Everything posted by Had Enough
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
From memory, the DFEI was 47 this year. The next 3 years improved year over year but were all top 10. In 2021, the OFEI was 37 and represents the only year in Sarks tenure that the offense ranked better than the defense, relatively speaking. Not particularly a fan of Thompson but those numbers do tell a story.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
I think people would have been quite pleased with Beuchele in this offense. Maybe Ash too. Any comparison of Qb between Ewers and any others the past 15 years is not valid. He’s the only one that got 3 years in the same offense. The only one with consistency on defense- 3 top 10 defenses. The only one with draftable players at all offensive positions. And in the past two years, we’re undefeated in games he didn’t start while averaging about 40 points per game. I’m quite confident in saying he would not change his surroundings for any of those other dudes. And I’d guess all those would have loved to play at Texas the past two years. Hes been fine. He’s been well compensated for his efforts.
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The running game vs ASU. What went wrong?
So you were a player coach? I feel sorry for those kids.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
Do we or anyone else run an RPO to throw a go route? Looking at the end zone view, I thought Dorbah might have been able to get Wisner, but that side view makes it look unlikely. It could have been a pull, but we rarely do that, and I’d think we’d try to get the read DE chasing across the formation rather than playing upfield. That’s not to say the QB wouldn’t decide to pull it. Also would be odd for him to escape right when you’re kicking that DE out.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
There’s a hole for Wisner to cut up inside Campbell. The biggest impediment on that run was from the backside.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Some Will Howard sucks stats. He’s faced 7 top 20 DFEI defenses. The Horns 3. There has been some here to question his accuracy. Clearly great pass catchers impact that so not sure how you measure that. In any event, at every depth his adjusted completion percentage his higher than Ewers. He’s #1 at the deep ball. A better offense suited to throwing. One with more talent too.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
It’s interesting. He was trusted in a win or go home game two weeks ago. But that wasn’t the original play call either. I understand the lack of trust regarding fumbles. That does seem to be more of an issue in the game versus pass game though. Sark is unpredictable so certainly would not predict Blue with another big play or two, but I won’t be surprised either. We have not seen that angle route lately.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
Again, the two Blue TDs versus Clemson and Helm OT TD versus ASU looked to be the exact formation with one being flipped to the left. Davis on the field. UGa game 1 we sucked but first drive 2nd half. Guess what we opened in? It’s a bit hard to parse out play reps, but last year Helm was on the field 50% of the time or so. More than Davis this year. Believe we lead the nation in explosive plays. For the 8 game SEC conference schedule, we had the highest YPC in the conference. Without QB contribution. There might be some indicators within that as to how others operate offensively.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
For what we need and what he brings, Golden is elite. He’s open short. He’s open deep. He catches balls that many don’t. Our first play of the game. He separated then made a move. The 4th and 13 was a great route. The 2 pointer was great hands. Helm as a pass catcher is pretty strong if not elite. The two Blue runs versus Clemson would not be duplicated by a ton of dudes. In the open field he’s incredibly good.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
A Quick Look at PFF shows Ewers with 76% adjusted completion %. Beck at 75%. I’m rounding so it’s less than 1%. Average depth of target has Beck at 8.8. Ewers at 7.8. For my team, I’d take Ewers now and the next level over Beck. But there are numbers to say take Beck. For either, the right situation is more important. I am most intrigued with Dart. Maybe he’s the next Matt Corral, but he’s mobile with good size and made some nice throws. He’s got experience and improved year over year. I’m not sure I’d take a QB top 5 unless I had my offensive roster built out otherwise.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Now you’re being a jackass.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
This is funny stuff. I’ve learned over the years no one can see all the stuff that goes down on any play. Sometimes even on slo mo and rewind you can’t tell. Or at least it takes more than one view. Based on every one else’s action, it’s a run. The only other option is RPO with a 1 man go route. Goosby and Helm are saying run. The RPO doesn’t make sense for several reasons. So, yes, the most logical conclusion is the error was on QB or RB. Maybe Dorbah makes the tackle. If not, you have a successful run play. So did Sark call a bad play or not? I think Dorbah did a great job as he may have forced the action and made the play.
- 3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Yeah probably. That was not my intent. And it doesn’t matter ultimately. All did their job to success.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Thought I said it was a great play, which includes the context and result. So that overriding theme is the ultimate takeaway. The objective is to make it catchable. He did. What we don’t know is whether Ewers short armed because he was tense or because he knew Golden had them easily beat. We do know that a vertical route is not one that is typically a basket catch caught at near the WRs waist with his back almost to the goalline. If we want call the Helm TD versus Clemson a “great” throw, then it’s fair to say this not is not good. It’s subjective. It’s semantics. I’m talking how you practice it, how you want to throw it given the expected defense. The throw itself was ok but the result was great. In my opinion. I know you believe Ewers saved Sarks ass and it was all Ewers (I don’t believe you fully think this). His best work was pre-snap. But post snap Golden was the primary reason it was successful. Oh and the pocket was pristine. And the throw was catchable. The QBs primary goal is to throw a catchable ball. Then you can evaluate from there.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
It was 4th and 13. They had momentum. Banks just false started right? We were a bit shaken. We get 12 yards game over. You talk about us going 5-wide to make reads easier. That’s what they did for us. Moore was likely not the option - believe he ran short of the sticks. So it’s Wingo or Golden. Luckily Golden abused his man. All the mental work was done presnap. Sark said in an interview they’d worked on that look. So kudos to all for that Golden route. The best odds of conversion in that situation will always be man on man. ASU had a defender about 3 yards off the ball, another about 8-10 yards deep guarding grass effectively playing with 9. The single high safety guarding the first down line. For me, that’s never hindsight in that situation. It’s a shortened field so Ewers is not likely to run for a first against a zone. He’s been reluctant all year to let it rip in that intermediate area. You have to make the offense think a bit post snap then make a contested throw and catch.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
I’ve been trying to learn more about it but not sure they’d want the ultimate formula known. I have not looked at overall ranks since this past game, but he’s likely jumped up a fair amount after Clemson and ASU I’d think. His turnover worthy plays is pretty high. His big time throws has been low. From what I recall, his intermediate grade was not good and his deep ball grade was pretty solid but not spectacular. The big time throws come in those categories whereas the turnover worthy ones come at any depth. His sack rate per pressure may be high again. His pressure rate is relatively low. I don’t have numbers to support but he’s not really a create his own play guy. So not only is he not getting the big time throws he’s not getting plus grading out of his running or sack avoidance. The formula is the same for all so the methodology doesn’t dislike Quinn. Every play of every game is watched. Unlike the fan that thinks they have a grasp on who does what best. At one point, I had read there’s an element to the grading that effectively says just cause you got a sack doesn’t mean you get a positive grade. Maybe it’s just neutral because the expectation is that everyone would have done the same. If so, id speculate we have a relatively high rate of neutral plays. For me, it’s difficult to reconcile his game. For sure in the college game, I don’t care about arm strength. The very biggest, most important play that he’s made was the 4th and 13. And his arm had little to do with it. It really wasn’t a good throw but rather the mental was what made the play. And Sark is very good at setting up easy QB plays. The Oline is very good in pass protection. Very few, if any, have had faster, more dependable pass catchers. Fans generally critically review their own so their view is we sucked versus Georgia. That’s every week for some QBs. Oh our pass catchers dropped balls. Again, so do most others not named Ohio State, Clemson included. Name me one play in Ewers career in which he did like Leavitt on that Jahdae free rush. Made him completely whiff then got outside Moore and got rid of it moving to his left no less with Taaffe bearing down on him. It was a tough catch but Golden made about 3 catches that I’d consider similar. At the end of the game, that shows as 0-1 for the QB on that play but hard to blame him. It looks terrible in the rating. Not sure how it goes on QBR. I cannot imagine it being a negative on PFF and would actually view as a positive as he evaded a near certain sack. Stats be damned. PFF grading be damned. His goal is to win. He doesn’t have to do it alone. He never has while here. He has to make 5-10 plays a game, and we’re good. Maybe a few more versus Ohio State. At this point it can be ugly. We’re not necessarily fixing anything at this juncture. Just execute enough colllectively to win.
- 3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
- 3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
I don’t think that was man defense. Maybe ASU treated it as a 3x1 and matched up the CB with Wingo by virtue of that. He for sure followed him. It doesn’t make any sense for the opposite S or LB to man up on Helm. There was no one overly aggressive in manning Wisner up either. This is the TD play that people desire. Sark dictated to them how he wanted them to react, and they followed suit. If they somehow handle Helm, they have a Wisner problem. Maybe not a TD, but a successful play.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
I was there yes. It was PA. Great play call. Helm was a TE on the right side. He delayed and the S came up enough to get the needed separation. The run action in conjunction with the Helm delay largely made the play. My point is that when 2nd/3rd level defenders play downhill and are successful doing so they will continue to play downhill so play action can be successful when situations dictate.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
My first paragraph was in reference to the season on the whole. Play action is Sarks idea of offense. It’s going to continue. Posters here get their drawers all bunched up about shit. If you’re talking the two missed FG drives and the two OT drives, you’re only talking two scoring drives. The easy TD was play action. The other was a great play but incredibly stupid defensive play call. One was a two minute drive so not standard offense. The other, yes, was a missed FG from 48 yards out, but we didn’t put it in the end zone. And it wasn’t a short field goal either. We can win many ways. Even if the run game is not successful, the opponent respects it. We can certainly be successful throwing it too. Sark may frustrate you, but the first and last TDs were direct results of his philosophies and tendencies.
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3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
Just for a little added context here on the play action. Ewers has a higher completion percentage, better TD/Int rate, higher yards per attempt and better sack rate with play action than with no play action. The lack of a run within a game is likely not that impactful within a game. The team prepares on what you’ve done collectively and with how they expect them to attack. It’s gonna be difficult in game to ask your 2nd and 3rd level defenders to not react to what they’ve practiced for two weeks. And it’s likely that if the run defense is successful, it will reinforce them to react to play action in a similar manner because they’re likely playing downhill.
- 3rd Qtr vs ASU. What went wrong?
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Your question about lack of motion is a great one. I’m not sure how that’s dumbing it down. Exactly how complicated could it be? It’s a great way to create matchups. Seems odd we’d run different plays in practice to have different offenses. On your last comment, this has been curious all season to some extent. Take that CB blitz in Ga game 1. Bolden is open but not tons of space. We don’t go there. Even that next game versus Vandy in which he hit Bolden on 3rd and 10 or whatever. He was hesitant out of the break. It worked just fine, but there’s a hint of what you’re referencing.