The Screen Game

[orange+white=heaven]

Among the myriad things I'm so happy to see return with David Cutcliffe, the return of an effective screen game comes very high for me. On Saturday this aspect of the offense was well executed, and called at usually the perfect moment.

Throw in the growing use of the tight end as the season progresses, and Volunteer fans are getting to watch a truly explosive offense be born right before their very eyes. I'm so enjoying watching this offense being built!

By the way, that short post route that was just off the fingertips of Foster.... I've never seen a Tennessee running back in that route, anyone else?
That's a gorgeous play.

I'm feeling totally upbeat here today, so the inability of the running game to come along with the rest of the offense is just going to be ignored by me for now....

 

[JAllen18MVP]

I'm sure you'll see the screens again this Saturday. I think LSU is going to want to test Ainge early to see if his ankle will affect him, and I expect Cut to throw screens and draws on them until they stop blitzing.

 

[GAVol]

By the way, that short post route that was just off the fingertips of Foster.... I've never seen a Tennessee running back in that route, anyone else?
That's a gorgeous play.

Foster might still be running if he had held onto that ball. I think a lot of it was that Ainge got moved a little in the pocket and was drifting to the right, which set up an angle to throw to Foster releasing up the middle of the field.

 

[Lexvol]

He needed a tad more air under that throw.

 

[dduncan4163]

I'm sure you'll see the screens again this Saturday. I think LSU is going to want to test Ainge early to see if his ankle will affect him, and I expect Cut to throw screens and draws on them until they stop blitzing.

I totally agree. Cut knows that LSU will blitz Ainge from every direction and good screens and draws will counter that.

I expect to see a lot of 3 step drops too.

 

[cibai]

I like a good screen game too, because it is more a part of the run game than the pass game. Its almost like a kind of option play. That is one of the reasons Ive not been too concerned with the lack of run offense, because the screen game really is a type of run offense.

 

[Big Vol Nasty]

Among the myriad things I'm so happy to see return with David Cutcliffe, the return of an effective screen game comes very high for me. On Saturday this aspect of the offense was well executed, and called at usually the perfect moment.

Throw in the growing use of the tight end as the season progresses, and Volunteer fans are getting to watch a truly explosive offense be born right before their very eyes. I'm so enjoying watching this offense being built!

By the way, that short post route that was just off the fingertips of Foster.... I've never seen a Tennessee running back in that route, anyone else?
That's a gorgeous play.

I'm feeling totally upbeat here today, so the inability of the running game to come along with the rest of the offense is just going to be ignored by me for now....

I'm not to sure that was a set play. Ainge was out of the pocket and usually when QB's are out of the pocket WR's and RB's (the whole team) goes into an "impromtu" play. WR's come back to Ainge and RB's start trying to find open spots where line backers were if they were pass blocking.

As far as it being gorgeous, catching the pass might have made it gorgeous. You're in D-1, at a traditional top 15 program if the ball hits both hands you catch the ball.

 

[Big Vol Nasty]

I'm sure you'll see the screens again this Saturday. I think LSU is going to want to test Ainge early to see if his ankle will affect him, and I expect Cut to throw screens and draws on them until they stop blitzing.

I think we'll see a mix bag this weekend from Cutcliffe.

LSU's D is fast and if they bring them linebackers and leave the middle of the field open i see no reason why Cottom won't get him a couple for 10+ and I expect to see alot of quick slants to the middle of the field (think what Casey Clausen made his living on in 3rd down situations to Brown). But predicting what an offensive and defensive coordinator will do is like predicting weather in East Tennessee.

I didn't really agree with all the screens in the SC game at all. They went more down field in the 2nd half (which is what they should have been doing in the 1st half) and the O put up 17, compared to the screen laden 1st half that yielded 7 offensive points.

Speaking of offences exploding. Did anyone see the 2nd half of the Colts Broncos game yesterday? Manning and Wayne owned #27 from Denver. In my eyes there is no reason Ainge and Meachem can't hook up like that. Peyton man the kid is going to break every NFL passing record there is if he stays healthy.

 

[ruslt]

Im sure in one of the next few games someone is going to start playing Tennessee as a strictly pass offense. They will play more of a Dime defense dropping LB back to cover the pass and the safeties will be playing to stop the deep pass. Then everyone will see what the Tennessee backfield is made of. It seems to me that everyone is still playing Tennessee to stop the run.

 

[Big Orange Diesel]

I liked the screen calls against South Carolina but USC made adjustments in the second half to reconize when the Vols were running them. USC might not have stop them if Coach Cut didn't run the same screen. I'm still looking for the Middle Screen......I know they have one and it works well against fast defenses(ex. LSU).

 

[hvwarrior58]

I have a feeling that LSU won't be rushing 6 and 7 every play(they won't have to). They will drop alot into coverage and make us run on them which I don't see happening.

 

[VolinArizona]

Im sure in one of the next few games someone is going to start playing Tennessee as a strictly pass offense. They will play more of a Dime defense dropping LB back to cover the pass and the safeties will be playing to stop the deep pass. Then everyone will see what the Tennessee backfield is made of. It seems to me that everyone is still playing Tennessee to stop the run.

The DIME is a bit more rare in college than NFL, but LSU will probably play more NICKEL than DIME? Why? I think its because they have the utmost confidence in their 4 startings DBs. It would put the 4 starters out there plus Sammy Joseph most likely. In a DIME, Highsmith would be the lone LB, and I think they would like to have Beckwith or Sanders out there for more opportunity to blitz. I actually think UT would be better able to expose the DIME than NICKEL, at least against LSU.