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Watching the O line on replay

Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:18 pm
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:18 pm
I have it recorded. The first few series I see pretty good pass blocking. Run blocking, I see guys making good blocks. I see a lot of double teams, which is ok in theory, but their LBs are going unblocked due to numbers and are beating Chubb to the hole.

Not sure if it is scheme or guys not blocking the right Players. Not seeing a lot of whiffs.
Posted by Lucius Clay
Member since Sep 2012
3420 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:25 pm to
I saw our left tackle get beat bad at least three times when it was him versus one rusher coming around the edge. Catalina literally could not move quick enough to engage him and slow his progress.

We have a Division I-AA (aka FCS) guy protecting the blind side and a guy who was great as a guard at right tackle.

The guys inside are pretty good, though relatively small.

This is all on the recruiting failures of the prior regime.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:27 pm to
Anecdotes aside, I have watched him on every play on the first two series and he has done well against an NFL guy.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:29 pm to
Watch I-Mac's first TD... 72 blocks two guys and totally seals the end and creates that TD
Posted by Lucius Clay
Member since Sep 2012
3420 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:31 pm to
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on every play on the first two series


I think you should look at the whole game and grade him and the others.

Would love to know how our linemen graded out for this game.

It sure didn't look pretty from my angle.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
39970 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:32 pm to
We chipped a lot on him early on I thought.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:34 pm to
I'm watching it now.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:37 pm to
1-10 on third series. They have a 5 man line and 3 tight LBs. 2 guys are unblocked.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:44 pm to
Note that when a slant is called, 72 blocks down and leaves the DE for the RB. Assume he is helping create a passing lane this way.

Chubb has better runs when we spread and decrease their interior presence.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:52 pm to
3rd and 1 with 13 mins left in the 2nd.

We have double TE and a FB. Seem to be rather tight splits. They have 6 lineman and 2 tight LBs who are shooting gaps at the snap. The numbers just don't work for us. #96 also gets great push, but you can't expect a center to handle that guy alone.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 12:56 pm to
Haha. Just realized they had 12 men... No wonder.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 1:05 pm to
So, basically, their LBs were shooting gaps hard, which is why the middle of the field was open a lot in the passing game. They had the numbers to stop the run but left the middle open. Our 6'5" guy can see that part of the field pretty well and isn't afraid to throw it there.

We rushed 4 , pushed the middle and dropped LBs into coverage. Thier QB didn't like when we started doing that.
Posted by IAmSpike
Athens
Member since Dec 2015
44 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 1:38 pm to
Sounds like our oline didn't do all that bad... they just outnumbered us like frick in the box. Honestly makes me feel a lot better. We're slowly starting to get that passing game going and they're not gonna be able to lean run heavy on us. We'll be pretty deadly. And if they keep loading the box and underestimating the passing game, Eason will have 50+ passes all over their secondaries. Just staying hopeful
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 3:09 pm to
They were far from perfect. The Mizz D line did a solid job. It's just that they committed 8 guys to the run. There was a numbers issue as well as just too many people essentially image the tackle box. Watch those LBs on run plays... They were tight and attacking gaps at the snap.
Posted by Lucius Clay
Member since Sep 2012
3420 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:15 pm to
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It's just that they committed 8 guys to the run.


If that's the approach other teams take from here on out AND given that a backfield that includes elite runners like Chubb and Michel could only manage 101 yards (2.7 ypc), what's the implication?

I'm not a football coach but sounds like we need to become Air Georgia and wing it all over the field from here on out...or until teams stop committing 8 guys to the run.
This post was edited on 9/18/16 at 4:16 pm
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
14160 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:18 pm to
Do we need to go that far? Some play action followed by dumping to TE's slipping behind the LBs or screens should keep the LB's honest right?

Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:25 pm to
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Do we need to go that far? Some play action followed by dumping to TE's slipping behind the LBs or screens should keep the LB's honest right?


But then you have to keep the safeties honest.
Posted by Lucius Clay
Member since Sep 2012
3420 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:25 pm to
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TE's slipping behind the LBs or screens


I was surprised we didn't see a lot more of that in the game we just played. When you have a group of TE's that includes Blazevich, Woerner, Nauta and Harris, seems like a lot could be done with them.

Screens, too. Did we even attempt any?
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
14160 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:30 pm to
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But then you have to keep the safeties honest.


Maybe our WRs can at least keep them from creeping up to the line. Of course they could let Chigbu go...
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12414 posts
Posted on 9/18/16 at 4:53 pm to
We threw 55 passes... A lot of them were flats and intermediate middle. We threw enough deep outside balls to keep them honest.... But if we hit a few of those, we win by a few TDs...
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