Kicking the Tires: Texas Tech Red Raiders
by TB on Oct 14, 2011 3:00 PM CDT
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PrintFor the first time this season, K-State plays an opponent I don't know a whole lot about. Baylor was receiving national press and Robert Griffin III was setting the world on fire before the first game. Missouri is a local team that receives a lot of coverage in Kansas City. But Texas Tech is neither. The Red Raiders are a pedestrian 4-1, with no notable wins and a wild home loss to hated Texas A&M.
A lot has changed at Tech since the last time the two teams hooked up. In 2009, Tech routed K-State, 66-14, in Lubbock in Mike Leach's last year on the South Plains. Leach was fired for not treating Adam James like the special little snowflake that he and his daddy think he is, and Tommy Tuberville took over. Tech's uptempo, pass-heavy offense hasn't changed, however. Neither has its penchant for shooting first and not even attempting to play defense later. Despite its defensive deficiencies, Tech will still give K-State all it can handle on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.
Players to Watch
K-State
Rushing: John Hubert, 86 carries, 469 yards, 1 TD, 5.5 yards/carry, 93.8 yards/game
Passing: Collin Klein, 58-101-3, 593 yards, 6 TDs, 118.6 yards/game, 5.9 yards/attempt
Receiving: Chris Harper, 19 receptions, 226 yards, 2 TDs, 11.9 yards/reception, 45.2 yards/game
Defensive Line:Jordan Voelker, 16 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks
Linebacker:Arthur Brown, 38 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.0 sacks, 1 INT
Secondary: David Garrett, 28 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery
Texas Tech
Rushing: DeAndre Washington*, 22 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD, 4.9 yards/carry, 21.4 yards/game
Passing:Seth Doege, 162-227-1, 1,706 yards, 17 TD, 341.2 yards/game, 7.5 yards/attempt
Receiving: Eric Ward, 30 receptions, 289 yards, 9.6 yards/reception, 8 TDs, 57.8 yards/game
Defensive Line: Kerry Hyder, 15 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks
Linebacker:Blake Dees, 21 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery
Secondary: D.J. Johnson, 35 tackles, 2 INT, 1 fumble recovery
*Tech's starting running back to this point, Eric Stephens, is out for this game with a knee injury.
And there it is, in high relief. K-State, the methodical, plodding team who prefers to run the ball, and Tech, the pass-heavy, high-scoring team. Granted, Tech isn't exactly an explosive offense, as you can see by the per-carry and per-attempt numbers above, but as compared to K-State's ball-control offense, it looks almost Leachian.
Impressively, as we'll look at more closely in a minute, Tech does a very good job protecting the ball. Doege has two fewer interceptions in 126 attempts more than Klein. Although I haven't seen much of Tech on TV or film this year, in a lot of ways its offense seems to resemble Leach's. The Red Raiders like to line up with a lot of wide receivers and run quick, short passing routes and look for a high completion percentage and a lot of yards after catch. Probably the biggest difference is I don't see a Michael Crabtree or even a Detron Lewis on this roster. Not to say Tech doesn't have some good athletes, but the talent level appears to have fallen off some from Leach's heyday.
Defensively, Tech's problems are pretty apparent. Its two leading tacklers are both safeties, and they rank only seventh in the Big 12 in sacks. Tech's secondary is so busy making tackles that the Red Raiders have only one interception on the season, and that was by linebacker Blake Dees, who I hope is the son of Rick Dees and the Weekly Top 40. On the other hand, Tech is tied for the Big 12 lead in fumbles recovered. Maybe their troubles against the run are that they try to strip the ball rather than make a tackle.
Team Statistics (from NCAAFootball.com)
Rushing Offense
K-State: 26th, 208.6 yards/game
Texas Tech: 46th, 170.0 yards/game
Passing Offense
K-State: 115th, 127.0 yards/game
Texas Tech: 6th, 354.6 yards/game
Total Offense
K-State: 97th, 335.6 yards/game
Texas Tech: 7th, 524.6 yards/game
Rushing Defense
K-State: 16th, 92.4 yards/game
Texas Tech: 115th, 224.2 yards/game
Pass Efficiency Defense
K-State: 41st
Texas Tech: 67th
Total Defense
K-State: 17th, 298.8 yards/game
Texas Tech: 96th, 420.2 yards/game
This week, I'm also going to take a look at the "hidden-yardage stats," or the numbers that show the little things K-State does to level the playing field.
Turnover Margin (via CFBStats.com)
K-State: 43rd, +2
Texas Tech: 5th, +8
Penalties
K-State: 30th, 42.8 yards/game
Texas Tech: 100th, 67.8 yards/game
Field Position
K-State: 33.0 yard line
Texas Tech: 34.1 yard line
Third-Down Conversions
K-State: 26th, 47.6 percent
Texas Tech: 9th, 54.3 percent
Red-Zone Conversions
K-State: 53rd, 84.0 score percent
Texas Tech: 4th, 96.6 score percent
Time of Possession
K-State: 1st, 35:56/game
Texas Tech: 68th, 29:21/game
As you can see, Tech does well in most of the categories that K-State uses to make up ground on some teams. And as weak as Tech's schedule looks at first glance, it is actually stronger than K-State's schedule according to Football Outsiders.
Of course, there are a few things that call Tech's numbers into question. Tech's opponents' average total defense rank is 96th (New Mexico 119th, Nevada 46th, KU 120th, and Texas A&M 99th...and Texas State is an FCS team). Of course, it would only be fair to note that Tech has faced some pretty decent offenses (New Mexico 74th, Nevada 21st, KU 24th, Texas A&M 12th).
Anyway, this will likely be another high-scoring game for K-State. It will be very important for K-State to get pressure on Doege in this game. The Wildcats rank fourth in the Big 12 in sacks this year with 13. While the overall K-State defense is improved, Doege will shred it if he has time to stand in the pocket and go through his reads. In a controlled-passing offense like Tech runs, they will find soft spots in zones and will exploit bad matchups in man.
Other than pressure on the quarterback, another key will be limiting Tech's yards after catch. The Red Raiders are 14th in the country in long passing plays, with 67 for 10+ yards. That, combined with Doege's 71 percent completion percentage, indicate to me that Tech has done a good job of getting receivers open on short, high-percentage routes, and then relying on them to break tackles and pick up yards. I'm not too worried about Arthur Brown and David Garrett, but are Tysyn Hartman, Ty Zimmerman and Nigel Malone going to hit and wrap up, or are they going to let a bunch of five-yard completions turn into 20-yard completions?
So it's likely Tech is going to score points. But K-State is probably going to score its share, too. Tech ranks too high in long rushing plays by its opponents, at 22nd in the country with 33 plays of 10+ yards. The Red Raiders can expect a steady diet of Klein and Hubert, and with Angelo Pease apparently available, there will be some Wildcat formation, too.
Along with that is K-State's other strength, which is time of possession. The Cats lead the country in this area, while Tech is below average. Tech ran more than 100 plays against Texas A&M last week, an astounding number by anyone (somewhere in Alabama and West Virginia, Gus Malzahn and Dana Holgorson cried tears of joy upon seeing that number). Don't be surprised if they struggle to run two-thirds of that number of plays this week.
With those 1,200 words in the books, this game will probably come down to turnovers. K-State is good at protecting the ball; Tech is incredible. As mentioned before, Doege is really good at throwing the ball to his guys, and Tech forces a lot of fumbles. Ball security will be at a premium for Hubert, Klein, and the receivers downfield. If K-State can win the turnover battle, it will have a very good chance to come away from this game with a win.
Alas, I just can't see it. I'm sure you're all tired of my pessimism, but Lubbock is a house of horrors for K-State (although nothing like it is for Aggy). I know Leach isn't there anymore, and that he was the architect of the current five-game winning streak for Tech, but TTU still does a lot of things on offense that have given K-State's defense problems. It will be a close, exciting game, but Tech will pull it out, 34-31.
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It's weird when I'm the optimistic one.
KSU 37 TTU 27.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
I hope we win
but the lack of success against TXT has my skepticism in force.
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by Anon_the_younger on Oct 14, 2011 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm with you
I think this is one of those opponents that gets kind of overlooked, particularly in the giddiness of the 5-0 start. They have a prolific offense, play well at home (conversely, we have always struggled down in Lubbock) and will be looking for a bounce-back after last week’s close game with A&M. This will be a big test for our secondary, particularly on the back end with the safeties. ‘Cats will have to tackle well in space and not let receivers turn 10-yard receptions into 30-yard gains.
I see it as Tech 38 KSU 24, but since I’ve been pessimistic heading into the last 3 games (although less so regarding Baylor and its porous D), perhaps that is a good thing for K-State.
Tech's defense is no better than Baylor's.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Yes,
but we’re on the road at a venue that has been a veritable house of horrors for K-State. Even our last win down there in 1997 was a struggle (Beasley came off the bench and guided us to an ugly, low-scorring and difficult win). We have to hope Tech gives us some turnovers, which may be asking a lot from a team that doesn’t turn it over a lot.
O wow it's amazing to meet other K-State fans on here.
They’re pretty rare haha
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
are you sure you aren't mis-steak-n?
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by Anon_the_younger on Oct 14, 2011 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
boooooooooo
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I still rec’d it.
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 14, 2011 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
he wasn't making a pun on his user name?
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
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by Anon_the_younger on Oct 14, 2011 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't notice that till just now, but no, I don't think he was (he'll have to clarify that, though I def. see it now)
Still, I have to boo puns, even as I smile at them.
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 14, 2011 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
KSU 34 - 31 TT
Whatever the outcome, this will be a close game, because Tech has the weapons to keep it close, just like Baylor.
However, Lubbock seems to have a stranglehold on KSU and we never seem to play well there. I think this could end very badly for K-State.
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I disagree that Tech "has the weapons to keep it close, just like Baylor."
If Baylor’s weapons are like AK47s, Tech’s are like 22-caliber pistols: they can still do some damage, but I’d rather face an army armed with the latter than the former.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
by K.S.B. on Oct 14, 2011 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No doubt Baylor is a better team
But when you have an offense like Tech’s that can score at any moment, you will always be a threat to keep a game close, no matter how bad your defense is.
And an army of pistols is still pretty dangerous, especially if your army is equipped with chainsaws. (I don’t know, it is a weak analogy, what would be the weapon equivalent of a running attack vs a passing attack? That was the best analogy I could come up with.)
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 14, 2011 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Shotguns.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
I see your shotgun
and raise you rockets: wikipedia article
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
BOTC - Read the Adventures of the BigXII if you doubt our serious attitude towards sports.
by Anon_the_younger on Oct 14, 2011 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's hope we bring the Gatling Gun then.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
And weren't people saying the same thing about Baylor's offense
(can score at any moment)?
The difference is that we beat Baylor in the comfy confines of BSFS, and Jones ATT stadium has not been friendly to us.
Tech is to KSU what KSU is to Texas.
I am drinking the purple Kool-Aid though…KSU 28-Tech 24.
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by Jeremy Sharp on Oct 14, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Tech doesn't have the sheer speed at receiver that Baylor does.
I’m not sure anyone else does, frankly. That kind of speed puts so much pressure on a defense, it’s hard to even put into words.
Since we're 5-0, isn't that kind of a given?
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Too much confidence in the mad scientist here
K-State wins.
Mad who?
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
Unlike TB, I've actually watched two full Texas Tech games.
An ugly win at KU and a semi-ugly loss against aTm.
I wasn’t very impressed. Look, this ain’t Leach’s team anymore. Doege hangs in the pocket way longer than any Leach QB ever did. Against Leach, the ball was out every play in less than three seconds. That’s no longer the case. Sacks can be had. So can pressure.
As for accuracy, Doege has good numbers, but in those two games, I saw him throw a number of balls that were just screwy. Turf balls, balls thrown straight to Jayhawk defenders, you name it. He’s just not as good as his five predecessors.
And I cannot emphasize enough how much they will miss Stephens. He clearly was their best player before his injury. Their run game is going to be pretty basic and I think we can take it away like we did against Baylor and Mizzou.
As for our run game against them? Well, let’s just say that there were many occasions against both KU and aTm when I could have sworn the defenders in black and red were actually wearing purple and white, and that they were trying to tackle running backs for Colorado, North Texas and Syracuse. Get my drift? it was bad.
Their defensive tackles are all about 270. Their ends are 250. Their linebackers are 220 or less. We should truck this team. The Honey Badger might actually kill some DBs tomorrow.
I say Cats win. With turnovers, possibly comfortably. Call me crazy, but I just think we’re on a roll right now. And Tech is very young and undersized on defense, which means our biggest problem will be not scoring too fast so we can keep their offense off the field for 35+ minutes.
So, you're saying my 37-27 prediction might be conservative?
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
I very much hope you are correct
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
BOTC - Read the Adventures of the BigXII if you doubt our serious attitude towards sports.
by Anon_the_younger on Oct 14, 2011 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Too many of us are still not thinking our D is that good yet
I think we are so conditioned since 2004 of having D’s that were schooled, especially by the spread offense, that we can’t find the confidence to think we will hold teams down this year. I’m beginning to believe more, and while TB is right that turnovers may decide this game, I just see us running down their throats and dictating the pace of the game. When that happens, our D will be able to get to Doege enough to rattle him. I really like KSB’s prediction, but I might even go a little closer with the home crowd. They will score but not more than Baylor accomplished.
35-31 Kstate
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
With the proliferation of the spread offense
I don’t know if any defenses will ever return to the kind of statistics of Snyder’s first go around.
Only 30 points given up might start looking like a good defensive effort, if it doesn’t already.
That being said, I’ve been pessimistic about the D all season and I will remain so until the final game is played. If it aint broke, don’t fix it.
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 15, 2011 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
So related note kinda...
I heard Joe Bob got permission to run the D for Zimmerman flashing the lynch mob sign at the game last Saturday. Any truth to this?
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
Why would he run them for that?!?
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Keep em hungry I guess?
I don’t know.
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
I like a little bit of swagger in the defense.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Our defense is good this year, but no Lynch Mob.
The Lynch Mob was feared. It was an aggressive defense that got tons of sacks and tackles for loss. And the Lynch Mob blitzed enough that even when only four guys went, QBs were hearing footsteps.
Just watching halftime show of Hawaii/San Jose State game
Lou Holtz picks Tech because of their “explosive” offense.
Mark May picks KSU because of fundamental football (ability to run the ball, stop the run, and not turning the ball over).
First to identify a TEWWT (so what if it was unintentional)
And Kirk
chose KSU over tech in his “Upset Alert”.
First to identify a TEWWT (so what if it was unintentional)
by Jeremy Sharp on Oct 14, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah!
Wait…what?
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
We are the underdogs on the road.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
by Catbacker98 on Oct 14, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
But it seems a rather stupid pick for "Upset Alert"
Does he have no balls? Oh wait it’s Kirk Herbstreit nvm.
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
They aren't predicting any other upsets especially with the higher ranked teams.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
by Catbacker98 on Oct 14, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Then why have them?
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
A "Upset Alert" that is to say
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
I hate "Dr. Lou"
Imagine if we were playing Notre Shame what he’d be saying. Love it that my ol’ Redskin Hog Mark May tosses it back at him in spades.
or USF for that matter.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
by Catbacker98 on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Eckthplothive!!! says Dr. Lou.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Oct 14, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
Rec'd for truthiness.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
This is funny.
First to identify a TEWWT (so what if it was unintentional)
by Jeremy Sharp on Oct 14, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
We will be fine as long as we ATTACK on defense.
If we play that prevent crap we could be toast.
by AmmoCat on Oct 14, 2011 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Mark my words:
It will be something like 34-13 in the fourth quarter, and Cosh will go into an effing shell, and the final will be something like the 37-27 I predicted earlier, with the Cats kicking a FG to ice it, instead of putting the foot on the throat and beating them 44-20 like they should.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
by K.S.B. on Oct 14, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
KU will tear up a prevent D if the Cats let them
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
KU has a pretty good offense
They just make too many mistakes right now, but are getting better at that.
Their defense, though, man. I thought our defense last year was bad.
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 15, 2011 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
WOW
Crazy finish to a very sloppy (12 total turnovers) Hawaii/SJSU game.
First to identify a TEWWT (so what if it was unintentional)
6 INTs, 6 Fumbles...
Whole lotta’ derp going on…
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Really was a tale of two halves
Hawaii was derping it up in the first half and then SJSU had 5 turnovers on 5 posessions in 2nd half. I can’t believe how horrible Hawaii kicking game is. Makes Sean Snyder seem not so bad as special teams coach.
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by Jeremy Sharp on Oct 14, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I quit watching after Hawaii's QB threw his eleventybillionth interception.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Hawaii had a blocked extra point
and SJSU ran it back for the two point conversion. Dude had a cramp (or pulled hammy) halfway through the return, but gutted it out for the score. They were still losing. Got the ball back and were driving pretty good and then threw an INT. Held Hawaii on next posession, got ball back with 1 minute and some change, no time outs left. Scored the TD to go up by one with 35 seconds left. Hawaii had to go for hail mary as time expired.
First to identify a TEWWT (so what if it was unintentional)
by Jeremy Sharp on Oct 14, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Crazy finish, for sure.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Hawaii always sucks so bad on the mainland. Crazy.
Enjoy the new CUMWest conference, Rainbow Warriors.
Yes that was an ugly and dramatic game all at once.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
by Catbacker98 on Oct 15, 2011 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
The outcome will depend on...
Our willingness to blitz in opportune situations on defense and whether we can do something on offense besides call 18 QB draws.
If we sit back, rush 4 and drop 7 on every singe play on defense we are going to get lit up like a christmas tree. Being unpredictable is the key to success on defense, and unfortunately our coordinator looks unwilling to mix it up (95% of the time).
I’m not saying we need to blitz every down, or even every other down; but we do need to blitz often enough to keep offenses guessing and on their heels. Remember in the late 90’s and early 00’s when our defense could dictate to offenses what they would do?
On offense I am about sick of the QB draw play. I’m ok with the read option and other forms of running plays where there is a choice between the running back and QB for the run. I am not ok with ultra conservative QB draws every third play. Collin Klein averaged 1.9 whopping yards a carry against MU. Give those 10 or 15 QB draw play calls to John Hubert or Angelo Pease and our rushing yards per game will go up exponentially.
Also, I have never in my life seen a team to such a good job of setting up play action by running the ball and then NEVER RUNNING PLAY ACTION!!! WTF is going on with our play calling. Seriously. We ran exactly 1 play action play against Missouri and got a receiver WIDE OPEN and didn’t try it again???
Bill Snyder acts as if you have to throw it 40 yards deep when you run play action. You don’t. It works on all levels once you get the LB’s to commit to stopping the run. We could explode on offense if we took those 18 QB draw plays and instead ran play action to give Collin Klein some nice easy 10 to 15 yard throws.
In summary: blitz more on defense, stop calling so many QB draws, and RUN PLAY ACTION once you have set it up.
Ahhhh I feel better now…
I'll have what you're smoking.
I concur on the PA playcalling
I think if we ran a few 10-15 (or 5-10) yard PA passes early, HBCK could get comfortable throwing the ball. I’m certainly not opposed to throwing the home run off of PA, but CK hasn’t shown that he can complete that pass…yet. I just want to see Harper get the chance to run under a ball with some air under it! I think that big-play capability is important for this run-heavy offense to be successful game in and game out. Also, every time I see HBCK do his shuffle in the QB run I start screaming at the TV screen, until he shuts me up 8-10 yrds later…I guess it’s hard to argue against something that works (except he’s taken a serious beating…).
by Chi-TownCat08 on Oct 15, 2011 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions
How about a @#*$@*(#@!# screen pass?
Yeah, the line doesn’t seem to be all that quick, but the WRs, TEs, and Wilson can all block very well. Where’s a screen pass?!
Mix in a PA or three, particularly on 2nd and short, and let’s see what happens.
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Concur. We have not run the inside screen or "jailbreak screen" once this year as far as I remember.
A lot of the bread and butter plays from HCBS’s first tenure haven’t been around. Maybe personnel has dictated some of that, but I think it has been more of an issue that we just haven’t needed to use them yet.
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
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