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Every Cam Ward Throw /Run vs WU

hharvey09 said:
**** Cam went against the whole Wu?! The Rza, The Gza, Ghostface, the Wu Tang Clan!
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Gocanes1990 said:
I haven’t prayed to god for something sports related since we beat UF in the epic OB COMEBACK! But please God let this guy stay healthy all season so we can make a real playoff push. Amen
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Just really need to beat uf and fsu. Im not saying I’d be ok going 7-5 and beating those 2, but we’re not winning a natty. So beating fsu and uf and winning the ACC, or at a VERY minimum playing for it and competing for 60 minutes in Charlotte, would be a win for me. You simply cannot lose to either of those teams this year.
 
hharvey09 said:
Two things stand out. One he did not have his best game but that was two years ago and he looks to have improved last year even though they had a worse year record wise. Two good gracious he had zero help from those Wide outs. Them dudes got zero separation and zero speed or Washington just knew how to stop them because every pass was dropped or they couldn’t catch up with his passes
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Third thing that stands out - Washington scored on every bloody possession.
 
Novacane32000 said:
The Wisky game highlights Ward's pocket presence and ability to scramble when needed. If our OL does its job, Ward can have his best year yet.
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I just hope Dawson doesn’t tailor the offense to anything like Arbuckle did. Let the kid throw the ball down the field. Wazzou played the entire game within 5 yards of the LOS. Gotta think Ward had the least air yards per attempt in the country. He’s plenty capable. Dawson gotta let the OL cook and let the receivers run pro concepts down the field.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I just hope Dawson doesn’t tailor the offense to anything like Arbuckle did. Let the kid throw the ball down the field. Wazzou played the entire game within 5 yards of the LOS. Gotta think Ward had the least air yards per attempt in the country. He’s plenty capable. Dawson gotta let the OL cook and let the receivers run pro concepts down the field.
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I know Mario wants power run game ball control, but he gotta let the offense COOK. Pre-season hype is already there for the offense. Why not open it up and still have the backs to punish defense’s.
 
Ironmanfootball said:
How many seconds and reads do you think a QB should get and get to?
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It looked like a couple of those D linemen almost got in the backfield as soon ball got to his hands. Just watched most clip of it once. Did not have the stop watch out. Seemed like Van Dyke had a lot more time without going back to compare side by side.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I just hope Dawson doesn’t tailor the offense to anything like Arbuckle did. Let the kid throw the ball down the field. Wazzou played the entire game within 5 yards of the LOS. Gotta think Ward had the least air yards per attempt in the country. He’s plenty capable. Dawson gotta let the OL cook and let the receivers run pro concepts down the field.
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I'm sure someone has a stat for air yards, I cant find it --but his yds/att at 7.7 was middle of the pack
 
HurricaneinLA said:
It looked like a couple of those D linemen almost got in the backfield as soon ball got to his hands. Just watched most clip of it once. Did not have the stop watch out. Seemed like Van Dyke had a lot more time without going back to compare side by side.
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Nah man Ward typically had plenty of time to throw reads 1-2. Just not 3.

OC likes the hot away from the Qs eyes. I hate that bc he can’t just dump off v pressure.

Also 5 man pro even with 6 showing and still has time.

The pass-run options there’s upfield noise but that’s the way they’re blocked.
 
Novacane32000 said:
I'm sure someone has a stat for air yards, I cant find it --but his yds/att at 7.7 was middle of the pack
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Was actually only 7.4 last year vs FBS completion, which was 50th out of 100 qualified passers. Definition of average.

And even worse, he was 20th in the country with a 66.0% completion percentage. So he’s completing a high number of passes, and still isn’t getting many yards per attempt.

Washington State as a team was 89th in the country in yards per completion.
 
HurricaneinLA said:
It looked like a couple of those D linemen almost got in the backfield as soon ball got to his hands. Just watched most clip of it once. Did not have the stop watch out. Seemed like Van Dyke had a lot more time without going back to compare side by side.
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QB's need the ball out in 1.8 to 2.2 seconds off the snap.
3rd read gets to ~2.6.
3 seconds is the absolute highest end for being in the pocket.
You get about 1 second extended time if you can scramble.

I'd go back and watch Wazzu again.
Some of the issue is in empty he tries to get to the 2nd and 3rd read... that's not really a thing against 4-5 man pressures.
Some of the issues are the OC is an idiot and rarely if ever uses the back to chip a DE, even on 3rd and long and already allowing some pressures
 
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If I have to watch Cam hand off to our endless rotation of misevaluated RBs on inside zone against +1 stacked boxes all year instead of him throwing to our proven WR Corps, and scrambling for every first down and TD possible...

...I am going to be very mad.

Mario and Dawson lucked out and got a game-changing weapon for this season. Truly, a weapon to surpass Metal Gear. If they misuse Cam, its game over.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Was actually only 7.4 last year vs FBS completion, which was 50th out of 100 qualified passers. Definition of average.

And even worse, he was 20th in the country with a 66.0% completion percentage. So he’s completing a high number of passes, and still isn’t getting many yards per attempt.

Washington State as a team was 89th in the country in yards per completion.
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Ward has a really nice ceiling, but a low floor as well. Throws some absolute dimes, throws guys open... then follows it up by holding the ball for 4 seconds, throwing a hospital ball, or some back foot falling over ugly pick.

It'll be up to Dawson to coaching him both technically and tactically
 
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