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Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:18 pm to Tackle74
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:18 pm to Tackle74
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I am not the typical reactionary and I have seen Lock's upside BUT his performance the last two weeks should cost him time. Our coaches are too soft, do you think Saban would not be all over his arse. Sure the play calls sucked but he telegraphed two pick 6's that put the game out of reach.
What I don't understand are all these sideline passes. Sure, it's one thing to go vertical up the sideline, but that's not the kind of passes I'm seeing. They are very difficult throws to make, even when you have the cannon arm Lock has. You misjudge the window just a little bit and the DB jumps the pass and goes back the other way just like we all saw today.
I don't know if it is playcalling, or Lock fixating on the outside routes, but the middle of the field should be getting a lot more action. Watching Connor Shaw complete eleventy billion consecutive passes to the TE 8 yards downfield back in 2012 demonstrated that. Where's the tunnel screen back to the middle of the field? The slant? the comeback? The drag route between the LBs and safeties?
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Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:29 pm to spytiger
Zanders ain't the answer either. He was in for the 2nd or 3rd series and did nada. I agree, we have got to slow down the tempo. It's great when you're playing against Delaware State and would be great if you could move the ball against real teams but when you can't, you are killing the defense. Bottom line is I don't see this team competing for a couple/few more years. We don't have the answer at WR and we apparently don't have the answer at QB. I'm not sure we have the answers on the OL either, though they are better than last year.
Posted on 10/16/16 at 9:38 am to spytiger
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What I don't understand are all these sideline passes. Sure, it's one thing to go vertical up the sideline, but that's not the kind of passes I'm seeing. They are very difficult throws to make, even when you have the cannon arm Lock has. You misjudge the window just a little bit and the DB jumps the pass and goes back the other way just like we all saw today.
I understand Huepel's approach. Spread out the defense and create mismatches outside the hashes. So whether that's screens or natural windows based on coverage, it gives Lock an opportunity to complete passes at a high percentage.
Alabama is using this same philosophy to thrive. I believe their QB throwing ratio is something like 40% outside the hashes, 45% screens/behind the line of scrimmage, 15% in between the hashes.
I don't think our coaches are just incompetent. It's a reason Zander's was 2nd on the depth chart. So many variables brought us to where we are today and hopefully we can see a sustained level of progress in the second half of the season.
This post was edited on 10/16/16 at 9:40 am
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