Highlights: Passing game vs Austin Peay

[bpalmer28]

Since the passing game vs AP has been a hot source of debate lately, I put together a simple highlight reel. Enjoy.

 

[illvol]

Thanks for that. I wasn’t able to see the first half. I’m not nearly as worried now as I was after all of the posts. It’s not like Milton was air balling receivers by 8 or 10 yards or throwing short into the dirt. He was hitting most where they could still get two hands on the ball albeit not where they were expecting it. At this level, I feel, never having played the position, if it hits you in both hands you SHOULD have a high probability of securing a catch…but we didn’t on most of those “bad balls” and still didn’t on several that were put on the money. Seems like, again…to me, it was an off day possibly brought on by overlooking a bad team and assuming we can sleep walk through the game and still win convincingly. Which we did.

On to the gators!!!!

 

[bpalmer28]

Thanks for that. I wasn’t able to see the first half. I’m not nearly as worried now as I was after all of the posts. It’s not like Milton was air balling receivers by 8 or 10 yards or throwing short into the dirt. He was hitting most where they could still get two hands on the ball albeit not where they were expecting it. At this level, I feel, never having played the position, if it hits you in both hands you SHOULD have a high probability of securing a catch…but we didn’t on most of those “bad balls” amd still didn’t on several that were out on the money. Seems like, again…to me, it was an off day possibly brought on by overlooking a bad team and assuming we can sleep walk through the game and still win convincingly. Which we did.

On to the gators!!!!

I agree 100%.

Several of his passes were a little off the mark, but he seems to have made all the right decisions and his timing was good. It just wasn't his best day throwing the football.

Let's beat Florida!

 

[Northern Vol Fan]

I'm wondering if he's trying to take a little oomph off his balls and that's why they're behind (i.e. he's still throwing it to the same point, but they are getting there later)?

 

[VOLfrombama]

I'm wondering if he's trying to take a little oomph off his balls and that's why they're behind (i.e. he's still throwing it to the same point, but they are getting there later)?

Good question. I think it has a lot to do with his eyes and maybe even throwing to a spot. AP was blitzing all day and he was having to move around in the pocket a lot. I thought he did a good job of avoiding pressure.

If either the Qb or WR are off by a step or two, then it could look like a bad throw when in reality it was actually a bad route. Either way its takes 1 person to throw it and 1 to catch it and if either one is off at all, it's not gonna work. They all took turns having an off day.

 

[Pride85]

I'm wondering if he's trying to take a little oomph off his balls and that's why they're behind (i.e. he's still throwing it to the same point, but they are getting there later)?

I believe that is highly possible. He is so self conscious about the overthrown, that he may have overcompensated a bit. He is owning up to the fact that his throws weren't perfect and this is a positive thing. And as for the hand wringing in this thread about a players only meeting, it is not needed. The fact they want to get together and remind each other that they are better than they have showed is not a bad thing. They don't want it to come from the coaches, they want to challenge each other. To me, there may have been a little basking in the praise that made them feel they could have just showed up and wallop AP. At least they realized this after a win.

 

[UT-Rex]

Woww, I have to go with Milton on this for now.

Fred White critiqued Receiver results, saying Recv'rs have to catch the balls that hit their hands / that they receive from the QB e.v.e.r.y day in Practice.

Play #1 and the dropped pass at 1:48 are perfect samples.

 

[Aesius]

After watching them all in sequence like this, it looks like the WRs were a bigger problem than Milton. He wasn't great by any stretch but most of those dropped passes should have been caught.

 

[Other_Guy]

WRs were way worse than Milton. If they catch a couple of those it changes a lot of the game and momentum. The issue is the WRs outside of Thornton has proven themselves while Milton seems to be as good as he's going to be - which they can still win with good play from guys around him.

 

[Boogie]

Receivers couldn't catch a cold on Saturday.

Milton should've easily had 300+ yards on Saturday. Some balls weren't perfect but still hit WR's in the hands and should have been caught.

Anyone blaming Milton and claiming we need a QB change after two games is completely clueless about this sport and likely never played the game.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Good question. I think it has a lot to do with his eyes and maybe even throwing to a spot. AP was blitzing all day and he was having to move around in the pocket a lot. I thought he did a good job of avoiding pressure.

If either the Qb or WR are off by a step or two, then it could look like a bad throw when in reality it was actually a bad route. Either way its takes 1 person to throw it and 1 to catch it and if either one is off at all, it's not gonna work. They all took turns having an off day.

Exactly, one of the reasons making strong declarative statements without access to the Staff analysis is over the top. ANYBODY Is free to post an analysis, but do not get protection from others free speech analysis of the opinion, that the NEGAS seem to demand.

TOO many statements, not enough REAL questions, rhetorical or otherwise.

 

[VOLfrombama]

Receivers couldn't catch a cold on Saturday.

Milton should've easily had 300+ yards on Saturday. Some balls weren't perfect but still hit WR's in the hands and should have been caught.

Anyone blaming Milton and claiming we need a QB change after two games is completely clueless about this sport and likely never played the game.

I agree for the most part. Joe was def off on a couple passes he threw behind/high to the WRs, so those are on him, but they still hit the WRs in the hands and are mostly catchable balls. So at a minimum, they share some responsibility.

No way I change Qbs after 2 Ws. That's just the BVS talking.

Get sharper in practice. Come out fired up and ready to show that improvement on Saturday night from snap #1.

 

[mpfvol]

Joe Milton has came a long ways from when he first got on campus I did not think he would make it this far . He is doing good this year so far not great but his WRs are not helping enough . I dont think I have seen WRs drop this many passes in a 2 game stretch maybe they just have the jitters hopefully they get some sticky gloves for UF lol .

 

[Bloodrunsorange27]

Thanks for posting the video.

After rewatching each pass, I saw two good throws that were on target and dropped by WR/RB. One was down the sideline to Thornton and the other was screen pass to Small.

All other drops were due to inaccurate throws and throws that were behind or short that allowed DBs to break up the pass.

 

[onevol74]

OMG, those uniforms looked worse on TV than they did in the stadium. Thanks OP for this video. The drops are the obvious problem.

 

[onevol74]

What does it do to a QB’s confidence when his receivers drop easy passes?

 

[temptn]

I saw at least three pass interference no calls on AP.

 

[temptn]

Receivers couldn't catch a cold on Saturday.

Milton should've easily had 300+ yards on Saturday. Some balls weren't perfect but still hit WR's in the hands and should have been caught.

Anyone blaming Milton and claiming we need a QB change after two games is completely clueless about this sport and likely never played the game.

Yeah let's get a new QB after 4-5 bad throws. Go watch the Bama game and see if their quarterback had some bad throws, he did. I know Texas is a little better than AP, but some on here think you should never have a bad pass.

 

[deezvols]

Woww, I have to go with Milton on this for now.

Fred White critiqued Receiver results, saying Recv'rs have to catch the balls that hit their hands / that they receive from the QB e.v.e.r.y day in Practice.

Play #1 and the dropped pass at 1:48 are perfect samples.

I counted 5 different receivers (including RBs) drop a pass at least once. As many have already said, Joe had some misthrows, but it's not all on him.

 

[Pride85]

I agree for the most part. Joe was def off on a couple passes he threw behind/high to the WRs, so those are on him, but they still hit the WRs in the hands and are mostly catchable balls. So at a minimum, they share some responsibility.

No way I change Qbs after 2 Ws. That's just the BVS talking.

Get sharper in practice. Come out fired up and ready to show that improvement on Saturday night from snap #1.

Yes he's was off on some passes. The second one to Squirrel was on target, but too high for the shortest receiver on the team. In reality, even Hendon Hooker missed open receivers last year. It is just he was so accurate and dynamic it was overlooked. Remember, for better or worse there is still a goose egg on a very important stat in Milton’s career that Hooker can't even boast.

 

[Prayivm3rcy]

Thanks for posting the video.

After rewatching each pass, I saw two good throws that were on target and dropped by WR/RB. One was down the sideline to Thornton and the other was screen pass to Small.

All other drops were due to inaccurate throws and throws that were behind or short that allowed DBs to break up the pass.

I'll also add the squirrel drop on 3rd down that was on target

 

[Bloodrunsorange27]

I'll also add the squirrel drop on 3rd down that was on target

What quarter and time was that one? Was it around the goalline?

 

[Volbrando]

Since the passing game vs AP has been a hot source of debate lately, I put together a simple highlight reel. Enjoy.

ok after watching that... there might have been more on the receivers than on Milton however it does look like he was throwing some cannons in the first half so they might have had a little too much heat on them

he had a couple of nice scrambles to get away from the pressure.... but honestly the amount of pressure AP was able to get on our QB is concerning to me.

 

[37620VOL]

Thanks for posting the video.

After rewatching each pass, I saw two good throws that were on target and dropped by WR/RB. One was down the sideline to Thornton and the other was screen pass to Small.

All other drops were due to inaccurate throws and throws that were behind or short that allowed DBs to break up the pass.

What about the other drop by Thornton on the slant? would have been a td

What about the throw to White that was perfect at the sticks for a first down?

 

[37620VOL]

What quarter and time was that one? Was it around the goalline?