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Wiggins was a disaster last season. But now he has the fastest reported 40 time and the CIS warcry is for more Wiggins. This place is funny
Another Pete ariz all American. No one who knew anything thought he was in sams league as pope and Hightower
 
The fact that we held Florida to 54 USA rushing after that Wisconsin game last year is encouraging.

The missed tackles on the long TD and having to play Frierson in the slot against Hammond because Ivey was suspended hurt the team. Those were about 120 of the 300 yds Florida had.

I think that we will improve throughout the season with the youth on offence and in the secondary.
 
Forgot about Wiggins honestly. Should've been used to stretch the D at the bare minimum. Enos is on the clock.
 
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I've watched the game 3 times now. I recommend those with free time to watch the game with the play speed slowed down. It really helps you understand what is going on and lets you really see the play develop.

For those who don't know how to slow down video play speed: Go to the video settings. Click playback speed and choose 0.50 or 0.75, 1 is normal play speed. I've attched a video that shows the entire game in a condense form (23mins).


Now onto more serious matters. I'm going to highlight a few things that haven't been mentioned from what I've been reading on the boards.

TE Blocking & Physicality:
Will Mallory isn't physical at all. He got beat bad everytime he had to run block. Brevin wasn't much better but there were times where he actually stalemated Zuniga while blocking him 1 on 1. Back to Mallory, he isn't tough enough at this stage of his development. Something else I picked up on Mallory's drops were each time he was thrown the ball, he was in traffic and bracing for a hit from a defender. I need him to get tougher. I still believe he can be a good player.

WR Rotation:
I would've love to see Dee Wiggins test Marco's repaired ACL. Wilson is a physical corner that tends to remain discipline the 1st 10 yards of a receiver's route but after that he wants to be in the oppenents hip pocket, if not he panics. Wiggins deep speed would've been challenging for him. I know Thomas was playing but he had an off night so I would rather another player like a Wiggins or even a Hartley as they could've created problems for Wilson.

#55 is a Stone Wall:
Big Vaungh is the immovable object. There was a play where Zuniga stunted and all you see is 55 anchor down stop Zuniga right in his tracks. I know some might not like this but he needs to remain at guard.

Interior Oline Can be Very Good If We Leave It In Place But Have To Improve On Biltz Pick-up:
When UF stunted our interior did a really good job of picking it up but struggle mightly with delayed biltzes. UF sent biltzes from everywhere and at varying times. This falls on Gaynor. Gaynor did a good job for a majority of the night but the UF LB's had him beat a couple of times due to him not passing on a block to the guard and picking up the delayed biltz leading to interior pressure on Jarren.

#74 Looked Lost At Times:
This has been beaten to death so I'll leave it at that.

The Speed of The Game Was Too Fast For #60:
It looked as if he was waiting to see the ball be snapped before moving even though he knew the snap count. There were times where #60 would point out the correct biltz pick-up presnap but still be late in actually getting to his man which led him to overextend and hold.

#60 Balance Is Elite:
There were a myriad of times where you can see #60 overextend, be too high, or outright lean over to make a block but he never fell or was put on his ***. Balance like that is uncanny in lineman who weigh 285 or more. It's just hard to stay on your feet when shifting so much weight at once. That's an underrated ability in Tackles. If he puts it together he will be a high draft pick.

Our DT's Are Good Players But Not Playmakers:
People on this site were hyping up Ford. He performed well but didn't make enough plays. #96, #93, #99 were all good against the run and held their own at the point of attack but none were penetrating UF's line. This led to the low number of TFL's we had on the night. We've been spoiled the last 2 seasons with playmaking DT's, that might not be the case this year.

I think @DMoney made this point, but the DE's were tasked with trying to contain Franks:
Multiple times on film you see #97, #95, or # 15 drop from the line to shadow Franks. This contributed to our low sack total but our sack total should've been 4 if we were able to bring Franks down on the times we got there but failed to bring him down. I think you'll see us pressure Sam Howell during the UNC game.

#94 Is The New Major9/GW3:
He plays with a serous edge and has an aggressive attitude to him. He has the desire to break his opponents will. He played limited snaps but was constantly chirping after plays. I love it but I hope he can tame his anger, and doesn't cost us during the season.

I can't really comment on the safety play because I haven't been able to watch the skycam version yet.

**** good take
 
Michael Pinckney did not show up at all in this game. Very disappointed in his performance, more than one game changing play was his fault.
I disagree with this. Mullen didn't attack the middle of our defense, he attacked the edges. He did a great job of spreading our defense out which limits the plays that #55/#56 could make. Hence that is why the striker position was crucial and was able to make multiples plays during game. There was one play where Pinckney criticism is valid. If you watch the second TD UF scores, Mullen did a great of clearing out the middle to hit us with the Whip/Texas route to the RB but if Pickney would've engaged the RB out of the backfield and not allow him to get into his route, it would've forced Franks to look elsewhere and we know that's a struggle area for Franks.
 
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I've watched the game 3 times now. I recommend those with free time to watch the game with the play speed slowed down. It really helps you understand what is going on and lets you really see the play develop.

For those who don't know how to slow down video play speed: Go to the video settings. Click playback speed and choose 0.50 or 0.75, 1 is normal play speed. I've attched a video that shows the entire game in a condense form (23mins).


Now onto more serious matters. I'm going to highlight a few things that haven't been mentioned from what I've been reading on the boards.

TE Blocking & Physicality:
Will Mallory isn't physical at all. He got beat bad everytime he had to run block. Brevin wasn't much better but there were times where he actually stalemated Zuniga while blocking him 1 on 1. Back to Mallory, he isn't tough enough at this stage of his development. Something else I picked up on Mallory's drops were each time he was thrown the ball, he was in traffic and bracing for a hit from a defender. I need him to get tougher. I still believe he can be a good player.

WR Rotation:
I would've love to see Dee Wiggins test Marco's repaired ACL. Wilson is a physical corner that tends to remain discipline the 1st 10 yards of a receiver's route but after that he wants to be in the oppenents hip pocket, if not he panics. Wiggins deep speed would've been challenging for him. I know Thomas was playing but he had an off night so I would rather another player like a Wiggins or even a Hartley as they could've created problems for Wilson.

#55 is a Stone Wall:
Big Vaungh is the immovable object. There was a play where Zuniga stunted and all you see is 55 anchor down stop Zuniga right in his tracks. I know some might not like this but he needs to remain at guard.

Interior Oline Can be Very Good If We Leave It In Place But Have To Improve On Biltz Pick-up:
When UF stunted our interior did a really good job of picking it up but struggle mightly with delayed biltzes. UF sent biltzes from everywhere and at varying times. This falls on Gaynor. Gaynor did a good job for a majority of the night but the UF LB's had him beat a couple of times due to him not passing on a block to the guard and picking up the delayed biltz leading to interior pressure on Jarren.

#74 Looked Lost At Times:
This has been beaten to death so I'll leave it at that.

The Speed of The Game Was Too Fast For #60:
It looked as if he was waiting to see the ball be snapped before moving even though he knew the snap count. There were times where #60 would point out the correct biltz pick-up presnap but still be late in actually getting to his man which led him to overextend and hold.

#60 Balance Is Elite:
There were a myriad of times where you can see #60 overextend, be too high, or outright lean over to make a block but he never fell or was put on his ***. Balance like that is uncanny in lineman who weigh 285 or more. It's just hard to stay on your feet when shifting so much weight at once. That's an underrated ability in Tackles. If he puts it together he will be a high draft pick.

Our DT's Are Good Players But Not Playmakers:
People on this site were hyping up Ford. He performed well but didn't make enough plays. #96, #93, #99 were all good against the run and held their own at the point of attack but none were penetrating UF's line. This led to the low number of TFL's we had on the night. We've been spoiled the last 2 seasons with playmaking DT's, that might not be the case this year.

I think @DMoney made this point, but the DE's were tasked with trying to contain Franks:
Multiple times on film you see #97, #95, or # 15 drop from the line to shadow Franks. This contributed to our low sack total but our sack total should've been 4 if we were able to bring Franks down on the times we got there but failed to bring him down. I think you'll see us pressure Sam Howell during the UNC game.

#94 Is The New Major9/GW3:
He plays with a serous edge and has an aggressive attitude to him. He has the desire to break his opponents will. He played limited snaps but was constantly chirping after plays. I love it but I hope he can tame his anger, and doesn't cost us during the season.

I can't really comment on the safety play because I haven't been able to watch the skycam version yet.

Great stuff and not redundant at all, which is hard to do right now.
 
I have only one question.... was that the stupidest team we have ever played?
That gator team was dumb, led by an equally idiotic QB..
As a team they nearly did everything to lose on Saturday...

Good point. The pass interference on 4 & 34 when the WR was well short of the first down even if he made the catch up was particularly brilliant.

Canes won’t Have the luxury of playing a team like that again.
 

Picture that highlights one of the points made in the initial post. If Gaynor passes on the block to 51 and pick ups the delayed biltz, we score 6 on this play.
 

Picture that highlights one of the points made in the initial post. If Gaynor passes on the block to 51 and pick ups the delayed biltz, we score 6 on this play.

That can happen but deejay went over to help Zion who was getting destroyed. Maybe he was supposed to pick up the linebacker but anyways if gaynor saw him he should have engaged with him or something because as you said that’s a td
 
That can happen but deejay went over to help Zion who was getting destroyed. Maybe he was supposed to pick up the linebacker but anyways if gaynor saw him he should have engaged with him or something because as you said that’s a td
Deejay wouldn't have been able to help because the LB came late on the delay so Deejay was never aware he was coming. Gaynor has to make the block and honestly it's his block to make, not Deejay based on the numbers.
 
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If you watch the second TD UF scores, Mullen did a great of clearing out the middle to hit us with the Whip/Texas route to the RB but if Pickney would've engaged the RB out of the backfield and not allow him to get into his route, it would've forced Franks to look elsewhere and we know that's a struggle area for Franks.

Hard to engage the RB when He shook you out of your shoes. We had 5 defenders covering 3 guys on the other side of the field, why??? Dumb defense.
 
Hard to engage the RB when He shook you out of your shoes. We had 5 defenders covering 3 guys on the other side of the field, why??? Dumb defense.
All Pickney has to do is bang into or get hands on Perrine to disrupt the timing of the route.
The alignment of the formation caused an unbalanced by Miami, but we still could've shut that play down if Pickney plays smarter and Shaq follows the QB eyes and doesn't guess slant from the slot WR.
 
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