JackBauer44
'18 & / '21 Cali Winner: Receiving & Rushing Yards
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This post has a chance to be disjointed. I watched the first half on Saturday before heading to a golf outing. I kept up with the score on my phone but am just now watching the third quarter and typing thought as I watch. I'm not going to bother watching the 4th quarter after seeing the box score, but here are some thoughts I have after combining the first half and third quarter.
- The best way(s) to negate a poor offensive line - quick hitters all around the field, three step drops, misdirection in the running game, and creative formations. I can only imagine how many people have posted about our running game and running dives for two yard gains. This has to change. We've seen this over the past couple of years and it's one of my biggest concerns about our offense. We need to get more creative on offense. UNC blitzed heavy on running downs and really took advantage of having lots of bodies in the box. I hope our push gets where it needs to be once Davis gets back, but we need to see some creativity from Sterling. I mentioned this on Saturday, but we need Carlos to get his snaps in order. Too many shotguns just lofted softly back to Tommy, and by the time he got the snap and situated, the timing routes were off and receivers were smothered in coverage. Tommy had no choice but to be late with the ball. Some of the biggest jumps you can have come from week 1 to week 2. We need to show up against Pitt. It's unacceptable for our offense, labeled OITNF, to have zero touchdowns.
- Our defense is going to be really good. They may take some lumps, but this unit and this 3-3-5 scheme is going to allow our athletes on defense to do what they do best. For the first three quarters we were good in space and had a great push on the DLine.
- If the Johnson(s) continue to show they can't get the job done on our offense, we need to see what our young wideouts can do. More Queely, Jackson, Hendrix, Alford, Pena, and Barron.