From the Perch: Miami vs Pitt

Oct 27, 2019

Series:

It will be 12 continuous clips from the Pitt game and add that wicked guitar solo intro for good luck. Miami needed a very strong performance from the defense and a call to the bullpen to win this week. Here are some of the random takeaways from the game.

Miami gave up only 2 sacks. Which was the lowest amount Pitt had amassed all year
Miami only allowed 2.5 plays for negative yardage. Which was the lowest amount Pitt had amassed all year by far
The one sack attributed to Zion wasn't all on him. Yes. He got beat but he had a back in to chip (he didn't) and you had your quarterback dropping ten yards behind the line of scrimmage
Third down conversions are not getting any better and it's systemic. (Execution, some tendency starting to emerge, and lack of focus to detail)
The decision to pull N'Kosi Perry late in the ball game was not a bad one (Remember I ALSO said the decision to pull Jarren after 3 straight INT's vs VT was not a bad one)
The lone interception was a byproduct of leaving the ball high and a cb astutely keeping his eyes back at the quarterback
Several overthrown balls this week by the starter
Caught instances of staring down receivers (highlighted in the video)
Perry is now 56.6% on the year and is 2nd to last in conference (If factored as a starter and plugged into the CFB database as one)
Perry has attempted one more pass on the year vs Jarren

The 4th and 1 quick screen at the end of the game was a brilliant call
Jarren Mobility is not a liability like some portray, his ability to get a critical first with his feet late in the game was contrary to the statue some claim him to be
Williams has rushed for -57 yards on the season (highly attributed to sacks and a more pocket passer variety)
Kosi on the year has netted only 5 yards rushing (also highly attributed to sacks)
The Touchdown to KJ was on an RPO from the pistol and burnt Pitt on a blitz and was a new variant that I hadn't seen much of or at all this year

As always I hope you enjoy the video format although it was an offensive snooze fest for most of this film. Still think this offense needs some more juice and walking out of that contest with only 208 total yards was soul destroying. And remember as always, please subscribe to the channel and I greatly appreciate it. Lastly, every clip in that FTP video is separately cataloged and on my channel's page. Feel free to share and post particular plays in here at anytime. This is for you guys on the boards who actively partake in the healthy debate and discussion and never result to name calling. LOL. But yes. This is still for you.

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Roman Marciante

Oct 27, 2019

Canes0714 said:
Roman - Great as usual Thanks for the breakdown

Any time.

kyle_schick

Oct 27, 2019

brock said:
Offense looked way more qb friendly than it has been lately with Williams as the qb early in the season

Enos reverted to emergency mode and put Williams in the gun/spread. Game was on the line. If Williams had to play the whole game he would've looked worse then Perry.

Hoyacane1620

Oct 27, 2019

dwreck27 said:
I think Jarren can be the man!

if he can learn to stop holding on to the ball so long.... check your first read if its not there start tucking to run while glancing at your second read before just running for a couple of yards

his big negative sacks really bogged down the offense when his stats show he can he super productive

that was early on. He didn't do any of that yesterday.

KevinCaneFace

Oct 27, 2019

kyle_schick said:
Enos reverted to emergency mode and put Williams in the gun/spread. Game was on the line. If Williams had to play the whole game he would've looked worse then Perry.

Based on how Jarren leads the ACC in completion percentage and N’kosi is 13th, right?

Hoyacane1620

Oct 27, 2019

kyle_schick said:
If you think Jarrens mobility isn't an issue, you are ignoring reality.

We've seen his mobility be an issue in every game hes played in.

It's not that he isn't athletic, it's that he struggles with pocket presence. I'm sure he could improve with time.

Since Enos is dead set on running his offense, Jarren will struggle because this offense isn't QB friendly and our blocking is poor.

Hes going to get sacked more than Nkosi.

He did none of that yesterday.. Why not see how he plays when he isn't hurt? He's got game experience now and he definitely improved game to game before that CMU game injured him for real.

caneaddict

Oct 27, 2019

thanks Roman always great to watch, I wonder if you've noticed any trends in out comes when running "spread" concepts vs "pro," it almost seems like all the plays you highlighted as successes were out of a spread formation and all the failures were pro/bunch

Hoyacane1620

Oct 27, 2019

brock said:
Offense looked way more qb friendly than it has been lately with Williams as the qb early in the season

yes. I haven't rewatched it yet but it struck me yesterday that Perry was in the gun far more. Williams had more under center snaps out of the 16 he played. IDK if that's a function of the play call or what.

Roman Marciante

Oct 27, 2019

caneaddict said:
thanks Roman always great to watch, I wonder if you've noticed any trends in out comes when running "spread" concepts vs "pro," it almost seems like all the plays you highlighted as successes were out of a spread formation and all the failures were pro/bunch

They've had successful plays in both. But bringing personnel closer to the qb has led to its unique circumstance. Press corners blitzing unaccounted for week zero comes to mind. They were close and boom.

I'm in favor of a pro spread for Miami guys with some tempo.(think opposing teams would die in the heat with a little tempo) I'm not shy about it. Been like that for over 10 years.

But Miami has had really good under center screen plays go for big plays and tds. Some big over the top plays too.

Roman Marciante

Oct 27, 2019

caneaddict said:
thanks Roman always great to watch, I wonder if you've noticed any trends in out comes when running "spread" concepts vs "pro," it almost seems like all the plays you highlighted as successes were out of a spread formation and all the failures were pro/bunch

Oh and one thing I have noticed, in terms of bigger run plays and simple offense (perimeter screens, rpo, etc.) This team spread out sees it better.

kyle_schick

Oct 27, 2019

Hoyacane1620 said:
He did none of that yesterday.. Why not see how he plays when he isn't hurt? He's got game experience now and he definitely improved game to game before that CMU game injured him for real.

He played like 8 plays yesterday.

kyle_schick

Oct 27, 2019

KevinCaneFace said:
Based on how Jarren leads the ACC in completion percentage and N’kosi is 13th, right?

That's a meaningless stat when you throw 3 interceptions back to back to back and get benched

OrangeBowlMagic

Oct 27, 2019

Williams isn't some world beater or anything, but he's clearly a better quarterback than Perry. Not really sure how anyone could even begin to debate the point unless they have a bias or are just clueless.

scrantoncane

Oct 27, 2019

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Williams isn't some world beater or anything, but he's clearly a better quarterback than Perry. Not really sure how anyone could even begin to debate the point unless they have a bias or are just clueless.

Great work as usual, Roman.

Jarren is deadly accurate. It is on Enos to put him in a position to succeed by calling better plays. To me, Jarren is clearly the guy and has been since week 1. Personally I wouldn't have pulled him vs. VT, but I get it. But he should've been right back in the next week.

Perry is more slippery in the pocket and can make plays with his feet, but he doesn't keep his eyes downfield (as noted in Roman's video). He anticipates and throws guys open better than Jarren, and he takes more deep shots which at least keep the defense honest. But those positive attributes are negated and then some by his wild inaccuracy.

Kinda surprised we haven't seen a Tate package all season.

Nice to get a win so I can actually go back and rewatch the film this week. Been running back Breaking Bad instead, way less disheartening.

KevinCaneFace

Oct 27, 2019

kyle_schick said:
That's a meaningless stat when you throw 3 interceptions back to back to back and get benched

So there was one game where Kosi was better than Jarren. Mind you Kosi also threw two picks that game but one of them was given back because of roughing the passer. Difference was health but I'll give you Kosi was better that game. The rest? Welp. The QB stats would show Nkosi is at the bottom of completion percentage and he hasn't thrown for more than 182 yards outside of the VT game. Jarren's leads completions and his lowest yard total in any game he throws for more than ten passes is 214 yards. (his first)

It really isn't close

Martycane

Oct 27, 2019

Great stuff, Roman...

Suggestion: It would help if you could enlarge the mouse arrow. I often lose track of it...

Thanks for your work!

Martycane

Oct 27, 2019

Any sense of why we didn't use our tight ends more this game? Is it just that they were kept under wraps to block?

kyle_schick

Oct 27, 2019

KevinCaneFace said:
So there was one game where Kosi was better than Jarren. Mind you Kosi also threw two picks that game but one of them was given back because of roughing the passer. Difference was health but I'll give you Kosi was better that game. The rest? Welp. The QB stats would show Nkosi is at the bottom of completion percentage and he hasn't thrown for more than 182 yards outside of the VT game. Jarren's leads completions and his lowest yard total in any game he throws for more than ten passes is 214 yards. (his first)

It really isn't close

You're picking and choosing games to include and exclude which is BS, and ignoring on-field performance. You'll see how "great" Jarren does against FSU.

423Hurricane

Oct 27, 2019

I just look forward to that awesome guitar intro/solo every week @Roman Marciante!

Seriously though, I've mentioned in the past how much I appreciate what you do. I've impressed my friends with how much I've learned! LOL

KevinCaneFace

Oct 27, 2019

kyle_schick said:
You're picking and choosing games to include and exclude which is BS, and ignoring on-field performance. You'll see how "great" Jarren does against FSU.

Completion percentage, yards per pass, and yards per game aren’t on field performances? Got it. You always learn something new on CIS