jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
9/13/2015, 10:52 AM
Amendments from last week
mayfield resembles manziel in a lot of ways - bad mechanics, bad arm position, a cannon, logic defying great accuracy. he is only missing one thing - elusiveness - and that sends him from super exciting to "he's not going to finish the season" status. dude needs to stop running the ball.
A tennessee fan said it best - "Is Mayfield covered in grease?". He isn't elusive, he's slippery. Still takes too many hits though
mayfield didn't really start playing well until that guy on the akron sideline headbutted him to slow him down
Once again, he didn't start playing well until he got blasted out of bounds. Seriously, have someone on the other team do it before the game next time
Right side of the OL
Very similar to last week, they wore out the Tennessee front by giving them success early and then controlled them late. Not the best attack plan in the world but it works.
tight ends got their quota of receptions for the year in one game
No receptions but a PI. Bonus!
secondary run support was pretty bad in the few opportunities they had to come up. hitting guys 15 yards downfield is not a recipe for success.
Still needs work (although it was 10 yards downfield)
Other Notes
We need to do something about this FF no recovery thing. I know the refs yanked 1 away but 3 FF and us getting none is frustrating. Last year, one of biggest glaring weaknesses was the 19 forced fumbles and only 7 recoveries.
We need a new punt returner. Shepherd is too valuable to be back there and he doesn't make the best decisions on the non-returnable balls.
Penalties, Turnovers, and Field Position - the keys to winning on the road. We lost all 3 by a wide margin and still came out with a W because of the 4th key -> Defense.
Not sure why replay officials hate Durron Neal so much
Last week
Offense
the right side of our OL is pretty bad. that #90 wore down in the second quarter, but in the 1st quarter he was living in our backfield. some of our best runs were when we let kasitati's guy overpenetrate and run behind him.
mayfield is going to send someone to the hospital this season during a TD celebration and it might be himself
where did we find this baxter kid? he is kind of a mini josh norman - someone who makes everyone around him seem better than they are
wide receivers are 100% better than last year (even with the drops). massive kudos for that move...
mayfield didn't really start playing well until that guy on the akron sideline headbutted him to slow him down
mayfield resembles manziel in a lot of ways - bad mechanics, bad arm position, a cannon, logic defying great accuracy. he is only missing one thing - elusiveness - and that sends him from super exciting to "he's not going to finish the season" status. dude needs to stop running the ball.
he hit a receiver in the chest north of 80% of his throws. so many drops
his best throw is still the back shoulder. unfortunately, only one receiver (neal) knows how to catch one of them.
both running backs are really good, but with this OL they'll be lucky to have many yards. In the first half, there were 2-3 DL in the backfield on every play
shepherd needs to start getting on the ground. he takes way too much awkward punishment for 1 extra yard. getting upended on that punt return, legs cut out of bounds, body slammed on that long reception...
tight ends got their quota of receptions for the year in one game
Defense
it is amazing how players don't really change over their career. sanchez has never been able to handle defensive success. we go 5 series without allowing a 1st down and then he falls asleep and bites on a double move.
i'm upgrading our linebackers from bottom 2 to bottom 5 in the conference. they still can't finish plays on the opponent side of the line of scrimmage, but they made a couple of plays that would have previously gone for big yards. their tackling still annoys me (why do you always give them 3 more yards?). their getting off blocks still annoys me. but they are improved over last year. barely.
when akron started running the ball, they went to the typical blueprint for success against us. leave 2 DL free and putting OL on the linebackers. one of the DL is blocked by scheme, the other is left 1 on 1 in space with a running back and no support. works. every. time.
saddest play I saw was one akron OL blocking all 3 of our linebackers
best play was devonte bond running on late and the QB running right into him
our pass defense is really bad. we were busting coverages left and right. had Bowden ran that Pohl guy all game they might have had 21+ points.
Dimon did pretty well for being undersized, the question is whether he can keep it up against better teams
stryker may be getting the nickname "drive by" soon. he needs to hit the qb not run past them
DL overall was pretty good. we had some pretty good explosion into the backfield
secondary run support was pretty bad in the few opportunities they had to come up. hitting guys 15 yards downfield is not a recipe for success.
mayfield resembles manziel in a lot of ways - bad mechanics, bad arm position, a cannon, logic defying great accuracy. he is only missing one thing - elusiveness - and that sends him from super exciting to "he's not going to finish the season" status. dude needs to stop running the ball.
A tennessee fan said it best - "Is Mayfield covered in grease?". He isn't elusive, he's slippery. Still takes too many hits though
mayfield didn't really start playing well until that guy on the akron sideline headbutted him to slow him down
Once again, he didn't start playing well until he got blasted out of bounds. Seriously, have someone on the other team do it before the game next time
Right side of the OL
Very similar to last week, they wore out the Tennessee front by giving them success early and then controlled them late. Not the best attack plan in the world but it works.
tight ends got their quota of receptions for the year in one game
No receptions but a PI. Bonus!
secondary run support was pretty bad in the few opportunities they had to come up. hitting guys 15 yards downfield is not a recipe for success.
Still needs work (although it was 10 yards downfield)
Other Notes
We need to do something about this FF no recovery thing. I know the refs yanked 1 away but 3 FF and us getting none is frustrating. Last year, one of biggest glaring weaknesses was the 19 forced fumbles and only 7 recoveries.
We need a new punt returner. Shepherd is too valuable to be back there and he doesn't make the best decisions on the non-returnable balls.
Penalties, Turnovers, and Field Position - the keys to winning on the road. We lost all 3 by a wide margin and still came out with a W because of the 4th key -> Defense.
Not sure why replay officials hate Durron Neal so much
Last week
Offense
the right side of our OL is pretty bad. that #90 wore down in the second quarter, but in the 1st quarter he was living in our backfield. some of our best runs were when we let kasitati's guy overpenetrate and run behind him.
mayfield is going to send someone to the hospital this season during a TD celebration and it might be himself
where did we find this baxter kid? he is kind of a mini josh norman - someone who makes everyone around him seem better than they are
wide receivers are 100% better than last year (even with the drops). massive kudos for that move...
mayfield didn't really start playing well until that guy on the akron sideline headbutted him to slow him down
mayfield resembles manziel in a lot of ways - bad mechanics, bad arm position, a cannon, logic defying great accuracy. he is only missing one thing - elusiveness - and that sends him from super exciting to "he's not going to finish the season" status. dude needs to stop running the ball.
he hit a receiver in the chest north of 80% of his throws. so many drops
his best throw is still the back shoulder. unfortunately, only one receiver (neal) knows how to catch one of them.
both running backs are really good, but with this OL they'll be lucky to have many yards. In the first half, there were 2-3 DL in the backfield on every play
shepherd needs to start getting on the ground. he takes way too much awkward punishment for 1 extra yard. getting upended on that punt return, legs cut out of bounds, body slammed on that long reception...
tight ends got their quota of receptions for the year in one game
Defense
it is amazing how players don't really change over their career. sanchez has never been able to handle defensive success. we go 5 series without allowing a 1st down and then he falls asleep and bites on a double move.
i'm upgrading our linebackers from bottom 2 to bottom 5 in the conference. they still can't finish plays on the opponent side of the line of scrimmage, but they made a couple of plays that would have previously gone for big yards. their tackling still annoys me (why do you always give them 3 more yards?). their getting off blocks still annoys me. but they are improved over last year. barely.
when akron started running the ball, they went to the typical blueprint for success against us. leave 2 DL free and putting OL on the linebackers. one of the DL is blocked by scheme, the other is left 1 on 1 in space with a running back and no support. works. every. time.
saddest play I saw was one akron OL blocking all 3 of our linebackers
best play was devonte bond running on late and the QB running right into him
our pass defense is really bad. we were busting coverages left and right. had Bowden ran that Pohl guy all game they might have had 21+ points.
Dimon did pretty well for being undersized, the question is whether he can keep it up against better teams
stryker may be getting the nickname "drive by" soon. he needs to hit the qb not run past them
DL overall was pretty good. we had some pretty good explosion into the backfield
secondary run support was pretty bad in the few opportunities they had to come up. hitting guys 15 yards downfield is not a recipe for success.