Kudos to the O-line. I'd like to see the final stats regarding negative plays but I can't recall any run plays that resulted in negative yardage. Last few years that was a major problem. When the game was on the line they just ran the ball down BC's throat and dared them to stop us. The BC line looked gassed on the 96 yd TD drive... Monangi and Al Salaam are the real deals.
Offensive Line
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Run game offensive line was great. Pass block is bad … really bad. (But not as bad as BC)
Agreed about the pass blocking but avoiding 2nd and 13 or third and 9 downs sure helped.
i wonder about LOT mobility and if he is playing dinged up.. i thought we had a few breakdowns pass blocking but evrrything improved over last year and choosingbwhete to throw quickly has helped.. some sacks last year became hit while throwing in this game as well as completions
They struggled at times against the blitzes but I felt we didn't get a lot of pressure when it was three or four DL coming.
I posted about that earlier. When we didn't send the extra guy they were air tight. Was giving them props all day.
Rewatched the 1st half, it's not as bad as you think. BC got most of their pressure when they brought 6. You only have 5. Ciaffoni they like as a top 8, to me he looked lost out there. Tyler III and Missouri are a problem. But Tyler III got a little better at the end. Need to give those two help with a chip from the TE or RB. You know you have a problem don't just ignore it and hope it goes away like we did.
The pressure with 6 is more than just the Oline, the ball simply has to come out quicker and others need to do a better job of helping out. As far as the run game, no negative run plays means, they were not letting penetration and knew their assignments. Good job Augie. They either stood their ground or got push. Is it great, no, is it better than last year? I think so.
I think as a first game, they were much better than last year. Pacheco wished he had them last year. If we get continuous progress game to game they will be significantly better than last year. Same with D line. Iowa had 57 rushing yards on 36 carries against SDSU. Bodes well for our game against them. We could realistically be 4-0 going into OSU game. And with home games against Nebraska and Indiana, I like our chances for bowl eligibility especially if we are more today’s 4th quarter RU rather than 1st quarter.
But what you saw was BC getting worn down as the game went on. Not by chance.
I agree with pretty much all of what you say. One of the good things I saw was much of the issues are coachable vs. talent or size. For isntance twice the edge rusher got into the backfield because of poor technique. Once the LT was caught reaching the other time he allowed the edge to get into his body.
I was impressed the line stayed together and got stronger as the game went on compared to their counterparts from BC. I like their fight and tenacity much improved from last year and this is the first time they have played together.
Great job Augie!
May have gotten away with a hold on that block. ???
As you know getting better at blitz pickup stems a lot from continuity and familiarity as you so aptly pointed out. It's just that 5 knowing each other's tendency's without even thinking about it. Because that split second of thinking is a killer, then you're playing bucking bronco riding a LB back to the QB. That's why I'm not a big proponent of the rotating offensive line. Just more guys that have to get to know each other.
Also, I saw a lot of plays out there to be made, that simply have to be made. Lots of grumbling on the Gleeson and Oline part, don't see much bitching about our skills guy's part. They're there to make plays, they missed quite a few easy ones.
Yes… the OL really came together after a rough 1st Qtr. start. Bright future ahead for our OL. It looks like 4 of the players on the OL keep their blocks and assignments real well. #53 looked a little lost out there and way undersized (and slow on his feet). Work in progress.
Kyle and Al Salaam are going to be stars in the B1G !
Be sure not to miss the pancake block on the LB by center, Ireland Brown. Looks like the play action worked so well that the LB didn’t know what hit him.
Nice to she him get downfield block, but to me he does look slow and plodding. Maybe just on that play so no big deal, but he doesn't seem too athletic. Maybe more of a RT type?
Hard for someone 320 lbs. to appear fast, but he did get downfield and got the block, haven’t seen that the last couple of years
Those are all plays when we sent the extra guy. An OL can't ride 2 horses with one ***.
That play by Hamilton ( the RU player not the Broadway Show ) was amazing !
He is very athletic for a man that size. Great block there by him. Blocking downfield by all players was very impressive.
Yes, that first hit dosent show up in the regular stats, but probably the most damaging hit of the day
From the start I thought we could exploit their new offensive line with disguised blitzes
Aside from the first play BC, did a prettty good job for a while. Eventually we started to break through
I think if you asked their QB what he thought of our pass rush he would think it was better than you think
Not all of them. The last play was a 3 vs 6 or something similar.
It was a 3 man rush but looked like a 2 man rush because Maijeh stayed home after making a jab step in the gap. They doubled Lewis and MaIjeh and left Bailey one on one.
You don’t see it from the angle here, but it looked like the last block inside the five ended up with our guy holding at the end
This...
One of the reasons is that when he did get hit- hit was hit hard and lit up. I haven't seen us hit a QB that hard and consistent as back in that year that GS 1.0 team put a ton of them on the sidelines.
The other thing- even on plays he did not get hit, lit up or hurried...it still seemed like our guys were just 1/2 second from breaking free. And, running plays- our guys were almost taking the handoff from him.
All of these don't show up in stats but it was massive.
It also looked like in the 2nd half- GS told our D to allow 4 to get the ball but keep him contained. QB made a few quick passes and screens to him but QB was having these plays called because he was afraid.
It was borderline. I would have been pissed but not incredulous had a flag been thrown. Good no call in that spot.
The rash of false start penalties during the first qtr have been explained away by many as first game jitters and the lack of playing together as a unit. Both are probably factors but I wonder if the constant switching of QBs, often on consecutive snaps, played into it. QBs have their own individual cadences when calling signals. I think that also played a part, especially when combined with the other reasons that have been suggested. What is good is that the OL seemed to get through it all and settle down. As this group develops as a unit there is potential to be very good.
The NT was spying the QB. He made contact and moved horizontally to stay directly in front of the BC qb. Not rushing. 2 man rush.
That’s what I said. Still a 3 man rush. His job was to occupy 2 and not allow the QB to step up. He did a good job deking the LG by rushing 2 yards forward at the snap which allowed Bailey to have a one on one. Well executed by us but not so much by them.
I agree with this. While he was not actively trying to rush the QB, he had already drawn two OL his way. That definitely helped Bailey do his thing.