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I listened to the call-in show this morning. It wasn't as pissy as I thought it would be. A few takeaways:
Reading between the lines of the response to a caller's question about the new blocking rules, it sounds like the new rules about low blocking downfield are having an impact on our offensive scheme. Refs are getting the calls wrong, players are hesitant about blocking downfield because they aren't sure exactly where they are on the field, and it basically negates the ability of linemen to block in the secondary because they can't really straight-up block a better athlete like a safety or corner. It sounds like this is contributing to the difference between 5 yards and a big gain.
Happy with Davis's kickoffs this week (I think every kick for both teams went deep into the end zone, and even the onside kick was pretty good - got the hop, just didn't get anybody to the ball). Missing the extra point was like getting sucker punched. Definitely an open competition for placekicking duties.
He says Marshall is doing pretty well at making reads. Said he was overstriding on some throws, resulting in overthrows, but he knows he can make the throws because he's seen it in practice. (He's not wrong when he mentions the lack of a clean pocket - on a couple of bad throws, Marshall had a guy grabbing his ankles.) 6-15 should have been 8-15 with a TD and a lot more yards, which is a better looking stat line. (He implied "if Camp and Stewart had caught balls that hit them in the hands.") The fumbled pitch was on Lynch for not maintaining the pitch relationship, not on Marshall. Said Marshall is the starting QB right now, no plans to put in Oliver as a change-up.
He thought the defense played better this week. He wished we hadn't let them death march us and kick a field goal after the first score in the second half. He said that the fake punt was a bad call, badly executed and put the defense in a bad position ("but you don't have to let them score"). Said Pitt was winning the field position game so the D played on a short field a lot.
He thought the offense was bad in the first half, but kept fighting to give us a chance in the second half. The pace of play at the end of the game was not addressed.
JRjr
Reading between the lines of the response to a caller's question about the new blocking rules, it sounds like the new rules about low blocking downfield are having an impact on our offensive scheme. Refs are getting the calls wrong, players are hesitant about blocking downfield because they aren't sure exactly where they are on the field, and it basically negates the ability of linemen to block in the secondary because they can't really straight-up block a better athlete like a safety or corner. It sounds like this is contributing to the difference between 5 yards and a big gain.
Happy with Davis's kickoffs this week (I think every kick for both teams went deep into the end zone, and even the onside kick was pretty good - got the hop, just didn't get anybody to the ball). Missing the extra point was like getting sucker punched. Definitely an open competition for placekicking duties.
He says Marshall is doing pretty well at making reads. Said he was overstriding on some throws, resulting in overthrows, but he knows he can make the throws because he's seen it in practice. (He's not wrong when he mentions the lack of a clean pocket - on a couple of bad throws, Marshall had a guy grabbing his ankles.) 6-15 should have been 8-15 with a TD and a lot more yards, which is a better looking stat line. (He implied "if Camp and Stewart had caught balls that hit them in the hands.") The fumbled pitch was on Lynch for not maintaining the pitch relationship, not on Marshall. Said Marshall is the starting QB right now, no plans to put in Oliver as a change-up.
He thought the defense played better this week. He wished we hadn't let them death march us and kick a field goal after the first score in the second half. He said that the fake punt was a bad call, badly executed and put the defense in a bad position ("but you don't have to let them score"). Said Pitt was winning the field position game so the D played on a short field a lot.
He thought the offense was bad in the first half, but kept fighting to give us a chance in the second half. The pace of play at the end of the game was not addressed.
JRjr
