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

[section9]

Imagine Kaaya at Michigan or Ohio State.

Jesus.

Otoh, maybe not. Different offenses. Perhaps a lot of what Kaaya is doing here is being done out of necessity to get rid of the **** ball.

 

[prinmemo]

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.

Those stats would be absolutely insane. A couple of TDs per game, 300 ish yards per game, and an INT every six games. How do you not go 12-0 or 11-1 with that kind of production from your TRUE sophomore QB?!

Dorsey didn't even come close, even with a better supporting cast.

Kaaya is the truth.

 

[felix]

It's not the players, it's the coach. Wrong combinations, poor coaching, it's not fair to these players. Quit ******** around and line them up and let them develop as a unit. Kehoe is bad and Golden's meddling only makes it worse.

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.

 

[Andrew]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

 

[WhatTheHell]

I'd say this for Kaaya --

1. Boykin benefits from playing in a TCU offense that pushes tempo and gives him more opportunities. They are 8th in total plays run. We're 93rd. Folden still slows the game down because the Big 10 still pumps through his narrow arteries as he tries to protect his defense.

2. TCU is also 17th in rushing offense, we're 103rd. Defenses can't just sit back against Boykin they way they can against Kaaya. You can easily stop the Miami ground game without committing another body in the box. Kaaya's facing two high safeties on a majority of his drop backs.

3. Kaaya is also forced to get the ball out quickly. Our OL is pure buttcheeks which eliminates a lot of downfield throws and big plays.

4. Lastly, losing Dorsett and Walford hurt. Those were two of the best pass-catchers in college football last season and big plays waiting to happen. Dorsett was the second best WR in the country when it came to yards per catch. Walford was 5th among TEs.

 

[deleted3746]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Would you rather Kaaya be a gunslinger throwing into double coverage? Lmao at your Boykins statement...really going out on a limb there.

 

[drewm3i]

OL might as well be 5 shopping carts full of fish heads

 

[bolomite21]

Gall needs to be moved to the hydration team. The guy is a serious liability. I can't believe he is still in the 2 deep.

 

[kendallcanes]

He seriously needs to increase his conversions on 3rd downs and scoring in the red zone. If he does this, we will really have something special to watch. Right now I don't have confidence that he is a winner. 6-9 vs the power conferences. That has to be the worst winning percent of a UM quarterback in 30 years. Of course he plays for our worst coach in history, but still...

 

[Andrew]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Would you rather Kaaya be a gunslinger throwing into double coverage? Lmao at your Boykins statement...really going out on a limb there.

No but he missed over receivers during the fsu game. I rather have a QB that can throw into a tight hole and move the ball down field opposed to making only low risk throws. It isn't all on Kaaya, Coley is a terrible OC. How is it going out on a limb mentioning Boykin? The kid might win the Heisman.

 

[brock]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Can't really say this in our first 4 games outside of Nebraska Miami coaches didn't call passing plays to the endzone that much. Instead of throwing for a td the running backs got the touchdowns.

 

[jerzeycane]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Would you rather Kaaya be a gunslinger throwing into double coverage? Lmao at your Boykins statement...really going out on a limb there.

No but he missed over receivers during the fsu game. I rather have a QB that can throw into a tight hole and move the ball down field opposed to making only low risk throws. It isn't all on Kaaya, Coley is a terrible OC. How is it going out on a limb mentioning Boykin? The kid might win the Heisman.

All Kaaya does is throw in to tight holes. Our route combos suck and our receivers rarely are wide open.

 

[canesrdynamite]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Would you rather Kaaya be a gunslinger throwing into double coverage? Lmao at your Boykins statement...really going out on a limb there.

No but he missed over receivers during the fsu game. I rather have a QB that can throw into a tight hole and move the ball down field opposed to making only low risk throws. It isn't all on Kaaya, Coley is a terrible OC. How is it going out on a limb mentioning Boykin? The kid might win the Heisman.

In fairness, he had less than 1 or 2 sec to get the ball out most of the game. It's hard to get the ball to guys down the field if you have to throw it before they've even gone 10 yds.

 

[Andrew]

I don't mean to knock Kaaya but 10 TD's is not that impressive. A 10 to 1 TD/INT ratio is good but TD's should be higher. I would take Treyvone Boykins 25 TDs and 5 INT over Brad any day. Kaaya is cautious and that shows in his numbers.

Can't really say this in our first 4 games outside of Nebraska Miami coaches didn't call passing plays to the endzone that much. Instead of throwing for a td the running backs got the touchdowns.

That isn't true. Our numbers are as follows

9 Passing TD's
7 Rushing TD's
13 Field Goals

TCU's numbers are:

14 Passing TD's
15 Rushing TD's
3 Field Goals

From a rushing vs passing standpoint we are pretty even. The difference is converting touchdowns to which we are terrible and they are great. Considering a difference of only 5 passing touchdowns in the redzone it appears as if TCU is a lot better at throwing touchdowns from outside of the redzone and this is also indicated in the fact that Boykin has 2 more YPA than Kaaya.

If you look at our players that are were similar to TCU but yet we don't run our offense in a way where they can be successful. Our RB's are small like TCU and yet we run Yearby like he is capable at breaking tackles and getting yardage up the middle. Look what happened to Sony Michel in the game against the Fighting Michael Sam's. Sony is no Chubb and when they ran him like he was they got crap results. Miami should run a faster pace offense where we our o-line does different things to create holes and let our RB's get in space. I don't know how Kaaya would do with a fast pace aggressive offense, but from what I see he is very concentrative and takes little risk.

 

[Sonny Long]

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.

Don't compare Kaaya to anyone but CHOKERS....

 

[Andrew]

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.

Don't compare Kaaya to anyone but CHOKERS....

Kaaya isn't the issue but rather the offense that Coley is running. If Kaaya was at Baylor he would have 30 touchdowns and 4 INT's

 

[Jax Cane]

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?

LOL..I was thinking the same thing but figured someone else would call him out on that stat