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PennsylvaniaCane

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Second game in a row they’ve gotten stuffed on 3rd/4th and 1 where they insisted on bringing in 3 or 4 250lb TEs, running a goal line set and then trying to run behind a 290 lb center and 280 lb guard. Why have they gone away from bringing in a bunch of 330 lb OL to line up at TE? Do they not have a 300 lb OL on the bench that can play the H-Back role like SJ did last year? It’s not like they’re asking them to do anything elaborate. You’re just lining up, keeping your pad levels low, and driving the defender.
 
112_cane said:
The difference is Anez, CiCi and Bell are in the NFL.
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That makes no difference. If they’re gonna line up and try to bully a 1 yard gain then they need the extra bodies (mass) to do it. Your assertion is that they’re smaller in the front 5 than last year so the solution is to go even smaller when you try to bully a yard?
 
The U is back to work said:
The one where we flew in the air in place instead of going forward?
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Ok your theory that mass equals push, then why not find the fattest guy jnnthe stadium and out him on the line.

The earlier post said it, Cici, Bell and Cooper are in the NFL. That's the biggest change. Having really good players makes all your play all look like good ones.
 
Arehel said:
Ok your theory that mass equals push, then why not find the fattest guy jnnthe stadium and out him on the line.

The earlier post said it, Cici, Bell and Cooper are in the NFL. That's the biggest change. Having really good players makes all your play all look like good ones.
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And even then we used a 6th OL and a FB often. With those elite players who as you said all made the league. The point is that Dawson abandoned it completely compared to last year. I wish he explained the reasoning for it.
 
The U is back to work said:
And even then we used a 6th OL and a FB often. With those elite players who as you said all made the league. The point is that Dawson abandoned it completely compared to last year. I wish he explained the reasoning for it.
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Yes because we don't have that type of depth, this year, we're building to it. We don't have the person they want as a body type of a FB.

Last year was a different team with Beck at QB now it's Mensah. I can go on for more reasons.
He doesn't owe the fans an explanation as to why offense shape differently every year with different personal, seems pretty obvious it should.
 
I think some of you are missing the point.

Last year we had a huge OL. And on short yardage we brought in 2-3 huge OL to run the ball right inside. Worked most of the time.

Now we have a smaller OL and we bring in a bunch of TEs and try running the ball right in the A gap and wonder why it gets stuffed?

You mean to tell me we don’t have 2-3 OL on the bench that can put their hand in the dirt and keep their pad levels low and get a yard or two of push? On those short yardage plays what’s wrong with moving SJ out to a TE spot at the end of the line and bringing in someone with mass?
 
PennsylvaniaCane said:
I think some of you are missing the point.

Last year we had a huge OL. And on short yardage we brought in 2-3 huge OL to run the ball right inside. Worked most of the time.

Now we have a smaller OL and we bring in a bunch of TEs and try running the ball right in the A gap and wonder why it gets stuffed?

You mean to tell me we don’t have 2-3 OL on the bench that can put their hand in the dirt and keep their pad levels low and get a yard or two of push? On those short yardage plays what’s wrong with moving SJ out to a TE spot at the end of the line and bringing in someone with mass?
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Preach- honestly thought this was a great opportunity to get cantwell snaps every game. Those 4/5 times a game it’s third or fourth and short, bring Cantwell in as an extra tackle off samsons left side and let him get after it. Odd that we didn’t
 
We lost 120 combined starts to the NFL on OL.. Went from best OL in country to middle of the road in the ACC.. Clearly that matters in short yardage situations
 
PennsylvaniaCane said:
That makes no difference. If they’re gonna line up and try to bully a 1 yard gain then they need the extra bodies (mass) to do it. Your assertion is that they’re smaller in the front 5 than last year so the solution is to go even smaller when you try to bully a yard?
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"That makes no difference."

Lol

What?
 
Hegemon said:
"That makes no difference."

Lol

What?
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probably not the best choice of words.

My point is we were huge last year, went even bigger in short yardage and picked up the yards needed.

This year we are much smaller and rather than trying to get bigger in short yardage we go even smaller but try to run the same things we did last year.
 
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