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Go watch You Tube replay - pay attn to blitz management

Nov 6, 2022, 1:42 PM

Ya'll may not want to hear a different opinion, but have any of you posters watched the You Tube replay of last night's game?

I did, and focused on (1) Defense (esp. D-Tackles) and (2) Offense (OL and RBs picking up the blitz).

Try doing it this way instead of just following where the football goes.

(*) This post will only be about the offense to keep it from being ridiculously long.

Here's what you'll learn if you do this (watching the entire game with focus on OL and RB blocking):

(1) Neither DJU's play nor the play calls from Streeter were categorically poor. Both were actually good, with DJU's blatant exceptions being overthrow of the (otherwise) TD pass to Davis Allen, followed shortly thereafter with the terrible pik-6. Outside of that, DJU played pretty well CONSIDERING the other circumstances. (C.Klubnik has shown for the 2nd consecutive game that he is not ready yet for big time college football. I believe that he'll get there ... but he clearly won't get there this year.)

(2) Our OL is adequate (far from brilliant, but not awful) with pass protection. (Run blocking, we simply do not have enough guys with the heft and agility of J.McFadden and M.Tate to be top notch run blockers; that showed against the first DL that we've played this year with a pulse.)

(3-a) Our blitz management (this is on Streeter) is not up to par. Watch the replay. N.Dame ran a few 'complicated' blitz packages, but did these same 'complicated blitzes several times in H1, and again with several times in H2. We either did not make adjustments to formations and plays (if we knew how to execute those adjustments) or had not practiced for anything like this. If we had not already practices what protections, personnel, and plays to use to neutralize these blitzes, then that reflects inexperience on behalf of the O-Coordinator. If it's that we haven't practiced this, then we'll see very soon if Streeter moves quickly to start to address this glaring deficiency.

(3-b) When we faced a 'standard' blitz of just one blitzer through one gap, both RBs know where to look and know who to hit when the blitzer comes. However, only Mafah can execute the block. Our other RB (the one who I love and everyone here loves ... and who will remain nameless in this post) just cannot block. He tries, but is no more effective than a Kleenex. (This is on C.J.Spiller.)

(3-*) Streeter needs to teach new tactics to neutralize the complex blitz packages, and he has to realize that one of his RBs is darn near useless in stopping a blitzer. Can Streeter make this adjustment? Whether he can or doesn't will determine whether he can evolve into a top tier OC, or whether he's just good enough for us to beat teams which we overwhelm from a talent perspective.

Back to DJU: If you see how many times an un-blocked blitzer was either at DJ's feet, or that ran DJ into the arms of ND D-lineman, you'd understand why his passing accuracy and 'going through the progressions' routine did not look great. DJU had a ND defender whacking at his legs or sitting in his lap on most pass plays last night. No one (and I mean no QB) can be effective in this situation.

SUMMARY: Streeter can get better (learn from this), but he's got to recognize the elephant in the room (or LB in DJU's lap) as being something that needs fixing. And if Streeter's plan moving forward is to simply hope that our non-Mafah RB can suddenly become an adequate blocker, then Streeter isn't up to the job. (***) But I am confident that Streeter will see the obvious, and start to implement steps to fix this problem.

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Streeter hits on questions about QB, play-calling, lack of running game

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I’ve already heard from nearly everyone here what I’ve been thinking, so I’ll ask a different question. Regarding the passing game: Why didn’t we ever throw quick hitters last night? Little passes to tight ends that are five yard vertical-ish plays-no wind interference, etc?

We all know DJU can’t read and go through progressions; why not take that out of the game? Lack of mobility and no progressions means the playbook must be adjusted for the personnel or change the personnel to accommodate the playbook. In this case the OC should watch what’s happening and adjust. Obviously, he didn’t.

I was stunned that we tried to throw flat passes to running backs and bubble screens that had to fight the wind instead of simply going for 4-5 yard gains per play, as ND did.

It might have helped if he had watched what was happening and made changes instead of keeping his nose in the play sheet.

TNET: Streeter hits on questions about QB, play-calling, lack of running game

Weather. LOL. What a putz.