An overlooked important play & some random musings

[TallyCaneFan]

I'm going to stop you right there, because you are completely wrong.

The center's right hand is clearly holding Moten's left sleeve, which is what impeded Moten from getting upfield. Then, as Moten attempts to flow to his right and puts out his right hand to grab the runner, he is thrown to the ground.

And that throwdown was set up by the initial hold, pictured below, from the ref's point-of-view. You know, the ref who actually threw the flag because he saw what was captured on video.

No "bail out". Correct call. Holding. Perhaps a minor hold, but it actually occurred. And the ref threw the flag long before he knew the outcome of the play, unlike several other calls that went against us.



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I actually thought the hold was called on the O-lineman that held Popo. He grabbed and held him right at the point where the hole opened. The RB cut right behind Moten and #32 was filling that hole when he got pulled backward.

 

[scrantoncane]

Mike Irving? It’s Irvin.

You must be new here

 

[scrantoncane]

They called the timeout at with 21 seconds left because they were not sure if they should go for it or kick the field goal. So I get that. The dumber decision was the poor squib kick that we had non problem with. But yes, it is very evident why their corch can’t win close games.

It was 4th and 10 from the 40 with no timeouts left.

If he was considering going for it (which I don’t think he was), he is just as retarded.

 

[TOcane]

Trying to only hit stuff I haven’t seen discussed much.

-Probably the biggest play of the game that no one has mentioned was the Q3 VT long rush TD that got called back for holding. Morten got abused on that play and it absolutely was not a hold. We got bailed out there.

-Moten played a lot but he just isn’t that good & he had another penalty. Clark is weak at the point of attack. Which leads me to say…

-Justin Scott is bigger and stronger than our starters and needs more snaps. Conditioning might be an issue here bc he isn’t used to that SFla heat/humidity. But he held his own in the snaps he got and has a higher ceiling than the aforementioned guys.

-Another huge play that we benefitted from: VT called a timeout after the 3rd down sack on the last drive of the first half with :25 left. Not sure why they’d call this. Shoulda called it with 2 seconds left and Miami wouldn’t have got 3 after the long CJ return. Pry clock management is worse than Mario, and that’s saying something. There’s a reason he is 1-10 in 1-score games.

-61 looks like a day 1 pick. He dominated the 2nd half, usually facing APR. (Though he did get smoked on the shovel pass to Reily at the end of the game and Cam bailed us out.)

-McCoy had a pretty decent day as well.

-Bell looks clumsy and has a hard time hitting his target. He struggled at times (got dusted by APR on a 3rd and 10 and almost got Ward decapitated) but also had decent moments in pass protection. As a backup LT he is serviceable.

-73 is overrated by this board.

-Mark Fletcher had a few excellent blitz pickups.

-Huge drop by VT on the first play after Ward’s Q3 int. Woulda been 1st and goal at the 2.

-What a dime down the sideline when Mike Irving was fired up with restrepo.

-Kiko got trucked by tooten on the td run. He had a rough night. D$ was spot on here, kiko struggled in space.

-Drones embarrassed Jaden Harris bad on the reverse TD. Gonna be an embarrassing film review.

VT had a solid gameplan and executed. We took their best shot and came away with a win. Survive and advance.

Sam Brown catching a bullet was a nice surprise and a beautiful play.