Re: Are our WRs simply not able to get open downfield, or is

It's all 3. Everything is happening so fast for Cade. He can't look at a front and see where the free rusher is coming. The offensive line can't open any holes in the run game. A young guy struggling to process what he sees needs a run game. B/C the line can't open holes, play action doesn't hold the 2nd or 3rd levels of the defense. The receivers are always working against an over the top umbrella. Cade isn't processing what he sees fast enough to handle the short passing game. The only deep throw he's had that didn't have over the top help was the double move to Beaux at Syracuse. It's a terrible mix. If one of these things was consistently happening, the offense would struggle. With all 3, well, you don't need me to tell you what the scoreboard says at the end of each game.

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Oct 28, 2023, 7:54 PM

It is literally a combination of everything you said.

Broken down… we have ONE WR that can create separation and that’s a freshman in Tyler Brown who was literally a fall back guy after we lost Nathaniel Joseph. That’s literally the only reason TB is on this team.

Cade is a problem in himself. He has ZERO pocket presence or awareness. He doesn’t feel pressure at all. Like literally not at all. I’ve never seen one QB get lit up by DB blitzes the way he has multiple times this season. You might see 1 or 2 of those happen to a QB in an entire season. I know of at least 5 times off the top of my head I’ve seen it happen to Cade in 8 games.

What happens to a QB who doesn’t feel pressure? He starts to get happy feet which we see with Cade constantly. He almost never goes through any progressions. If his 1st read isn’t there… he bails the pocket 98% of the time.

The OL is the cause for some of Cades problems but not all. Even when Cade has a clean pocket if his first read is taken away… those feet start moving a mile a minute and he usually takes a sack or throws the ball away… down wasted.

The OL is a problem all by itself however. This may seriously be the worst OL we’ve had under Dabo but it’s the most OL talent we’ve had under Dabo. How does that make sense? It makes sense bc Thomas Austin is lost and has no clue how to develop or coach these guys. Which makes sense considering he had little to no experience before being hired by a top 5 Clemson program when he was hired.

The OL is soft.. weak… mentally challenged constantly… they don’t pick up blitzes… they don’t pick up stunts… they don’t pick DBs coming in hot… they almost never open any holes for the backs.

It really is a combination of all things but the common denominator between this scheme the players and the coaches is the one man who chose to bring all these specific people into the program and that man is… Dabo Swinney.

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Are our WRs simply not able to get open downfield, or is