Here's the real problem..easy fix

#27
#27
StuckInBamaVol said:
explain the missed throws and not seeing open receivers when not being pressured. So, yes, he is part of the problem. Never said he was the problem. So, just stop.
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A few different things. One he was looking for where pressure was coming from before the ball was snapped. Not sure if the snaps were off or if he was so concerned with pressure that he was having trouble getting the snap. Even when we picked up guys we were getting pushed back, pocket wasn’t clean as it should’ve been, we also looked out of shape and winded a few times; it wasn’t just Heard.
 
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#28
#28
DaddyChad said:
A few different things. One he was looking for where pressure was coming from before the ball was snapped. Not sure if the snaps were off or if he was so concerned with pressure that he was having trouble getting the snap. Even when we picked up guys we were getting pushed back, pocket wasn’t clean as it should’ve been, we also looked out of shape and winded a few times; it wasn’t just Heard.
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just an all around crap night offensively.
 
#30
#30
O-line should have been a strength. It’s not. Feels like we’re still feeling the effects of Derek Doody not signing a single lineman for an entire recruiting cycle. Even though that was 3 coaches ago, we still don’t seem to have recovered completely.
 
#31
#31
we need more separation on the slant routes. the arkansas db's made great plays to break up the passes we needed the most. the wr's had their hands on them, just couldn't bring them in.
 
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morristown vol said:
Nico"s not accurate when throwing on the run.Other teams saw Oklahoma and will blitz to move him around if he can't hit open receivers.
Something he can get better at going forward.
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That's when he is the most accurate!!!! Also, its his decision making and indecisiveness.
 
#34
#34
I think some of it is Nico isn't seeing what he's told he should be seeing from the defense. I think teams have caught on to what Heupel's offense keys on and are disguising and mixing up defensive looks. That's not good for any QB but it's really hard on a younger QB.

This leads to Heupel calling the vanilla offense we've seen and that's not successful for us.

Toss in an O Line that can't give Nico enough time to adjust to...... "Hey, that read wasn't what these guys are actually doing on defense" trickery...... and you see a QB on the run and an offense that can't use tempo to control the game.

The good news is: Nico CAN get better at improvising because he's a very talented QB.

The bad news is: the more our other opponents study film of how teams have disrupted our offense with disguised defenses, the more we'll see it from very talented SEC coaches.
 
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As mentioned earlier in this thread, we can’t protect him even with max protect. So he’s already at a disadvantage numbers wise downfield, and running for his life on top of it.
 
#42
#42
SayUWantAreVOLution said:
I think some of it is Nico isn't seeing what he's told he should be seeing from the defense. I think teams have caught on to what Heupel's offense keys on and are disguising and mixing up defensive looks. That's not good for any QB but it's really hard on a younger QB.

This leads to Heupel calling the vanilla offense we've seen and that's not successful for us.

Toss in an O Line that can't give Nico enough time to adjust to...... "Hey, that read wasn't what these guys are actually doing on defense" trickery...... and you see a QB on the run and an offense that can't use tempo to control the game.

The good news is: Nico CAN get better at improvising because he's a very talented QB.

The bad news is: the more our other opponents study film of how teams have disrupted our offense with disguised defenses, the more we'll see it from very talented SEC coaches.
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That;s all i'm saying.He will see more if he don't get better at it.
 
#43
#43
SayUWantAreVOLution said:
I think some of it is Nico isn't seeing what he's told he should be seeing from the defense. I think teams have caught on to what Heupel's offense keys on and are disguising and mixing up defensive looks. That's not good for any QB but it's really hard on a younger QB.

This leads to Heupel calling the vanilla offense we've seen and that's not successful for us.

Toss in an O Line that can't give Nico enough time to adjust to...... "Hey, that read wasn't what these guys are actually doing on defense" trickery...... and you see a QB on the run and an offense that can't use tempo to control the game.

The good news is: Nico CAN get better at improvising because he's a very talented QB.

The bad news is: the more our other opponents study film of how teams have disrupted our offense with disguised defenses, the more we'll see it from very talented SEC coaches.
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I think Heupel knows i'm right and is trying to protect him till he can move and look down field and make them pay...like Hooker did
 
#44
#44
morristown vol said:
That;s all i'm saying.He will see more if he don't get better at it.
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I'm not sure he's being coached to handle it.

I feel like Heupel's system which is said to be based on pretty simple pre-snap and/or quick reads of what the D gives...... basically catching them out of position for what you're running.... will work if the D is "giving it back to you" and disguising the rush, coverage, etc.

As we saw with Joe, Heupel stops calling most of the down field passes and goes to the side to side throws and the run. Heupel said as much in the presser after the Arky game, "they showed us a D we weren't expecting....."

If I'm an SEC D coordinator, I've just been handed a nice piece of info. Coach Heupel has trouble adjusting if you don't run the D he thinks you will.

That's not a Nico problem.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Interior got bullied as well. Pretty much a crap performance all the way around.
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Yes, we have to get these OL issues before we can even begin to look at the rest.

Bad OL play affects everything. You might call a play every now then that is successful around it. And the QB or another player might make a play every now and then to be successful around it.

BUT, an offense cannot be consistently good with bad line play.
 
#48
#48
IMO, the problem is that we aren't stretching the boundaries. We need more screens, more end arounds, more HB sweeps, more options plays.... Anything to keep the defense from stacking the box and blitzing more often. I get that sometimes you can't run those plays with the personnel in the game and you can't sub with how quick we operate. But what we're doing clearly isn't working very well.
 
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