My biggest concern on offense is the O-line giving Mertz time to pass, like you said, he is not a big run threat for sure. If they give him time, he is accurate enough to complete some passes. On obvious passing downs, to get the ball out quicker and assist the line, stop running play action fakes. They are not fooling anybody and make the line hold their blocks longer. Offensive play calling 101.

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Posted by Gator Fever

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Posted on 9/11/23 at 10:50 am to UFMatt

I am curious to see how Napier adapts also. Richardson was able to burn them deep a lot because his running ability gave him the time to let that develop. If they bring the heat like they do most games and our O line is anything like the Utah game we could be in big trouble. If he doesn't start rolling Mertz out in that scenario I will really question his judgment as Mertz isn't fast enough to avoid pressure like that and then roll out and scan the field. Another problem for us if Napier doesn't push more intermediate and deeper stuff is that attacking defense of theirs blows up many passing plays like we ran against Utah. I watched enough of Tenn last season to see attacking them on intermediate and longer passes is the way to score on them.

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