Re: TNET: Elliott knows offense has room to grow, hopes the growth starts up front

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Ok, this is where I cry Shenanigans!

Oct 1, 2021, 8:39 AM

While I mostly agree with what he is saying in principle, here is where I have heartache with it. They keep saying they need to find the right 5..BS! You had the spring, you had fall camp, and now we are going into game 5 and we don't have the "Right combination " figured out? What the actual heck? At this point you should have LONG since known who you had and what they could do. That is coaching and evaluation of talent! Can they continue to gel as a unit for get better? Sure and PLEASE DO! But at this point they should have it locked down on who is who. But it is also one of the main reasons that I think it's ALWAYS a bad thing when Freshman are even considered to be starters on the O line. Give me a bunch of 4th year Junior, 5th (Or this seasons 6th) year seniors on the O Line.. fully grown, 325+ Grown MEN. Not high rated, high upside kids that are popping pimples and still pooping out cake from their senior prom! This has infuriated me for YEARS. Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa...they all take 2, maybe 3 star kids. walk on even and in 4+ years have turned them into run blocking bulldozers. We get guys that every program wants and they all go undrafted and could clear a lane through a bunch of kittens. Best IS the standard, yet in this we have repeatedly underperformed. For YEARS. Enough with the "Aww shucks" Enough with the "We didn't expect that" That's what ALL other team's will try to do. But heck, now they don't even have to surprise you Tony.. the word is out.. What ya gonna do? Wait..I'm a prophet.. Next week we hear once again, "Still trying to find the right combo"... SMH. Go Tigers!

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if that was the case, it would have been fixed already.

There are a number of issues that have to be worked-out. It all starts with the fact that Clemson is playing with 9 of 11 new starters on that side of the ball and that youth, inexperience, the corresponding mistakes, and at times a lack of focus has manifest itself into the product we've seen on the field.

While I think DJ has the potential to be a great QB, he is not a dual threat QB like DW and TL. He is a pro-style QB and, therefore, he is not going to flourish in the same scheme that TE designed for DW and TL. It's jut not going to happen. The staff has to create and call plays to take advantage of the strengths/skills that DJ does have.

The game is moving really fast for DJ right now so they need to slow it down for him by calling plays that don't require him to think so much or progress through too many reads. He's a first year starter and he doesn't have the experience yet against the variety of coverages and looks defenses are giving him in an attempt to confuse him.

The offense will get better but there are probably going to be some more growing pains along the say.

TNET: Elliott knows offense has room to grow, hopes the growth starts up front