Passing game

techfan#14

techfan#14

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So I have just a question/observation about last night's performance. I was at the game and it sure seemed that Graham was way off the mark on most throws. Granted accuracy has not been consistent but yesterday was bad. Also seems like we are missing multiple open outlets and locking onto certain reads. However, in many attempts when a blitz was evidently coming we didn't seem to have an easy throw or check down crossing the middle of the field. Am I just missing it? And its there? In general I just wonder what caused such a poor performance or just a one off game?
 

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Happy feet. Too amped up. Too much pressure


Yes. I made same comment that we seemed to miss hot read checks alot and i venture it was another reason johnson was put in. Only so he could mess up the same way which he did and it led to a sack.

Alot to learn in this O and the coaches have not babied them into it.

Heck. I saw one of our players forget to pass set, on a passing down, they went fwd not back. Thats the muscle memory crap collins talks about. The players can deny its there. But when the going gets tough, you are tired, you do resort back. It happened yesterday for sure and probably has all year. I just flat noticed it on this one play

Just gonna be a long time to right the ship on O. Hoping at least two of the true fresh Ol are ready to play from day one.

We cant trott out this ol next year and win much. We just cant.
 
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While some on this board think JG is the future...The Coaching staff future QB is not on the roster..... That is the only way to explain the lack of coaching up...unless you think we already need to replace some of the staff
 
techfan#14

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The game just felt different that the last few. Even our defense seemed slow at times to get set. A 12th man rushing to get off the field on time. Just wondering if Pitt did something to provoke the poor play or we just had a bad game
 

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It's where we're at right now. There is mental growth that needs to happen to congeal what is being taught into execution. There were certainly opportunities where a better team would convert most of the time despite pressure coming. It didn't help that the run game was caput most of the time. But converting those throws would do wonders for the run game, the flow, the down/distance, field position, momentum, confidence...

I hope we are there next year. Obviously there are gaps on our team in ability, but that's not what's hampering us most right now.
 
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techfan#14 said:
The game just felt different that the last few. Even our defense seemed slow at times to get set. A 12th man rushing to get off the field on time. Just wondering if Pitt did something to provoke the poor play or we just had a bad game
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To me, I was at the game, after Carter dropped that pass, it went downhill. Graham never was close after that. Even the long TD was just a heave about as far he could throw it and luckily Brown was faster than his cover guy.
 
Ibeeballin

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Considering the circumstances, i thought the OL was decent for what we were trying to execute

Graham just had a Freshman who only has 4 starts game yesterday. Not a fan of pulling bc everyone you go thru the growing pains together but i get bc you are still trying to win.
 

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Ibeeballin said:
Considering the circumstances, i thought the OL was decent for what we were trying to execute

Graham just had a Freshman who only has 4 starts game yesterday. Not a fan of pulling bc everyone you go thru the growing pains together but i get bc you are still trying to win.
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Exactly the OLine wasn’t horrible yesterday. Pitt has a good defense that has generated the most sacks in the ACC. The line did OK.

Graham is a freshman. A freshman that has started four games. FOH with stupid exaggeration.

These “fans” are the worst thing about GT football.
 
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Gtbowhunter90 said:
Safe to say we haven't had an accurate passer since JT.. idk where we go from here but watching these games isnt fun at all. Also I'm in favor of sending Pnut back to Temple where he can play against the Uconns of the college football world
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Aside from Clemson, one could argue the American has been tougher and better than the ACC and Temple put up 36ppg. Wait until next season when we plug in a few new OL
 

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Ibeeballin said:
Aside from Clemson, one could argue the American has been tougher and better than the ACC and Temple put up 36ppg. Wait until next season when we plug in a few new OL
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The American has been a better conference in its totality this year. Hell its better than the ACC and PAC 10. Could give the Big 12 a run too.
 
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GTFLETCH said:
We have an Ole Miss Transfer and a Vandy Transfer along with a TE from UConn starting.... I am tired of hearing that this OLine is not D1.... The issue us we need P5 Coaching....
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I get the idea of giving this staff time to develop, recruit their players, get time in the film/weight room...BUT I just don't see PatenFraude doing anything to give us hope for the future. His offense makes mental mistakes and yes...missed blocks, dropped passes, fumbles and missed throws are mental mistakes. The whole idea of waiting three years for them to get their sheet together is garbage.
 
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