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<blockquote data-quote="InsideLB" data-source="post: 259304" data-attributes="member: 857"><p>Observations:</p><p></p><p>Offense:</p><p></p><p>The good</p><p>JT....'nuff said.</p><p>WRs with a good showing. No drops, tricky routes, winning balls. Jeune is evolving into a beast. Stewart is a vacuum cleaner in tight quarters with his hands.</p><p>Clinton Lynch being Clinton Lynch</p><p>Pass protection was pretty good. Duke is a good pass rushing team</p><p>Able to make Duke pay for (1) using gimmicks on D/being fancy</p><p></p><p>The bad</p><p>Never got in rhythm</p><p>Couldn't run it between the tackles</p><p></p><p>The ugly</p><p>The offense has struggled vs Pitt, Duke, and others in doing what should be our bread and butter: getting short yardage first downs. We are explosive and the offense is effective, but until we improve in this area we are hampered from being a dominant offense.</p><p></p><p>Defense:</p><p></p><p>The Good:</p><p>AJ Gray is coming on. He is starting to play fast and pops off the screen. Tackles with authority as well.</p><p>Brandt Mitchell is inconsistent and is sometimes in the wrong place, but when he gets it ironed out he'll be a good backer for us.</p><p>They kept fighting, and rallied a bit in the 4th quarter.</p><p>Did make some fourth down stops and force a couple of fumbles.</p><p></p><p>The Bad:</p><p>We can't defend the shotgun read option to save our arse.</p><p>Anything remotely eye-candyish destroys us.</p><p>When opponents go fast kills us</p><p>Third and long, third and short, doesn't matter. The drive will extend.</p><p>Simmons struggling against the run (hopefully learning).</p><p></p><p>The Ugly:</p><p>No pass rush. St. Amour had one sack when the whole world knew they were throwing. Beyond that barely a hurry. We made that Duke QB look like Dan Marino.</p><p>Very rare to see a DL win an individual battle on either runs or passes. We just do not get off blocks. There is no disruption of what the other team is trying to do.</p><p></p><p>STs</p><p></p><p>The Good</p><p>Specialists I thought had a good game. Rodwell with some nice punts, Butker hit the endzone reliably</p><p></p><p>The Bad</p><p>Other than the quick kick Duke didn't punt that I recall. Either stopped by turnovers or fourth down stops.</p><p></p><p>The Ugly</p><p>Kick returners either dancing around or not taking a touch back. I love JJ and hate that he got hurt but IMO if he hits it up in there hard, dives forward, and just gets what he can he likely doesn't fumble/get hurt. </p><p>Austin just stopped and danced around on the 10 yard line.</p><p>I understand that our KR unit doesn't block at all, so yes it's tough to be a return man in those circumstances. Coaches need to coach those guys to take a knee or fly forward in a straight line and get down.</p><p>And, if our defense is going to be this ineffective and we are going to have so many returns we need to fix this. Offense continually starting between the 10-15 yard line is just terrible.</p><p>I don't care how many starters you put on the unit, it is absolutely killing us. Coaches need to get this fixed. Is glaring.</p><p></p><p>Notes:</p><p>Adams doesn't play because when he's in there teams go fast so the D can't sub. If he's only good for 2 plays he's gassed and becomes a liability.</p><p></p><p>Regarding Roof and coaching vs talent:</p><p></p><p>I agree that in the final analysis that Roof ain't getting it done.</p><p></p><p>I do think if Roof's scheme were crap and this was the problem then PSU's D would have nose-dived when he took over instead of staying a top 35 D. You can say PSU's guys were already coached up so they stayed effective. That would point to a problem with teaching and developing our guys, or possibly putting them into a scheme where they can't succeed. You can argue the scheme he wants to run is not suited to our talent. I MIGHT buy that.</p><p></p><p>But I am not sure what would be suited for our talent when guys are not getting off blocks and running to the football. There is only so much you can do with smoke and mirrors. The falling for eye candy thing is troubling, but then again you have young, inexperienced guys playing behing a non-disruptive DL. You can't claim Roof's scheme is too complicated because it's been pretty vanilla. Probably to suit current personnel.</p><p></p><p>AJ Gray is the only player I can think of on our defense who is an impact, 1-8 type player, and he is just now developing. PJ Davis is productive, but has some limitations with respect to size and pass coverage. Plus he's been out the last two weeks. Corey Griffin, Pat Gamble, K-Free, and Rook play hard and will rise up at times and make a play. But overall for our D it's just too infrequent. Young talent running around in the secondary...I like 'em but with no pass rush they aren't going to look great.</p><p></p><p>On passing downs QBs mostly don't even have to hurry. On runs we don't win the LOS often enough. I don't see a Gotsis, Attaochu, senior year Dieke or Cummings, Michael Johnson, etc. I don't see a Keith Brooking, Wheeler, etc. Sure some of our guys could develop into NFL linemen. But who is first, second, or third team all-ACC RIGHT NOW.</p><p></p><p>I looked at who we had on paper before the season and said unless some guys develop into impact guys we aren't going to be a good defense. It's not suprising to me that it has come to pass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideLB, post: 259304, member: 857"] Observations: Offense: The good JT....'nuff said. WRs with a good showing. No drops, tricky routes, winning balls. Jeune is evolving into a beast. Stewart is a vacuum cleaner in tight quarters with his hands. Clinton Lynch being Clinton Lynch Pass protection was pretty good. Duke is a good pass rushing team Able to make Duke pay for (1) using gimmicks on D/being fancy The bad Never got in rhythm Couldn't run it between the tackles The ugly The offense has struggled vs Pitt, Duke, and others in doing what should be our bread and butter: getting short yardage first downs. We are explosive and the offense is effective, but until we improve in this area we are hampered from being a dominant offense. Defense: The Good: AJ Gray is coming on. He is starting to play fast and pops off the screen. Tackles with authority as well. Brandt Mitchell is inconsistent and is sometimes in the wrong place, but when he gets it ironed out he'll be a good backer for us. They kept fighting, and rallied a bit in the 4th quarter. Did make some fourth down stops and force a couple of fumbles. The Bad: We can't defend the shotgun read option to save our arse. Anything remotely eye-candyish destroys us. When opponents go fast kills us Third and long, third and short, doesn't matter. The drive will extend. Simmons struggling against the run (hopefully learning). The Ugly: No pass rush. St. Amour had one sack when the whole world knew they were throwing. Beyond that barely a hurry. We made that Duke QB look like Dan Marino. Very rare to see a DL win an individual battle on either runs or passes. We just do not get off blocks. There is no disruption of what the other team is trying to do. STs The Good Specialists I thought had a good game. Rodwell with some nice punts, Butker hit the endzone reliably The Bad Other than the quick kick Duke didn't punt that I recall. Either stopped by turnovers or fourth down stops. The Ugly Kick returners either dancing around or not taking a touch back. I love JJ and hate that he got hurt but IMO if he hits it up in there hard, dives forward, and just gets what he can he likely doesn't fumble/get hurt. Austin just stopped and danced around on the 10 yard line. I understand that our KR unit doesn't block at all, so yes it's tough to be a return man in those circumstances. Coaches need to coach those guys to take a knee or fly forward in a straight line and get down. And, if our defense is going to be this ineffective and we are going to have so many returns we need to fix this. Offense continually starting between the 10-15 yard line is just terrible. I don't care how many starters you put on the unit, it is absolutely killing us. Coaches need to get this fixed. Is glaring. Notes: Adams doesn't play because when he's in there teams go fast so the D can't sub. If he's only good for 2 plays he's gassed and becomes a liability. Regarding Roof and coaching vs talent: I agree that in the final analysis that Roof ain't getting it done. I do think if Roof's scheme were crap and this was the problem then PSU's D would have nose-dived when he took over instead of staying a top 35 D. You can say PSU's guys were already coached up so they stayed effective. That would point to a problem with teaching and developing our guys, or possibly putting them into a scheme where they can't succeed. You can argue the scheme he wants to run is not suited to our talent. I MIGHT buy that. But I am not sure what would be suited for our talent when guys are not getting off blocks and running to the football. There is only so much you can do with smoke and mirrors. The falling for eye candy thing is troubling, but then again you have young, inexperienced guys playing behing a non-disruptive DL. You can't claim Roof's scheme is too complicated because it's been pretty vanilla. Probably to suit current personnel. AJ Gray is the only player I can think of on our defense who is an impact, 1-8 type player, and he is just now developing. PJ Davis is productive, but has some limitations with respect to size and pass coverage. Plus he's been out the last two weeks. Corey Griffin, Pat Gamble, K-Free, and Rook play hard and will rise up at times and make a play. But overall for our D it's just too infrequent. Young talent running around in the secondary...I like 'em but with no pass rush they aren't going to look great. On passing downs QBs mostly don't even have to hurry. On runs we don't win the LOS often enough. I don't see a Gotsis, Attaochu, senior year Dieke or Cummings, Michael Johnson, etc. I don't see a Keith Brooking, Wheeler, etc. Sure some of our guys could develop into NFL linemen. But who is first, second, or third team all-ACC RIGHT NOW. I looked at who we had on paper before the season and said unless some guys develop into impact guys we aren't going to be a good defense. It's not suprising to me that it has come to pass. [/QUOTE]
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