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A notable improvement on OL

The stats look good for the OL but I think moving from RPO to Air Raid and Having a QB who is tall enough to see over the OL and is pass first vs. run first in King made the OL look better than it actually was
 
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nvlahos said:
The stats look good for the OL but I think moving from RPO to Air Raid and Having a QB who is tall enough to see over the OL and is pass first vs. run first in King made the OL look better than it actually was
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Also going against some of the worst defenses in football has nothing to do with it.
 
I’m willing to give Justice credit for our improvement with regards to pass pro. However, he should also be held responsible for our inability to convert any sort of short yardage on the ground. We get destroyed at the point of attack on obvious running plays & what appears to be lack luster recruiting thus far.
 
L A M P said:
How much of that is credited to a QB that can read/react & move in the pocket? I think a good bit.
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I'm certain the ball spent less time in the hands of TVD than King. TVD isn't limited by where he can make throws, King was unfortunately.
 
Hufftwoseven said:
I don’t think TVD is all that great at moving in the pocket…
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He is solid. He is getting way more credit than he deserves though.

EVERYBODY, including the receivers is blocking much better than at the beginning of the season.

TVD has made quality plays to get rid of the football. But a big part of that has to do with us cutting out much of the jailbreak, poise-destroying pressure that our previous quarterbacks faced so often. ****, he even struggled early because the protection wasn’t there.

We still are behind in the run game. Guards haven’t been good enough and playcalling is way too predictable. Teams bait us on the rpo. The good thing is that we are making teams pay for selling out to stop the run.
 
kendallcanes said:
We got to get to less than 2 sacks per game. This could be the difference between winning and losing these close games

Alabama had 4 sacks
Mich St had 3 sacks
Pitt had 4 sacks
NC State had 4 sacks
UNC had 4 sacks
UVA had 4 sacks

There are 50 teams that average less than 2 sacks a game
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/468

Improved but I can't remember the last time we were somewhat elite here
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It’s a bit misleading of a stat because teams that rarely throw are obviously going to give up fewer sacks. I’d like to see a stat that shows sacks/pass plays called to get a better picture.
 
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ThomasM said:
When your QB can attack all parts of the field, it backs teams way the **** off the LOS. TVD does that, and we see the difference it makes.
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I don’t know. Teams have showed him more man and press coverage than they did King. It was a big reason King was reluctant to throw the deep ball early in the year.

TVD made them pay for it though.
 
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ThomasM said:
When your QB can attack all parts of the field, it backs teams way the **** off the LOS. TVD does that, and we see the difference it makes.
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Huge deal when teams have to defend every throw. I love King, but there was stuff you knew you didn't have to defend.
 
nvlahos said:
The stats look good for the OL but I think moving from RPO to Air Raid and Having a QB who is tall enough to see over the OL and is pass first vs. run first in King made the OL look better than it actually was
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They run RPO all the time with Van Dyke. Probably 10 times a game or more. RPO is not the same thing as a zone read and it has nothing to do with the QB running the ball. Run/Pass Option means the quarterback holds the ball out to hand to the running back and either hands it off or pulls it back and throws it depending on what certain defenders do. It looks like a play action pass except the offensive line always run blocks. 99% of the time when you see an illegal receiver downfield penalty, it’s an offensive lineman who was run blocking too far downfield on an RPO pass play. If the quarterback pulls the ball back to throw, he has to do it quickly before the linemen get more than 3 yards past the line of scrimmage, otherwise it’s an illegal play.
 
DMoney said:
TVD is Top 10 nationally in yards per attempt. We throw downfield a lot.
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Correct. This is not a dink and dunk offense that throws thirty screens a game. Miami runs a ton of vertical routes. The reason why Knighton rarely left the field until the last few games of the season was because they rely on a running back to stay in and pass protect on vertical routes a lot. If Franklin and Brown missed pass blocking assignments, the offense would have been dead in the water and TVD would have been sacked a lot more.
 
I was hoping for a thread titled "A notable improvement in administrative decisions."

Until that happens, any noticeable improvement in our performance means nothing, especially with a lame duck HC, no OC, and rumors that your OL coach and WR coach are leaving.

Sorry, D$. Just how I feel right now.
 
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