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9 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:
Shit 5 if we’re being honest
I mean when Beck has a bad game he really has a bad game.
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4 got-damned interceptions? Wow
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4 hours ago, Codaxx said:
This is a teaching problem
You need to work together on zone. You are asking your LG to block a 0 tech over the center, that is a big ask. For the LG to get there he needs the center to give the 0 tech a good punch to allow the LG a chance to make that block, instead the center just vacates the area and moves straight to his assignment
Hutson makes 0 attempt to help Baker. Baker is an extremely athletic Guard and he has 0 chance to make this block. There are strength and athleticism issues, especially when they asked Stroh to block OZ. The bigger issues are fundamental technique. Lot of what I see is guys focusing strictly on their assignment. You are not seeing everyone consistently work together on zone. You also see it on pass pro with stunts. Someone will stunt around an OL and that OL stands there, allows him to cross his face, and does not give him a solid punch to at least slow him down. I remember a play in pass pro, where Wisner is one on one with DE. There are 2 OL standing like scare crows blocking nobody. Technically they did nothing wrong. The stood in their slide area and nobody showed up, but in reality the LG/LT (forgot which) should have had his head on a swivel and helped Wisner.
Even with momentary help, I do not there is any way Brooks could handle him as he is already across his face. Now if the play was coming his way yes. These kinds of things are the reason for a lot of out failures along the o-line. Just making shit difficult for no reason.
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12 hours ago, Shaddie said:
Question for the brains.
It “seems” like our lines don’t function unless we have 5* stars at most positions. Is our blocking technique (zone blocks) too hard and guys are confused who to block or something else.Man I really wish I was at the house for this so I could show clips. As @BurntOrange&White said, basically the guys are being asked to do shit they arent capable of. Sometimes its a strength issue. Sometimes its technical. Let me give you an example of what he means. Cut to the 7:20 mark. There is a DT playing 1 tech(in the gap between the center and guard) in the left a gap. We are handing the ball off to the right and we are asking the left guard to reach a DT with the playing going away from him. Not sure how he, or anyone, is going to do that. In the Arch thread I used the phrase systemic issues. This is what I mean.
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2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:
I still don't understand how the OL that looked like utter dogshit against Florida held up much better against OU's (better) front 7.
1 hour ago, JBJ said:BV has always struggled against Stretch. And Wisner is really good at finding and hitting the holes.
As JBJ here said, BV struggles against stretch/WZ/OZ. There are different types of fronts. Florida is a big, physical front that ties up your O-line and doesn't allow blockers to get to the second level. They are gap sound, so they just lean on you and no gaps are available for backs to dance around in. Meanwhile Oklahoma's front gets it done by being athletic and disruptive. Shooting gaps, and causing havoc is what they do. But that favors a backs like Wisner. Wisner will intentionally step into a gap to make defenders commit then bounce to another one. He understands how to sell his intentions and overly aggressive fronts like OUs pay for it.
In the passing game we just got the ball out quicker. Simple as that. We increased the amount of screens we ran and it looked like someone really got in Arch's ear about finding the checkdowns. Long developing routes were still there he just wasn't taking them. Everyone wants to credit Sark as if he really made some big changes when Arch should get the credit for coming into this game determined to not hold the ball. Dude completed balls for 166 yards. Thats under 8 per catch. To put that in perspective, Quinn Ewers, Mr Dink-and-Dunk, averaged 11.89 per catch last year. Arch is still missing reads. He was just listening to his bio-clock this game.
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4 hours ago, Codaxx said:
remember sidearm throw completed = crafty
sidearm throw incomplete = shitty mechanics.
100%!!!! There is nothing wrong with a sidearm throw. Most QBs these dys are taught to change platforms. Of all the things to complain about with Arch this ain't it.
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12 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Given his experience he’s now the worst starting lineman on our team.
Yep. He was awful last year too. People just weren't paying attention. Seem like we should be able to replace him but here we are.
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3 hours ago, 6th Street said:
The offense should be re-designed around the QB run - like a true zone read offense. Play to his strengths rather than try to turn him into a traditional dropback pocket passer.
The crazy part is this offense IS built for him. Let me explain. Outside zone is what made the Shanahans famous. Faking that stretch play and the QB boot out the back is what we were opening up games with like 4 games in a row. And because its OZ its easy to wash down the defensive like on the zone read leaving the QB with only second and third level guys to worry about. I think once he has a full command of it people will love what we are currently doing. He can run or throw off of it really well.
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4 minutes ago, Derka said:
yes, this is a totally germane point and a completely earnest way to begin a discussion about quarterbacking stats. 🙄
Of course you cut off the rest of my comment. Again disingenuous.
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1 minute ago, Derka said:
oh i’m aware. but try telling that to the gaggle of derka stans who are currently making this all about me. all i’ve done in this thread is respond to other people’s posts.
@Thatguy made it about quinn
@SydneyCarton made it about me
don’t turn around and blame any of this shit on me when all i’m doing is responding to other people’s posts. i did not introduce quinn ewers into this thread, and i certainly am not the one currently renting like an unhinged child @SydneyCarton because someone else posted stats that i didn’t like.
y’all are adults. stop whining and own your shit.
Lol. Here we go...
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10 minutes ago, Derka said:
no, the stats say how quinn ewers performed throwing intermediate passes last year.
the rejection of stats, facts, and hard data continues to plague the people of this country.
Black people are 53% of all US murder arrests is a stat. But another stat is black people are 7.5 times more likely to be falsely accused, as well as black people constitute 55% of the exonerations. A person could shout the first stat from the mountain top while ignoring the other two that tell another part of the story. That is what you are doing here, Derka, and its disingenuous.
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4 minutes ago, Derka said:
statistically and anecdotally this is not true.
statistically: QE was accurate on ~65% of his on platform intermediate throws, which is fine, but is not the drew brees-esque “always puts it on the money” type accuracy you describe. and again, this is on platform. knowing how often he threw the ball off platform would suggest that his overall number is significantly lower.
anecdotally: ewers had xavier worthy, ad mitchell, matthew golden, isaiah bond, jt sanders, gunnar helm, and jordan whittington to throw the ball to, behind a a great o line at that. Texas doesn’t mightily struggle to get first downs (forget scoring points) against the likes of a&m, kentucky, vanderbilt, arizona state, etc if ewers was really out there just putting the ball on the money all day to his bevy of nfl wr’s, many of whom thrived in the intermediate area of the field.
Stats say whatever you want them to say Derka. For example the stats say that Ewers was mid on intermediate routes. Then you watch a game and see him intentionally throw two balls out the back of the end zone and then another two into the stands to avoid a sack and there goes his percentage, right? Truth is if you watch him he wasn't missing a bunch of intermediate throws. The stats count those throwaways just the same. The stats also dont take into account what you are being asked to do, meaning not all intermediate throws are the same. A receiver driving 15 yards down field and sitting down is not the same as a 15-20 yard dig. That dig is a big boy throw, but it counts the same in the stat book. Sarkisians offense requires big boy quarterbacking as his routes are almost always on the move.
We haven't had a great O-line. We couldn't run the ball vs talented fronts, Cam Williams was a turnstile, and we had left guard problems even then. What a lot of people dont understand is the issues are largely systemic. We've consistently asked people to do things they cannot do. Like we run this play every game and its stupid. We run a play action pass where the line blocks just like its split zone. In case you didnt know split zone is inside zone but where the TE comes from the Hback spot all the way across the formation to block the backside DE. Probably a 1/3 of Ewers sacks came from that dumb ass blocking scheme. Slow devloping ply asking a guy to do something he cannot. We had one great lineman. Guys like Cam Williams got drafted on measurables. If he was good he goes in the first round. Everyone else was adequate to bad. Ewers just learned to get the ball out quickly.
Again, we had one freakish receiver and a bunch of other solid ones. Like I said, if your receivers are going to the league it means the QB is playing well. Quit making it like Ewers didnt help get them where they were. He had a huge hand in that. Have some respect.
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8 hours ago, Zeus said:Ewers seemed to be gifted in giving guys a good ball with a chance to gain yards. Unfortunately the placement isn’t as great with Arch he kind of gets guys killed
That's what pissed me off the most. Ewers put the ball on the money. Rarely did guys have to twist, turn, or even break stride on everything intermediate on down. He was so quick to pop a ball out to his check down that he had people here thinking "that was the play call". Sure the freaks like Jeremiah Smith are going in the first round no matter what, but when you are getting all your pass catchers to the league it means your quarterback is playing well too. Matthew Golden doesn't go in the 1st round if he stays in Houston. We took Ewers for granted. Hopefully one day he is appreciated for his time here. Back to back CFP and 2 and 1 vs OU is nothing to sneeze at, and was 1 minute away from Pete the Great status.
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42 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:
I will nit pick a little. There were at least a couple of late throws yesterday, but far fewer than in previous games. You can see the improvement and as long as that trajectory continues, only good happen.
Yes sir. Again, everyone was do upset that Ewers was checking down and favoring shorter routes. Its what had to happen in order to mitigate negative plays.
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Im just going to say it. This staff needs to quit trying to feature Ryan Wingo.
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4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:
which is exactly what people used to skewer Ewers about...
Yep. We were shitty in pass pro too. Ewers just got the ball out so it didnt seem bad. Yesterday Arch tried to take one deep shot and coincidentally was sacked.
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6 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:
This assumes there is a WR running a short route and he can check down to it. That was not always the case in the Florida game.
Pretty much WAS always the case. Listen, Sark deserves a lot of criticism for a lot of things, but play design isnt one of them. Yesterday was like he was told to hit the checkdown. Dude hit the checkdown yesterday more in one game than he had all season. There were still longer routes he was just prioritizing the short ones.
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46 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:
I've heard Sark comment on two occasions about wanting to stress UF deep and also that the way to beat OU probably includes deep throws. (That's been a common thing for OU since Stoops showed up, maybe longer.)
So if the first read is (say) a deep post then maybe that explains longer hold times? Just spit-ballin' here.
No my brother. The coverage determines what you do. He was simply holding the ball too long. As he did every game up until yesterday.
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49 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:
I don’t know when it started that criticism means hate.
2016
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12 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:
Hey look at the two guys who liked your post. Surprise!!
Look BurntOrange can be an asshole but he isnt wrong in the post you are quoting. That is LITERALLY what we said he needed to do. Not exactly sure what you are trying to say here by pointing at who liked his post. So you dont like any post by a poster simply based on who the poster is? Regardless of if the post is correct? Go back to last season. Do you not remember that @BurntOrange&White and I were going toe to toe on the Quinn thread? I mean we were really battling about it.
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3 hours ago, Tired Horn said:
Marginally beats a hotel in Indiana or Kentucky.
Good luck with the surgery.
Bro I assure you it does not. I am staying in an area with like 100 chain restaurants. I got in at 10pm on a Saturday and my eating options were Chili's, McDonalds, and Taco Bell. Everything else was closed. My HEB at home closes at 11. Literally nothing going on.



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