x's and o's for those of us who just enjoy watching the game and took too many blows to the head as high schoolers.well there's a little more to it than that. There's a couple of guys on here who do good breakdown of plays which are worth reading and he's one of them. It's one of the reasons I pay the big bucks for this board.Winking As an old fart ADD sufferer, I've never had the patience or inclination to study things that closely to make anything more than obvious observations. I respect a couple of guys who can give us more than the obvious. There used to be another poster/coach who was really good and unfortunately is no longer posting here.
I was joking, sorry. I get it, and I agree some have more insight than others. As someone else mentioned, it would be cool if we had access to the game film the coaches use. You miss a lot with the zoomed in TV footage.
I LOVE game video breakdown from guys who know what the hell they're talking about. What happened and why. Love it. It takes most of the opinion out of it and lays bare the facts. The video doesn't lie but you have to know what the responsibilities were on any given play.
waiting......somewhat patiently
That's an easy generalization but doesn't identify why we struggled from an x's and o's standpoint. You're obviously correct, but if we really want to learn something so we can comment intelligently it's good to see some x's and o's analysis. Sometimes the scheme makes a guy look bad and vice versa. Diaco most of the time and Bo at times schemed things that either made no sense or were virtually impossible for guys to execute given their skills. Sometimes a teammate's screw up makes you look bad. It would be fun to sit down with Jay Foreman and guys like that and just listen to them break things down. I don't know which former Blackshirt it was but he said he "hated to go to games because he couldn't stand stupid fans making comments about things they had no clue about". That pretty much describes a good share of us so I like to try to be a little less stupid,:Cool:
Mike Williams was too on at least 3 plays I can think of that ended up unsuccessful. I haven’t had a chance to watch the TV broadcast yet, but from the stadium view, opportunities were there and pass pro wasn’t bad - just didn’t click for whatever reason.
I agree. They didn’t have to stack the box and were able to sit in a zone. AM couldn’t/wouldn’t make the throws.
That's why I said 10 yard runs up the middle... Or maybe you just posted that to remind yourself, I'm not sure.
Took a quick look at the play chart - their longest between the tackles runs were one for 6, two for 7, and one for 12. Which confirms what I remembered (and the stats show). Not sure what you are talking about?
Whatever, against actual decent teams with our defensive ends getting pushed back and our linebackers filling the wrong spot, those plays are going to go for a lot more yards.
Don’t argue if that’s what actually happens. I haven’t had a chance to watch the broadcast yet, but I did have concerns with Mo and Honas early. That looked to get cleaned up as the game went on. Didn’t see huge concerns along the line; in fact, was impressed a few times that I remember to see guys stand up blockers and then shed to make the tackle. The fact our D linemen had as many/more tackles as any LBs outside of Mo says something.
They didn't run between the tackles too much either. About half their total carries were from the qb. When they did run between the tackles with their running back, they did have some success running for 6, 7, and 12 yards like you said.