Remember, we have an incredibly gifted QB, but he is a freshman. He will only get better. We have solid receivers but not great speed, and only two are tall enough to go up for the 50/50 ball. The next part is scheme, and that means Harsin needs to figure out how to get guys open for short passes when defenses stack the box and press cover. Otherwise it's going to be a long season.
Our WRs room is probably the least talented group that we have had in 25 years. They don’t scare anyone. They have no speed and drop a lot of balls. It’s a G5 group of WRs
I think Anae has done a good job. You have to realize that everything is interconnected. If receivers don't get open when the QB is trying to deliver a quick pass then he holds the ball longer. If the defense has an all out pressure coming, even with a four man rush, then it's hard as an o-linemen to stop all of them. It's a combo of a lot of things. I will say the quality of our O-Line has gone up from both a size and athleticism standpoint, however they are far from being the most athletic O-Line in football. Duke has an outstanding O-Line. Just remember, its all connected and a weakness in one place creates a ripple effect in others.
You are right on. When your opponent is bringing more than 4 rushers and doing stunts with those coming, then you have to have an audible system to change plays to short patterns so your QB can get the ball off in less than 3 seconds.
Yeah i didn’t have a place to put my original post after he got fired so this was the closest article to the timing of his firing… he succeeded at Vandy and Bill O’Brien wasn’t very good at PSU before he got there so I think he’d be a good fit for us…
His consistency would at least get us to a place where we could try to recruit an offense. Turning down 9-10 wins per season at Cal because of his struggles to win the B10 is asinine.
Mixed up my responses with you and PCWT.. but same sentiment, re offense. I'm not sure how much his recruiting was PSU vs himself, since their program has long been able to get talent before him, but his offenses have largely sucked either way despite getting top HS QBs.. at this point though I'm not sure what it even takes to win here. We haven't been able to recruit high school since Tedford . It's not unimaginable that we would completely fail here though.
All of JKS's sacks and interceptions came after he injured his left leg. On the interceptions, it seemed he couldn't fully weight his left leg. On the sacks, I think he didn't have enough mobility to deal with the OL break downs.
Thanks for the work on this. Although a weakness in our passing game this year has been the number of interceptions thrown, now stands at 7. Mendoza had just 6 for the entire season. for the Realize we have a young talented QB. Just now his QB rating is 15th in the ACC. I assume most of that is a result of the picks. He will certainly learn for those mistakes.
Great charts! Only nitpick is that it would be great to have number of catches/yards on the y axes, as otherwise the magnitude of the data is lost and we only see the relative distributions.
Remember, we have an incredibly gifted QB, but he is a freshman. He will only get better. We have solid receivers but not great speed, and only two are tall enough to go up for the 50/50 ball. The next part is scheme, and that means Harsin needs to figure out how to get guys open for short passes when defenses stack the box and press cover. Otherwise it's going to be a long season.
We have the worst receiver group ever
Comparable to 2008 when we started the season with Sean Young and Lareylle Cunningham as starters
I disagree. Rugbear has it spot on. The receivers are not bad ... they just are not particularly fast...and we don't have proven depth.
I saw plenty of drops by the WRs these first 5 games. Especially against SDSU
They also can't consistently hold on to balls that hit them in the chest and hands...
And teach the receivers to catch those short passes.
It's the RBs that have been dropping balls lately.
That is especially true during the Duke game.
Our WRs room is probably the least talented group that we have had in 25 years. They don’t scare anyone. They have no speed and drop a lot of balls. It’s a G5 group of WRs
Wilcox gonna Wilcox.
I hoped Anae would be more effective.
I think Anae has done a good job. You have to realize that everything is interconnected. If receivers don't get open when the QB is trying to deliver a quick pass then he holds the ball longer. If the defense has an all out pressure coming, even with a four man rush, then it's hard as an o-linemen to stop all of them. It's a combo of a lot of things. I will say the quality of our O-Line has gone up from both a size and athleticism standpoint, however they are far from being the most athletic O-Line in football. Duke has an outstanding O-Line. Just remember, its all connected and a weakness in one place creates a ripple effect in others.
Duke was able to generate pressure with a 3-men front though. That is far from ideal.
You are right on. When your opponent is bringing more than 4 rushers and doing stunts with those coming, then you have to have an audible system to change plays to short patterns so your QB can get the ball off in less than 3 seconds.
They generated pressure with a 2-man front though.
Yeah i didn’t have a place to put my original post after he got fired so this was the closest article to the timing of his firing… he succeeded at Vandy and Bill O’Brien wasn’t very good at PSU before he got there so I think he’d be a good fit for us…
Can we hire James Franklin?!
For a good offense? No thanks
His consistency would at least get us to a place where we could try to recruit an offense. Turning down 9-10 wins per season at Cal because of his struggles to win the B10 is asinine.
Mixed up my responses with you and PCWT.. but same sentiment, re offense. I'm not sure how much his recruiting was PSU vs himself, since their program has long been able to get talent before him, but his offenses have largely sucked either way despite getting top HS QBs.. at this point though I'm not sure what it even takes to win here. We haven't been able to recruit high school since Tedford . It's not unimaginable that we would completely fail here though.
I'm more responding re: this being a post about the Offense. Also question what he could do here, though I'm sure it would be better than Wilcox.
how about for 8 - 10 wins a season? better than what we got now
I'd take that for sure.. if he could do it at Cal
All of JKS's sacks and interceptions came after he injured his left leg. On the interceptions, it seemed he couldn't fully weight his left leg. On the sacks, I think he didn't have enough mobility to deal with the OL break downs.
Can u explain why we get sacked by a 3 man rush regularly
Between the OL communicating and holding blocks, against Duke it seemed like, not holding blocks long enough was the main culprit.
Thanks for the work on this. Although a weakness in our passing game this year has been the number of interceptions thrown, now stands at 7. Mendoza had just 6 for the entire season. for the Realize we have a young talented QB. Just now his QB rating is 15th in the ACC. I assume most of that is a result of the picks. He will certainly learn for those mistakes.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/qbr/_/group/1
Thanks, EWS.
Good stuff.
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/fernando-mendoza-indiana-cal-2bd2445e?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAggfV4ZuHtIxqVGnvIa8Ttx7sdcs6lTo1Kn4ERLx3ch-NdCSrpVyAZmMUQ1pu4%3D&gaa_ts=68e82b1f&gaa_sig=dwmcfJkLTo3oeornEDt1evTZfdwqDND0NnnknnJ06oD2i93oZFi7JzIWIKb_K7_NZnNnNAfz3J0Zrw-gep4k5w%3D%3D
Great charts! Only nitpick is that it would be great to have number of catches/yards on the y axes, as otherwise the magnitude of the data is lost and we only see the relative distributions.