2016: More Blitzing, Better Passing, Better Luck

ScionOfSouthland said:
I'm glad you brought them up. Joe Anoai, Vance Walker, and Darryl Richard were all good talents.

Joe never played a down in the NFL, Darryl played on a practice squad, and Vance moved to defensive end. None of them were NFL-ready defensive tackles. The fact of the matter is this: We are playing teams who are producing NFL-ready defensive tackles. Teams all over the country are producing them. We, however, are not. With strength and conditioning programs starting as early as junior high and our ever increasing knowledge of the body, kids are coming out of high school more ready than ever to go to the NFL.

But, as I already noted in both my observation of our S&C as well as my question about Cerg-Henderson, size alone isn't good enough. TJ Barnes did get pushed around. He was also big enough to warrant double teams, and he is also the only defensive tackle still playing that position in the NFL, even if it is on the practice squad. Size matters, but good size is important.

Let me ask you this: let's say you weigh 150lbs. You are strong for 150lbs, but you only weigh 150lbs. Now, you have the task of beating a blocker in an Oklahoma drill and getting to the running back, but that blocker is 200lbs, and he is strong even for 200lbs. Do you think you will ever make it to the running back? The answer is no. You won't. Not without help. Now, as a defense, we have to send 2 guys to do the job of 1 because the first guy can't get it done on his own. Meanwhile, there is a gap on the field, and any good running back as diverted to that gap.


This is precisely what happens when our defensive line goes head-to-head with the NFL-ready offensive lines we are playing. They can't shed the blocks that other players can, or eat double teams that free up defensive ends and linebackers. This is why we rush 6 men on 26% of snaps, but only reach a quarterback 1 time a game. In a game with 80 snaps, we are blitzing about 20 times and that blitz is successful 1 time.

Now you know why we give up 5.3 yards per play. Our good secondary contained a lot of problems for us.
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Being a successful NFL DT isn't a requirement to be a successful collegiate DT. Otherwise, the best DL we've had in decades would not have been very good.
 
texstinger said:
"Hopefully we got all our bad luck out of the way....."

Wonder how many coaches of consistently top 20 teams rely on hope?
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I think it's been discussed on here before, but CPJ is mega superstitious on certain things. He has even been known to bring "lucky-charm" people to big games. It doesn't surprise me that he throws the words "hope" and "luck" around a lot.....
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/college/paul-johnson-sets-priorities-for-georgia-techs-off/npyB9/

Please click the link and feed Ken's kids.
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I have been saying this since CTR started showing interest in other schools. We have to not only blitz more but bring some exotic blitzes i.e., bring a corner from the edge or even the middle, delay blitz. Ted didn't do it often and many times he just ran an undersized LB right into the interior line. That didn't yield very favorable results. Agree about the OL play either or JT.
 
good summary. Agree schemes need changing

two issues. Sewak is a liability
up to now I am not sure Roof knows how to create a successful blitz package. We blitzed 1 out of 4 plays last year and had a sack and pressure problem. His blitzes are predictable and todays zone offenses pick it up rather easy on switches and line slides.

so not sure I think any of this will change...so paul can hope like obama, but for me....we better get a really good second OL coach. Still little hope for me on D.
 
ibeeballin said:
We've been lacking skill and technique on the DL. We have absolutely sucked at shedding blocks and DEs have been a one trick pony on the edge at getting to the QB
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add in a really basic scheme with mid level cvg issues
 
Roof probably didn't blitz often because he couldn't get there. I'd move Lance & Lawrence Austin to A-back or blitz them every play.
 
This past season, due to miscommunications on the line and poor play, Thomas rarely had time to set and throw.
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Isn't miscommunication primarily a coaching problem? On the other side of the ball, I remember lots of miscommunication problems when Groh was here, and they seemed to largely abate once he left.
 
A major problem CPJ needs to take a look at would be how godawful we are at disguising our blitzes. We hardly ever SOLD a blitz and the other teams would always figure out where it was coming from before the snap. It was a big league FAIL by Ted Roof in that respect.
 
Or... Just schedule all SEC teams. Then we could say all our bad seasons are full of quality losses.
 
spandex said:
Isn't miscommunication primarily a coaching problem? On the other side of the ball, I remember lots of miscommunication problems when Groh was here, and they seemed to largely abate once he left.
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I don't consider it a coaching problem. And the Groh situation was different. He was trying to get the guys do to something that they never attained the ability to do.

With the OL, we clearly have shown the ability to do what the coaches have asked. So the fact that they aren't doing it this year is more representative of a breakdown by the player personnel.
 
spandex said:
Isn't miscommunication primarily a coaching problem? On the other side of the ball, I remember lots of miscommunication problems when Groh was here, and they seemed to largely abate once he left.
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I think early on it was due to the no huddle experiment. It is harder to go no huddle when your linemen have a hand on the ground. Thomas was getting the call, then relaying it to Freddie (or his backup) who then relayed it to the other linemen (who may or may not have been in the same position as the week before). It was a giant game of telephone, with similar results.

Plus if you are verbally signaling in your calls, the DL is going to pick that up pretty quickly.
 
wesleyd21 said:
A major problem CPJ needs to take a look at would be how godawful we are at disguising our blitzes. We hardly ever SOLD a blitz and the other teams would always figure out where it was coming from before the snap. It was a big league FAIL by Ted Roof in that respect.
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Couldn't agree more Wesley21
 
coit said:
I don't consider it a coaching problem. And the Groh situation was different. He was trying to get the guys do to something that they never attained the ability to do.

With the OL, we clearly have shown the ability to do what the coaches have asked. So the fact that they aren't doing it this year is more representative of a breakdown by the player personnel.
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Good points. It seems that many of us fans are reluctant to acknowledge problems with the players and blame it all on the coaches. After all, the players can't be fired.
 
WracerX said:
I think early on it was due to the no huddle experiment. It is harder to go no huddle when your linemen have a hand on the ground. Thomas was getting the call, then relaying it to Freddie (or his backup) who then relayed it to the other linemen (who may or may not have been in the same position as the week before). It was a giant game of telephone, with similar results.

Plus if you are verbally signaling in your calls, the DL is going to pick that up pretty quickly.
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For a coach that some call stubborn, he sure seems to try a a lot of adjustments to his basic scheme.

Do you think that the no-huddle offense is dead, or would it be enough of a benefit that more experimentation is warranted?
 
wesleyd21 said:
A major problem CPJ needs to take a look at would be how godawful we are at disguising our blitzes. We hardly ever SOLD a blitz and the other teams would always figure out where it was coming from before the snap. It was a big league FAIL by Ted Roof in that respect.
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exactly

Roof's blitz designs are pedestrian IMO; high school level if you ask me; I am not convinced he can make it better....We don't have 1st round picks on D...but when you blitz we should be better than we are at getting pressure...not even sacks...just good pressure is a nice start.
 
33jacket said:
exactly

Roof's blitz designs are pedestrian IMO; high school level if you ask me; I am not convinced he can make it better....We don't have 1st round picks on D...but when you blitz we should be better than we are at getting pressure...not even sacks...just good pressure is a nice start.
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Spot on. Pressure causes QB's to move their eyes from the receiver and this causes mistakes.
 
Remember KaMichael Hall dancing on the LOS acting like he was about to blitz?

And then BOOM....the safety blitz was on from Landry/Burnett. We sold it from one side of the field, then brought it from another.
 
spandex said:
For a coach that some call stubborn, he sure seems to try a a lot of adjustments to his basic scheme.

Do you think that the no-huddle offense is dead, or would it be enough of a benefit that more experimentation is warranted?
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I don't think it is dead, but the line calls need to be simple. I was watching the Steelers last night. Only the left guard looked back for the call, and he was in a two point stance. I don't know if he was getting a call and relaying it. It looked like he was getting a position specific call, so everyone else had the same blocking scheme either way.

I think we get a stripped down no huddle next year. One where the OL block the same regardless of how the play is changed.
 
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