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Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 10:50 AM
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Someone made a disparaging comment about our pass routes a couple weeks back......I think it was RG3. After hearing that, I began to break down the game film like a coach would do and by george RG3 is correct. Watch the WR's from Bama, Ole Miss, even Pitt. On every pass play there is a slant and a crossing route by "at least" one receiver. Sometimes multiple receivers are crossing over the middle on the same play. All those long TD's by Bama don't just happen by accident the past few years. Sure, they have great, speedy receivers, no question. But the number of plays that they bust wide open on slants, posts and other routes over the middle is outstanding. If the defense covers these slants and crossing routes, then the deep sidelines open up. How many times over the past few years have we seen and long pass to a wide open receiver down the sideline for Bama where the safety was occupied with the slant and deep post route. Bunches. If the safety goes wide, then he leaves the post open, which Bama gets a lot. It is not complicated. I think what most Tiger fans are tired of is that we do not even attempt crossing routes, slants, TE drag over the middle, etc.. The middle of the field has been wide open game after game and we do not even try. Mike Leach has a saying that virtually explains his offensive philosophy: "We just go where the green grass is." That is what they do. And that is exactly what we do NOT do.
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Seems we also do not use paragraphs***
Oct 11, 2021, 11:09 AM
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Re: Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 11:16 AM
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I noticed the same thing watching the Justin Fields highlights at OSU when he was there and TL was here. ESPN would gloat that he was putting up big #s compared to TL and therefore better, but his receivers were often Wide Open. TL never had that luxury. TL had to throw darts and often jump balls because our receivers were always covered. So, this is a long standing problem and not due to our current batch of receivers. Who ever is designing their routes is the problem.
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He's coaching at South Florida... We're still looking for
Oct 11, 2021, 11:23 AM
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the next Renfrow or Rodgers... Maybe put Price back on scholly and run the ball. No "niche'...
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Re: Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 11:27 AM
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If there is one example of a QB struggling to read a defense and having a OC amend/simplify his normal gameplan to within the QB capacity, it would be RGIII (see washington).
It isn't just a "make the WR run different routes" it also comes back down to DJ being able to read the D and know where his WR will be in space. Jawja kinda showed that DJ was struggling to be on the same page. As a result, TE has tried to simplify the asks that DJ needs to make. DJ is overtinking and taking to long and being indecisive. DJ can't find the green grass in under 5 seconds. His delays is tossing off the timing. To get a D to react to the slant he has to be able to make the slant a risk for the D. Him tossing to a slant is a risk... for us See Georgia.
I don't disagree that our O is predictable but we are just getting to a point where we can execute the basics and then move on, however going complex when simple is an issue just makes the problem worse.
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Re: Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 11:45 AM
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Poor pass routes and receivers not getting separation and running wrong route. Receivers blocking poorly. DJ passing poorly.
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Re: Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 6:02 PM
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Poor pass routes and receivers not getting separation and running wrong route. Receivers blocking poorly. DJ passing poorly.
You forgot O line blocking poorly too!
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All-TigerNet [10460]
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Re: Professional comments were correct re: routes
Oct 11, 2021, 1:35 PM
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DJ also tends to miss high with his passes. That’s a bad miss when throwing over the middle. So, we don’t throw there much.
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Yep, we continually turn the sideline into an
Oct 11, 2021, 11:30 AM
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Extra defender for the opposition
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It seems that about 90% of our passes are to a sideline
Oct 11, 2021, 5:58 PM
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which is the best defender out there...especially with DJU throwing it so erratically. If the Tigers were to use the middle of the field more, there might be a few more catches & RAC's.
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