Passing Game Through Week 3

[Al Foil]

Anyone notice we have not seen much of Berrios or Herndon in first three games.

Richt is saving the middle short game for the big ones.

 

[Lutzboy247]

Weren't a lot of people defending Brad after FAU claiming his poor play to that point was on the O line for not protecting him? Yet he's only thrown 9 passes under pressure through 3 games.

Those numbers are just after week two, all 9 under pressures were in the FAU game, got hit while throwing on one of the picks that he threw as well so I'd say ya it was the Oline, they played much better this week in Kaaya looked great.

 

[Golsen82]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

 

[skyman]

Speaking of throwing deep, did you guys watch the Okie State/Pitt game last week? Gundy bombed the ever living **** out of Pitt. I've never seen an offense throw deep as often as they did. Literally every pass play was a deep throw, and they had some enormous success.

Wa****here had some absurd receiving numbers in the first half. Something like 250 yards receiving for him in the first half. I'm surprised #14 for Pitt even came out of the locker room after halftime.

Yeah. I watched that. Okie exposed how slow Pitt was as a defense. Washington lit torch after torch.

I hope Rick takes notes. The vaunted Narduzzi defense was totally exposed. And Rudolph isn't even a great passer.

Mich St d obviously is the same, but dantonio and obviously an extension to narduzzi believe in putting the CB on islands ALL game. They believe in the % that you won't be able to convert a low percentage pass before their pass rush/blitz gets there. They coach up those dbs good hence why they get drafted and few teams have talent with online to protect, QB to throw deep accurate under duress and wr to make plays but when they do it is big plays..

Remember OSU a couple years ago with big arm QB and speedy wr did something.. A bunch of big plays that capitalized on single coverage. We should be able to also but most teams on their schedule probably can't hence why mich St is still a solid team years later

 

[DTP]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

Technically, Richt bubble screened App State to death.

 

[AV1994]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

Technically, Richt bubble screened App State to death.

Richt did it at the correct time though, thats the difference

 

[firstandcanes]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

Technically, Richt bubble screened App State to death.

Richt did it at the correct time though, thats the difference

And if it's picking up 8 to 10 yards a pop, why go away from it?

 

[bshaw28]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Running game came down to earth? I'll take 5.3 yards per rush every game.

I'll take 5.3 against ACC opponents for sure.

But last year in 8 ACC games, we went over 3.1 ypc in only 1 game (4.0 vs. UVA). We averaged under 3 ypc in 5 ACC games. We had averaged 4 ypc or more in each of the 4 September Non-ACC games in 2015.

Against App St. half our rushing yards came on Walton's 80 yd run, which was kind of a freak play. For the rest of the game the RB's averaged 3.5 yards on 27 carries. After the first run, we only had 1 other run over 5 yards until the 4th quarter when the game was already a blow out.

Our ypc has dropped significantly as the quality of the opponent has gotten better, and the defenses are about to get a lot tougher:

FAMU - 10.4
FAU - 7.2
App St. - 5.3

 

[DTP]

While the offensive line hasn't been dominant as run blockers, it's tough to run the ball consistently against a team selling out to stop the run on every down. If The line was struggling blocking App's front four, I'd be more concerned but they were bringing 5 or 6 guys every play. That's why receivers were so wide open. They started the game by playing 8-10 yards off and Richt screened 'em to death. Once they started bringing DBs up to defend the short pass, there were guys running free downfield. It would be great if we had a super dominant line that could just line up and maul everybody. That's not the case here, although they've looked much better than last season. The good news is, we have a coach and a quarterback that can exploit an opponent's weakness. If they want to play the pass, we can run. If they want to gang up on the run, we can pass.

 

[kryptonite]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Running game came down to earth? I'll take 5.3 yards per rush every game.

I'll take 5.3 against ACC opponents for sure.

But last year in 8 ACC games, we went over 3.1 ypc in only 1 game (4.0 vs. UVA). We averaged under 3 ypc in 5 ACC games. We had averaged 4 ypc or more in each of the 4 September Non-ACC games in 2015.

Against App St. half our rushing yards came on Walton's 80 yd run, which was kind of a freak play. For the rest of the game the RB's averaged 3.5 yards on 27 carries. After the first run, we only had 1 other run over 5 yards until the 4th quarter when the game was already a blow out.

Our ypc has dropped significantly as the quality of the opponent has gotten better, and the defenses are about to get a lot tougher:

FAMU - 10.4
FAU - 7.2
App St. - 5.3

I'd like to see those rushing numbers stay high against quality opponents but as somebody mentioned, if they sell out against the run and the passing game opens up its all good.

 

[Astcloud11]

I would like to see our RB's break records this year.

 

[Canezum5]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

Technically, Richt bubble screened App State to death.

Richt did it at the correct time though, thats the difference

It was a weak spot I was raving about before the game all week. Tennessee never tried to exploit apps weak coverage.

Richt did what every smart coordinator did to us over the Golden era. You run every possible combination of short routes and plays in the flats and force us to play closer to the line of scrimmage or get eaten alive the entire way down the field.

When app finally adjusted, and brought their Dbacks closer to the LOS, they all of a sudden didn't look like a bad tackling team. Presnap alignment is everything.

The greatness of Richt/Kaaya is the "Taking the top off" by hitting Richards deep as soon as they adjust to play up on the LOS. Totally breaking the will and confidence of the defense.

Richt is tactical. He doesn't just run bubble screen after bubble screen with no method/reason like Coley did.

 

[Hurracanes]

It was great to see Kaaya bounce back from a bad week.

The running game came back down to Earth last week, so we'll need the passing game to carry us most weeks.

Its called coaching, App St stopped our run for a while so we adjusted and beat them in the passing game. Coley woulda just ran or throw a bubble screen every other play...

Technically, Richt bubble screened App State to death.

This. Fail from the previous poster.

 

[onplane]

Wasn't weak right but it wasn't accurate either,. He overthrew a wide open receiver. Berrios made Brad look good on that spectacular catch.

Interesting about Brad throwing to his left. I think I remember an interview with someone during the off-season that said throwing to his left had been a weakness.

Pass to Berrios wasnt weak, thats for sure

 

[kryptonite]

Wasn't weak right but it wasn't accurate either,. He overthrew a wide open receiver. Berrios made Brad look good on that spectacular catch.

Interesting about Brad throwing to his left. I think I remember an interview with someone during the off-season that said throwing to his left had been a weakness.

Pass to Berrios wasnt weak, thats for sure

No, he put the ball where only his guy could get it. Didn't need to place it that well, but better than getting sloppy because he felt he had some room.