Could Screens Have Saved...

[Russdaddy2027]

Almost -all- analysis I've seen have said 2 definitive things:

* UGA started bringing some absolute habanero when the rain started coming down. Almost all sacks were by LBs and DBs.

* Hooker did himself absolutely no favors by being a statue in the pocket. Didn't roll out, sense pressure and held onto the ball for WAY too long. Even Coach30 clowned him because of it.

I did have flashbacks of JG…. Although i know HH is worlds better it did kinda look like a script we have read before in that one game

 

[agent|orange]

I did have flashbacks of JG…. Although i know HH is worlds better it did kinda look like a script we have read before in that one game

If he had pressure in his face all game I'd think differently but I swear. Anyone go rewatch the first half. Clean pocket most of the time. Unforced errors abound.

Crowd and stage got him IMO. Hope that was a 1-off.

 

[Flipdaddy]

Hook over threw at least two touchdowns if not three. Makes a huge difference.

 

[jwells]

Maybe? We had opportunities for splash plays that were, likely TDs. I think the inability for the OL to handle their interior player opened things up on the outside, forced an rb to stay in to protect, and pushed up the time to make reads. My main criticism, other than missing those deep passes, was holding the ball too long. Have to either tuck and run or throw it away. Can't stand waiting for it come come open with that much pressure. If we hit those deep bombs, I'm not sure UGA would have kept with the pressure up the gut like they did.

The worst sacks were complete failures by the left side of the line, however. The play was over immediately. If anything, we could have done what Bama and UF did to us and roll Hooker out deep.

My main coaching criticism was not calling timeout towards the end on 3rd and 9 when UGA pushed that WR/TE whatever kid out wide uncovered completely.

 

[camp_steveo]

Every team UT faces for the rest of the year will play man-to-man & blitz 66% of the time.

If the Vols don't start using screens, draws, etc., they may have trouble, especially in a bowl game or if they are lucky, the CFP opponent.

 

[Jax_Vol]

We aren't built for many screens...

Bet Coach Fulmer still has three wide receiver screen's drawn up in his billfold

 

[Vol737]

Those blitz packages by UGA were something new that UGA implemented specifically for us. They had not shown any of those blitz packages on film in their previous games. So there is no way that our coaching staff could have prepared for those blitzes which is why we got sacked 7 times. If we get a chance to play UGA again it will be different because we will have seen how they blitz and have some film on how their defense plays against our offense.

After the third sack....I might have just drawn something up in the dirt and gone with it. Got to have better in game adjustment when the same thing keeps happening. I'm a little surprised we didn't seem to adjust at all.

 

[Cartervol]

Every team UT faces for the rest of the year will play man-to-man & blitz 66% of the time.

If the Vols don't start using screens, draws, etc., they may have trouble, especially in a bowl game or if they are lucky, the CFP opponent.

A lot of them were doing that already. The push up the middle and collapsing of the pocket was the issue Saturday. He just didn't have time to do much. I don't care that these 3 teams coming up want to blitz all day and play press man coverage. They'll just run for 300 yards on all of them. Teams have tried to man up on us. Bama did it. They just don't have UGA's line and it was at Neyland. The silent snap count is a big deal. You're playing on your heels and the dline gets a jump.

 

[jarhead]

I don't know about screens, but better blocking would have surely helped.

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

You flare RBs into the flats and that is one less blocker in for protection.

Small was dinged up early and the RB room is not filled with bountiful amounts of talent to begin with so, does the coaches trust Wright to catch the ball or go with the freshman Sampson in a big game?

I would have preferred a few more rub and combo routes out of the guys we know could catch the ball in the wide receivers since they were staying in man in defense.

Maybe a few quick hitters with more curls and slants to offset the pressure. And some more short routes to the TEs. It was working some early but I feel they got impatient with it.

Sorry I dont have pics of half of my TV and my hands to illustrate my points. I also won't be arguing with anyone in multiple threads on the subject.

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

Every team UT faces for the rest of the year will play man-to-man & blitz 66% of the time.

If the Vols don't start using screens, draws, etc., they may have trouble, especially in a bowl game or if they are lucky, the CFP opponent.

The good thing is those other teams won't be rolling out future 1st rd picks at DB either.

 

[Delmar]

Hooker from 7 sacks and the Vols a loss?

And will we install them now? We're surely going to need them after UGA's success with blitzes.

Only if Small is healthy. Wright doesn’t have good hands and that is one reason why they didn’t go to screens. Past those two we are woefully short on RB depth. Not sure it would have worked anyway. As one poster said, GA would have adjusted quickly and they are excellent tacklers in the open field as they proved time and again. Very disciplined defense.

 

[orangerush]

I don’t think we’ve thrown a screen all year. Would it have helped in the game against GA. We will never know.

 

[Cartervol]

Small going down early in the game isn't being talked about enough. He's a big part of what we do. Wright may be a better runner, but he doesn't pass block as well and doesn't catch well. We need us some runningback help this offseason.

 

[Cartervol]

The good thing is those other teams won't be rolling out future 1st rd picks at DB either.

That makes a difference. Their lines likely won't be rubbing elbows with Hooker either. He needed about another second or two versus UGA. He'll get that time versus these teams.

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

That makes a difference. Their lines likely won't be rubbing elbows with Hooker either. He needed about another second or two versus UGA. He'll get that time versus these teams.

Yep.

I expect Carter to end up as a top 10 pick next Spring.

Beal is under the radar too but he did go out in the 3rd quarter.

 

[Biggdadde7]

Hooker from 7 sacks and the Vols a loss?

And will we install them now? We're surely going to need them after UGA's success with blitzes.

We need to.put the blame where it goes on the sacks. The left side of the line and rb's missed blitzes. Couple were on Hooker but after he got drilled a couple times he got gun shy. And give credit where it is due Georgia kept bringing it right from that side and we never adjusted blocking schemes to it.

 

[Boone&Crockett]

I don’t think we’ve thrown a screen all year. Would it have helped in the game against GA. We will never know.

This...Its just not what we want to do, we'd rather keep the back in for blocking and hit it deep, as bad as it looked in the game we had our chance to hit our big plays they just werent as frequent as normal and we didnt hit them.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Every team UT faces for the rest of the year will play man-to-man & blitz 66% of the time.

If the Vols don't start using screens, draws, etc., they may have trouble, especially in a bowl game or if they are lucky, the CFP opponent.

Every other team we play simply doesn't have the talent GA has to go man-to-man and blitz.

Some losses are what they are. The GA loss was the result of the Vols meeting a team with more talent.

It wasn't a faulty game plan, severely under-executing, or a huge failure by our players.

It was facing a much more talented team.

 

[MOOOOONEY]

Screens take a bit to develop and GA was on HH in a second. I've wondered about draw or shuffle pass. Typically on those blitz's the MLB stayed home. This would have given the ball carrier a 1 on 1 opportunity.

We ran a couple of draws with limited success.

I would have had a back or tight end chip block the blitzer while having one receiver run a go and the other a slant at the linebacker and throw to the flat. It’s a quick developing play once the back or tight end clears the chip block and gets out into the flat.