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Mon. Stat Check: Worst UM OL Ever? Brad Kaaya=Aaron Rodgers?

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While browsing some OL stats, it only reinforced my thoughts on Brad Kaaya's performance this season. Any other Miami QB post-Dorsey would have died by now operating behind this line, but Kaaya is playing at an incredible level. His ability to quickly read a defense and get the ball out even faster are masking a major deficiency up front. Now first, the OL:

If anyone hasn't noticed, this group spends most of its time getting tossed around and thrown into the backfield. They are incapable of generating enough push to facilitate a ground game vs teams that aren't barely high school level. Rushing stats on the year:

Yards per game: 103rd
Yards per carry: 68th

Oh boy. Not pretty. What about on the 2nd half of games only, when we should be wearing teams down and leaning on our run game?

Yards per 2nd half: 109th
Yards per carry 2nd half: 100th

Ok, so that's pretty awful. But we've played some real cupcakes, which is even scarier. Let's look at how we rank when we filter the stats to include only games vs Power 5 teams:

Yards per game: 109th
Yards per carry: 103rd



Oh boy, this can't get any worse, can it? False. Under Al Golden, things can always get worse. Here's how Miami stacks up when filtered to include only games vs Power 5 teams with winning records:

Yards per game: 122nd (dead last)
Yards per carry: 122nd (dead last)


These numbers are vomit-inducing. I would've guessed they belonged to Kent State or Buffalo, not Miami. Even though losing Duke hurt (who knew?) this is still largely a product of a horrific offensive line. But even with no support through a running game and a dog shlt offensive line, Kaaya's quick trigger and improvement mentally are salvaging this offense. Even though his OL is sitting in his lap on most plays as they get thrown around like children Kaaya still shows poise and anticipation nearing an elite level. With no help on the ground and an OL that would make South Alabama laugh, Kaaya still ranks:

Long pass plays (20+ yards): 13th
Sacks allowed: 14th
Yards per game: 17th
Ints thrown: 2nd

What about when the competition improves?
Vs Power 5 teams:

Long pass plays (20+ yards): 5th
Sacks allowed: 37th
Passing yards: 11th
Ints thrown: 2nd


I laugh just thinking what would happen to other Miami QBs 2003-present who would have the displeasure of operating behind this crew of glorified doorframe beads. Kaaya is playing his *** off and deserves credit for making this OL look somewhat decent in pass protection. If he wasn't this skilled at registering coverages and unloading the ball this quickly, we'd probably be at his funeral by now.

So to summarize:

OL might as well be 5 shopping carts full of fish heads
Brad Kaaya's evolution has saved his te from having zero offense and giving up 100 sacks a game.
 
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Great stuff, WTH. Simultaneously laughing and crying at "Oh boy, this can't get any worse, can it? False. Under Al Golden, things can always get worse".
 
yeah what he is doing is very impressive. Look at the improvement
2014 numbers through 6 games
1520 passing yards 61.5% 13 td 9 int
Louisville
florida a&m
Arkansas state
Nebraska
Duke
Georgia tech

2015 numbers through 6 games
1795 passing yards 61.2 % 10 td 1 int
against
BCU
FAU
Nebraska
Cincinatti
FSU
Virginia Tech

His 2015 numbers are incredible considering the oline play and play calling at times early in the season.
 
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Not that I disagree with your post, but "Here's how Miami stacks up when filtered to include only games vs Power 5 teams with winning records" - at this point isn't that only FSU?


 
And it also begs the question, is every teams numbers also adjusted for just those teams ,via power 5? Or did you just change out UMs games and consider them vs all the other teams also just facing power 5 teams?

Not denying how pitiful this OL is. It is terrible. I can't fathom possibly having any more penalties and BLOWN up OL during 3rd and short than we currently do. Just wondering how accurate the stats truly are....
 
Kaaya is just an absolute surgeon. Super savvy QB given the amount of time (or lack there of) he has to throw the ball
 
Frankly, I'm surprised he is still around, kid takes a beating every game. You have to give him credit for his toughness.
 
Wow, that really puts things in perspective. I keep telling my non-Miami-fan friends that Kaaya would be one of the top QBs in the country if he had an O-line with a pulse and even just decent coaching. Next time, I'll just show them this instead.
 
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frostycane said:
And it also begs the question, is every teams numbers also adjusted for just those teams ,via power 5? Or did you just change out UMs games and consider them vs all the other teams also just facing power 5 teams?

Not denying how pitiful this OL is. It is terrible. I can't fathom possibly having any more penalties and BLOWN up OL during 3rd and short than we currently do. Just wondering how accurate the stats truly are....
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Th website applies that filter to every division 1 team.
 
Kaaya was hit on almost every throw vs FSU and still put up 400 yards and had us leading late in the game. On the last drive, he probably wins it if he didn't have like three passes batted down. Which all were caused by the dline pushing the oline right into Kaaya's face
 
our o line has been playing patty cake for the past five years under kehoe. even with a veteran o line in 2013, duke barely managed to get two or three yds most plays
 
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Joe Yearby is a good *** shifty back too and still can't get enough steam rolling to do anything. All they have to do is give him 1.5-2 seconds to get moving a little but he is literally stopped in the backfield every play. That's how bad they are.

No reason joe and walton shouldn't avg 5 ypc each and I'd say walton is sub 3 and joe is probably right around 4-4.5 not including FAU and BCU
 
I'm comparing him more to Rodgers in the NFL. Rodgers is so efficient and does an amazing job protecting the football despite a high number of pass attempts.

Kaaya, assuming we reach a bowl game, is on pace for something like 3,500 yards, 20 TDs, and 2 INTs. That would be a **** of a TD/INT ratio.
 
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