T&B
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Several things:
1. @bamachine I was also at a total loss why we kept running right when it was obvious that the right side of the line was a total s#it show. I mean Dom was literally wiffing on run blocks. I could not believe my eyes, and neither could Henry... several times I saw Henry pull himself off the ground and look over toward Dom like "WTF?" It had to be that we trusted the left side of the line to be able to pull more so than the right. At the goal line however no idea why Henry would run right. lol Again though it can not be overstated how badly Dom played.
2. I actually thought the DB's were in position most of the time, but Watson was just making NFL passes that were nearly impossible to defend much like several of the TD passes that Tebow made in the 2008 SECCG. Cyrus gave too much room on his TD, and seemed to be a little passive in run support. Not sure what was up with him, but everyone else was getting beat by perfect passes which are nearly impossible to defend.
3. @Crimon&WhiteG & @Reuben The reason the mobile QB's are more likely to beat Bama with their arms is because they extend the play with their legs. Have you ever tried to cover someone that can run really fast for 5,6,7 seconds or more ? Nearly impossible. Our DLine was beating their OL consistently, but they couldnt get their hands on Watson. Several times I saw our DL beat the OL, and then just stand there because they didnt want to lose contain. Also you cant commit as many players to coverage when you have to spy on a mobile QB. All these things play right into the hands of the mobile QB passing game.
There is absolutely nothing that Coker did this year that a mobile QB could not also do. Why not have the added benefit of being able to scramble ? The college defenses simply cannot handle a true dual threat QB. If Coker were able to scramble surely he would not have taken 20 yards worth of losses on sacks which seemed to almost always happen on first down thus dooming that drive to failure. Meanwhile Watson would somehow turn the same type of plays into ten yard gains.
Players like Watson dont come along very often, but there are plenty of solid mobile QB's all over college football. Its not like they are unicorns or something impossible to find. Point being you can run a pro style offense with a mobile QB, and there is no reason not to do it. Fight fire with fire.
My last point... imagine if Watson was playing for Bama the other night, and Coker was playing for Clemson. Blowout.
1. @bamachine I was also at a total loss why we kept running right when it was obvious that the right side of the line was a total s#it show. I mean Dom was literally wiffing on run blocks. I could not believe my eyes, and neither could Henry... several times I saw Henry pull himself off the ground and look over toward Dom like "WTF?" It had to be that we trusted the left side of the line to be able to pull more so than the right. At the goal line however no idea why Henry would run right. lol Again though it can not be overstated how badly Dom played.
2. I actually thought the DB's were in position most of the time, but Watson was just making NFL passes that were nearly impossible to defend much like several of the TD passes that Tebow made in the 2008 SECCG. Cyrus gave too much room on his TD, and seemed to be a little passive in run support. Not sure what was up with him, but everyone else was getting beat by perfect passes which are nearly impossible to defend.
3. @Crimon&WhiteG & @Reuben The reason the mobile QB's are more likely to beat Bama with their arms is because they extend the play with their legs. Have you ever tried to cover someone that can run really fast for 5,6,7 seconds or more ? Nearly impossible. Our DLine was beating their OL consistently, but they couldnt get their hands on Watson. Several times I saw our DL beat the OL, and then just stand there because they didnt want to lose contain. Also you cant commit as many players to coverage when you have to spy on a mobile QB. All these things play right into the hands of the mobile QB passing game.
There is absolutely nothing that Coker did this year that a mobile QB could not also do. Why not have the added benefit of being able to scramble ? The college defenses simply cannot handle a true dual threat QB. If Coker were able to scramble surely he would not have taken 20 yards worth of losses on sacks which seemed to almost always happen on first down thus dooming that drive to failure. Meanwhile Watson would somehow turn the same type of plays into ten yard gains.
Players like Watson dont come along very often, but there are plenty of solid mobile QB's all over college football. Its not like they are unicorns or something impossible to find. Point being you can run a pro style offense with a mobile QB, and there is no reason not to do it. Fight fire with fire.
My last point... imagine if Watson was playing for Bama the other night, and Coker was playing for Clemson. Blowout.
