we have such problems with the blitz lately.
Opponents would love for us to keep on hunting for big throws to replace our deficient run game.
Simply put, we'd fix a lot of our protection problems if we ran well enough to discourage such aggression and mask our intentions better. We have such a strong pass leaning that defenses can sorta just play the pass and not worry about the run beating them.
It's trickier to beat the blitz with the run game because you gotta make sure your scheme fits the blitz.
However, trying to go medium to deep is precisely why we have such problems with the blitz lately.
Opponents would love for us to keep on hunting for big throws to replace our deficient run game.
Simply put, we'd fix a lot of our protection problems if we ran well enough to discourage such aggression and mask our intentions better. We have such a strong pass leaning that defenses can sorta just play the pass and not worry about the run beating them.
This post was edited on 12/13/25 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 12/13/25 at 9:22 pm to Diego Ricardo
You are correct
Posted on 12/13/25 at 11:12 pm to Diego Ricardo
Seems defenses are now simply daring us to consistently convert enough wide open quick / safety valve 5-8 yard passes to keep the chains moving.
Earlier in the season Ty was doing that but now misses half the throws/reads with an open receiver and satisfactory protection.
I also agree with what the poster said above about every offensive player taking turns blowing up plays that the other 10 have done enough to make work.
That's why we're seeing the "send tricky pressure + keep safeties deep to protect against the big play" defenses.
They don't think our QB can consistently just take what they're leaving open often enough to convert first downs.
Earlier in the season Ty was doing that but now misses half the throws/reads with an open receiver and satisfactory protection.
I also agree with what the poster said above about every offensive player taking turns blowing up plays that the other 10 have done enough to make work.
That's why we're seeing the "send tricky pressure + keep safeties deep to protect against the big play" defenses.
They don't think our QB can consistently just take what they're leaving open often enough to convert first downs.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 12:03 am to Diego Ricardo
quote:
You beat the blitz more with quick throws, screens, and the run game than deep passes in my opinion.
Yes and a three-step drop back shoulder or fade route is a quick throw.
When they are playing their safeties near the box it is the way to make them back up and open up space. Also their QB sidestepped then stepped up into the box. It's called footwork and every elite QB should be able to do that.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 12:06 am to BFANLC
quote:
You're saying that Bama needs to throw the ball deep 50% of the time? To have made GA pay?
Did I say that? How about the first time UGA blitzes with their safeties down you make them pay for it over the top and that (or the next one) will force them to respect the deep ball, back their safeties up so you can regain your advantage to use the middle of the field
Posted on 12/14/25 at 12:10 am to YStar
quote:
To beat a blitz you have to make them pay.
Riveting stuff here. I now do believe you played football at a high level because you certainly did not pursue a career that requires any material brain function.
quote:
[quote]Boise had their safeties up and sent more than Washington could block.
quote:
Boise
Oh okay you’re actually a smooth brain. Comparing Uga to frickin Boise. Make a Wish needs to come snag YStar before he hurts himself.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 1:19 am to Diego Ricardo
YStar is saying Ty needs to connect on a deep ball to open up the middle. No one believes we can connect on a deep pass so they blitz and crowd the middle because Ty likes throwing across the middle and either waits for it to come open, gets sacked, or rarely throws short to the outside.
If we are able to hit on a couple of the deep passes the safeties will have to respect the deep ball which should open up the middle of the field more.
If we are able to hit on a couple of the deep passes the safeties will have to respect the deep ball which should open up the middle of the field more.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 2:48 am to YStar
Someone who would greatly help open our pass game, especially on a seam is 80. Need him back for this game.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 3:33 am to Tupelo
Clearly someone beat them this year - in Auburn's case, several someone's. Oklahoma is not unbeatable - Texas destroyed them.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 3:38 am to BFANLC
quote:
That's 10%.
You're saying that Bama needs to throw the ball deep 50% of the time? To have made GA pay?
If we had been effective 10%, it would have been a closer game. We have lost the ability to connect on the big play. Ty just seems to throw it praying the other team doesn't catch it - with no real intention of our guy catching it either. Most of his long throws can't be caught by our guy
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:06 am to YStar
Wrong. As usual.
You remind me of a scene in the movie "Kung Pow" where this guy is getting his arse kicked and keeps getting up over and over after getting kicked in the head. The female character tells the hero to stop kicking the other guys arse because the guy getting his arse kicked thinks losing is winning. You are that guy who keeps losing but you think it's winning.
Wrong over and over, yet you keep posting this crap.
You remind me of a scene in the movie "Kung Pow" where this guy is getting his arse kicked and keeps getting up over and over after getting kicked in the head. The female character tells the hero to stop kicking the other guys arse because the guy getting his arse kicked thinks losing is winning. You are that guy who keeps losing but you think it's winning.
Wrong over and over, yet you keep posting this crap.
This post was edited on 12/14/25 at 8:07 am
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:24 am to CrimsonBoz
quote:
Someone who would greatly help open our pass game, especially on a seam is 80. Need him back for this game.
Yeah and he's a guy Ty is obviously very comfortable throwing the ball to as well.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:29 am to TizzyT4theUofA
quote:
YStar is saying Ty needs to connect on a deep ball to open up the middle. No one believes we can connect on a deep pass so they blitz and crowd the middle because Ty likes throwing across the middle and either waits for it to come open, gets sacked, or rarely throws short to the outside.
It's a basic concept that people here who actually understand the game agree with me on.
They are setting their defenses to take away the short, intermediate and kill the run. Hence why the safeties are 10 yards away from the line of scrimmage and their CBs are on islands.
I'm obviously speaking specifically to when they set up like that against us it's stupid to throw a slant or inside because they are literally taking that away. That is how that pick six happened against OU.
Skeletor knew Ty's tendencies and when he sent that blitz immediately had the safety come down in the middle with the CB slightly dropping off.
Football is a game of chess. When every team (even Eastern Illinois!!) knows how to counter your QB, he has to learn to adapt. That is what the NFL is about. Teams learn you and you keep growing and adapting to counter.
Page 1 of 2
Latest Alabama News
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News