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re: Opener Take-a-ways: Allens progression of regression
Posted on 9/1/17 at 5:44 pm to Hawgeye
Posted on 9/1/17 at 5:44 pm to Hawgeye
My takeaways:
QB - Allen has got to get the ball out faster. He holds on way too long leading to throwing under pressure and making bad decisions at the last second. He looked inaccurate too, overthrowing multiple passes.
O-line - looked improved from last year, especially in pass-pro. The negative plays came from run blitzes. That and Allen holding onto the ball for 10 seconds which no O-line can withstand.
RBs - Looked great. They were patient, followed blockers, and made guys miss in the secondary. Williams looks like a full grown man running out there. Hayden did great but he also had huge holes to run through. He might simply be great at steering his blockers.
WRs - Weren't getting separation early on. Later they were torching the defense but we weren't passing downfield. Nance looks like he's going to be a stud.
TEs - Great blocking and O'Grady looked good in the passing game. Bailed out Allen on a shitty pass.
Defense - Improved tackling but looked sluggish at times. Loss of Pulley is going to frick us badly I'm afraid.
The 3-4 seemed to limit the big plays over the middle but we gave up more short yardage plays which is expected with that defense. I hope we can hold up against teams that pound the ball up the middle.
Overall we did what we needed to do. I think some of our struggles were from both a vanilla playbook as well as running plays we don't really practice a lot and won't be using much this season.
QB - Allen has got to get the ball out faster. He holds on way too long leading to throwing under pressure and making bad decisions at the last second. He looked inaccurate too, overthrowing multiple passes.
O-line - looked improved from last year, especially in pass-pro. The negative plays came from run blitzes. That and Allen holding onto the ball for 10 seconds which no O-line can withstand.
RBs - Looked great. They were patient, followed blockers, and made guys miss in the secondary. Williams looks like a full grown man running out there. Hayden did great but he also had huge holes to run through. He might simply be great at steering his blockers.
WRs - Weren't getting separation early on. Later they were torching the defense but we weren't passing downfield. Nance looks like he's going to be a stud.
TEs - Great blocking and O'Grady looked good in the passing game. Bailed out Allen on a shitty pass.
Defense - Improved tackling but looked sluggish at times. Loss of Pulley is going to frick us badly I'm afraid.
The 3-4 seemed to limit the big plays over the middle but we gave up more short yardage plays which is expected with that defense. I hope we can hold up against teams that pound the ball up the middle.
Overall we did what we needed to do. I think some of our struggles were from both a vanilla playbook as well as running plays we don't really practice a lot and won't be using much this season.
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Posted on 9/1/17 at 5:55 pm to dbeck
I'm honestly wondering what KA has brought to the staff in terms of recruiting and coaching. Other than Dalton Wagner, I don't see any reason why he should still be employed if the o-line doesn't improve over the course of this season
Posted on 9/1/17 at 6:44 pm to Hawgeye
Biggest takeaway: we looked good or atleast improved.
Offense: looked so meh for a lot of the game especially early.
Qb: Allen looks rusty. Kelley looked practiced but young and error prone but competent. Big improvement over story in my opinion.
Rb: Whaley looked solid and we seemed to rest him. I think he's a known commodity. Hayden is going to be awesome. He needs to run more and not stutter as much.
TE: looked decent. Got a ways to go though.
Wr: looked good when they got the ball. Need to get open more but passing game requires the qb to be on same page as receivers.
OL: not great. Leaps and bounds of improvement though. Colton Jackson is still a weak link to me.
Defense: so this is what it looks like when you get in position, know where to go, and tackle well in the open field.
Dl: solid night they were pretty much able to do what they wanted till a bunch of kids id never heard of came on.
LB: played well. Set the edge well.
Db: losing pulley hurts bad. Did a good job though. next week will tell us more.
Offense: looked so meh for a lot of the game especially early.
Qb: Allen looks rusty. Kelley looked practiced but young and error prone but competent. Big improvement over story in my opinion.
Rb: Whaley looked solid and we seemed to rest him. I think he's a known commodity. Hayden is going to be awesome. He needs to run more and not stutter as much.
TE: looked decent. Got a ways to go though.
Wr: looked good when they got the ball. Need to get open more but passing game requires the qb to be on same page as receivers.
OL: not great. Leaps and bounds of improvement though. Colton Jackson is still a weak link to me.
Defense: so this is what it looks like when you get in position, know where to go, and tackle well in the open field.
Dl: solid night they were pretty much able to do what they wanted till a bunch of kids id never heard of came on.
LB: played well. Set the edge well.
Db: losing pulley hurts bad. Did a good job though. next week will tell us more.
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