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Duane Starks-1st UM CB drafted in the 1st round...

lot of the former players are tough on Richt. but there is a standard, so I get it. with that said, it seemed like anytime they tried a rollout, it failed.
 
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I agree. I think it’s amazinf how we don’t get Perry more out on the edge and use his athleticism to neutralize a suspect OL (more so that FSU game as they really seemed to bottom out with what 13 TFLs given up)
 
Fawk_U Haters said:
Love Duane for being a Cane and was the last first rounder we had for a few years, but he was not absolutely great for the Ravens. Good/solid corner who played a good amount in the NFL. Like i said he wasn't bad, he just wasn't "great"

He was actually one of the few Ravens in the secondary from those great defenses that didn't make the pro bowl
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He had 20INT's with the Ravens his first 4 years in the league & had pick 6 in the Super bowl.

His biggest mistake was leaving BMore early & signing with AZ. He was great with the Ravens imo.
 
So we were supposed to roll our right handed QB to the left to throw across his body? ... b/c we sure as **** weren't going to be rolling right to Burns' side.
 
Liberty City El said:
He had 20INT's with the Ravens his first 4 years in the league & had pick 6 in the Super bowl.

His biggest mistake was leaving BMore early & signing with AZ. He was great with the Ravens imo.
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I'll be honest, i am not sure they wanted him back. It sounds strange given the stats he had with them, but there were always rumblings about how highly management/coaches thought of Duane.
 
ssvir said:
So we were supposed to roll our right handed QB to the left to throw across his body? ... b/c we sure as **** weren't going to be rolling right to Burns' side.
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Burns came from our left side on the play that he stripped us ...
 
Fawk_U Haters said:
I'll be honest, i am not sure they wanted him back. It sounds strange given the stats he had with them, but there were always rumblings about how highly management/coaches thought of Duane.
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They had developed Chris McAlister as their best Corner & drafted Gary Baxter as a 2nd round pick, they wanted Duane but he wanted more money.

He was playing on his rookie deal with Bmore, but AZ signed him for $8.6mill with a $5mill signing bonus, at that time it was too much for Ozzie.
 
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I'd have to hear the interview to understand the context, but you don't passively win a game where you hold the other team to 3 yards/play and force multiple TOs on their side of the field (in the RZ, no less). This is probably why people view defenses the way they do. Basically, like they view OL. If a defense or an OL do their jobs, that's the way it was supposed to go. If they don't, they lose the game. But, in reality, a defense (like an OL), can be the reason to win a game (rather than the other team lose it).

I doubt he got so deeply into the semantics. We can sorta understand what he was trying to say: the offense needed to do a much better job.
 
ssvir said:
He definitely moved around and that was a problem also. What happens when we call a roll out and he's on that side?
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You scheme around him... chip him, give 78/55 help, something. I agree w Starks that we should have moved him out of the pocket on designed roll outs. You scheme around him and make it work. Burns was the ONLY weapon they have. A simple roll out to his side with Brevin helping probably would have gotten the job done. And if he got away from that, throw it away. That would not have been the end of the world but atleast we would have tried instead of stubbornly running a read dive every first down.


Look, I’m not saying I know more about offense and play calling than CMR but I refuse to just accept the, “Ok fvck it guys..we have this 235 pound edge rusher on this side, there’s NOTHING we can do to keep him out of a designed roll out play”. Nah, not buying that.
 
bes628 said:
Lmao at FSU lost it but we didn’t win it. That’s a clowns response.

We MADE those mother****ers lose. No two ways about it. People be dying to big up the other team and not give us props.
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Agree I mean they got completely shutdown the 2nd half. This rivalry has a history of being close no matter how great 1 team might seem better than the other. The 2002 game when they came into the OB & almost upset us, we lost by 3 or 4 the year they won a Natty(or was it the year they went to the playoffs? I forgot). I'm surprised people seem to keep forgetting this. The spread was wayyy too high in the 1st place.
 
Liberty City El said:
They had developed Chris McAlister as their best Corner & drafted Gary Baxter as a 2nd round pick, they wanted Duane but he wanted more money.

He was playing on his rookie deal with Bmore, but AZ signed him for $8.6mill with a $5mill signing bonus, at that time it was too much for Ozzie.
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Don't disagree, just saying what i know what was said "inside the building."
 
Miami Nights said:
He's right to q certain extent but Miami did make some plays and the defense sparked the comeback. The offense made timely plays but overall pathetic basically. I just expected more out of rich offensively when he came here and have been disappointed thus far to say the least.
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Yep. Too much spoon feeding going on. Time to throw the dogs some bones with some meat on it.
 
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bes628 said:
Lmao at FSU lost it but we didn’t win it. That’s a clowns response.

We MADE those mother****ers lose. No two ways about it. People be dying to big up the other team and not give us props.
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I like that. Gotta work that into my narrative when I'm talking sports. Thanks!
 
brock said:
Again unless you know if it was a designed run or not it’s hard to criticize if he gave the ball to the rb, remember richt said Williams was supposed to give the ball to Robert Burns on the goaline vs savannah state so some of those runs are just predetermined reads
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Williams was supposed to give the ball to Burns because that was the read. It wasn't a predetermined hand off. The DE on the weak side gets left unblocked. If he crashes on the running back, you keep. If he stays put, you give to the back. On that particular play, the DE stayed put but since Savannah State was so physically outmatched, Williams was still able to beat him around the outside.

Now I don't know if all of those inside zone runs against FSU were straight handoffs but judging by Richt's willingness to use the zone read multiple times in prior games, , I have to assume that at least some of them were option plays.
 
We absolutely beat FSU. Honestly, it could be argued that we gave them that 20 point lead. The play calling was hella suspect, no argument there. But to say FSU lost that game is a slap to the face of those young men on the defensive side of the ball. Allowing a team 45 yards in a half is not a fluke.
 
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