UT Offense Kryptonite: Incomplete Passes

[Volador]

Our stats on how quick we scored last year and part of this year are astounding. Something like an average of 2 minutes and 20 seconds per drive?

How'd we do it?

* Quick passes
* Running up the middle
* Screen passes
* End sweeps
* QB draws

By getting positive yardage on first down, keeping the ball in play and not allowing our opponents to substitute, we are a formidable championship caliber offense. Incomplete passes though are like cold water on a hot passionate date, for our rhythm is disrupted and our adversaries can now substitute at will and most importantly, catch their breath.

That being said coupled with Joe still trying to connect consistently on passes longer than 20 yards, I would love nothing more than to continue this trend and building up a solid lead before we go Air Milton. Love Joe, but hey, our #1 offensive weapon is moving the chains quickly. Too many times this season we reverted to long/er passes (part of it was greed and over confidence by our play caller/s) that were either dropped or misthrown, and like Austin Powers without his MOJO, our O tends to fall short when we are without our MOJO.

I believe our O has the talent to score more points than A&M plus, our Defense will hold their end of the bargain as well.

Keep the chains moving and try to eliminate the need for long/er passes - which can result in Kryptonite appearing on the field. After all, does anyone really care if Joe has 250 yards with predominantly short passes vs a handful of long passes?

Go Vols - tame those Aggies.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Our stats on how quick we scored last year and part of this year are astounding. Something like an average of 2 minutes and 20 seconds per drive?

How'd we do it?

* Quick passes
* Running up the middle
* Screen passes
* End sweeps
* QB draws

By getting positive yardage of first down, keeping the ball in play and not allowing our opponents to substitute, we are a formidable championship caliber offense. Incomplete passes though are like cold water on a hot passionate date, for our rhythm is disrupted and our adversaries can now substitute at will and most importantly, catch their breath.

That being said coupled with Joe still trying to connect consistently on passes longer than 20 yards, I would love nothing more than to continue this trend and building up a solid lead before we go Air Milton. Love Joe, but hey, our #1 offensive weapon is moving the chains quickly. Too many times this season we reverted to long/er passes (part of it was greed and over confidence by our play caller/s) that were either dropped or misthrown, and like Austin Powers without his MOJO, our O tends to fall short when we are without our MOJO.

I believe our O has the talent to score more points than A&M plus, our Defense will hold their end of the bargain as well.

Keep the chains moving and try to eliminate the need for long/er passes - which can result in Kryptonite appearing on the field. After all, does anyone really care if Joe has 250 yards with predominantly short passes vs a handful of long passes?

Go Vols - tame those Aggies.

Success on first down is the key imo. Nice post volador.

 

[utchs81]

But, But , But, Hendon isn't here this year and Joe hasn't been as successful as our previous QB.

 

[UT Hill Man]

Hookers skillset was perfect for our offense.
You could call almost any play in the book on first down.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Groundbreaking stuff

 

[Mccage]

Our stats on how quick we scored last year and part of this year are astounding. Something like an average of 2 minutes and 20 seconds per drive?

How'd we do it?

* Quick passes
* Running up the middle
* Screen passes
* End sweeps
* QB draws

By getting positive yardage of first down, keeping the ball in play and not allowing our opponents to substitute, we are a formidable championship caliber offense. Incomplete passes though are like cold water on a hot passionate date, for our rhythm is disrupted and our adversaries can now substitute at will and most importantly, catch their breath.

That being said coupled with Joe still trying to connect consistently on passes longer than 20 yards, I would love nothing more than to continue this trend and building up a solid lead before we go Air Milton. Love Joe, but hey, our #1 offensive weapon is moving the chains quickly. Too many times this season we reverted to long/er passes (part of it was greed and over confidence by our play caller/s) that were either dropped or misthrown, and like Austin Powers without his MOJO, our O tends to fall short when we are without our MOJO.

I believe our O has the talent to score more points than A&M plus, our Defense will hold their end of the bargain as well.

Keep the chains moving and try to eliminate the need for long/er passes - which can result in Kryptonite appearing on the field. After all, does anyone really care if Joe has 250 yards with predominantly short passes vs a handful of long passes?

Go Vols - tame those Aggies.

Substitute at will? Explain please.

 

[Allvols98]

Missing the yards per carry with the QB.

 

[gray0306]

kinda scares me as to what we'll see from the $8 million kid....is he even capable

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The kryptonite is a team that can stop the run without loading the box. Fortunately for us, that's much easier said than done, but if a team can do it, it gives us major problems.

 

[General Jack]

Good analysis OP.

Running that aggie defensive line down through lack of subs will be a great way to marginalize their strength.

 

[VolByBirth]

Maybe this explains the "safer" pass plays and fewer mid to long range (less consistency). I suspect CJH feels the smaller yardages per play is less impactful than potential clock stoppages. Playing to the soldiers you have, not the soldiers you want.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

A big key (and you could say this about any game) is how often are Coop and our guards able to climb to the second level off a double team, and along with that, stretching them out with wr screens so there are fewer defenders at the second level to begin with.

 

[Prayivm3rcy]

The kryptonite is a team that can stop the run without loading the box. Fortunately for us, that's much easier said than done, but if a team can do it, it gives us major problems.

That will cause most teams problems

 

[IndianaVol]

Excellent analysis !!!
Yes, the incomplete pass is our Offensive Killer for sure...same can be said for penalties.
1 missed or negative non-play absolutely puts our offense behind the sticks and they struggle to produce.

 

[Prayivm3rcy]

I think our kryptonite right now is having to rely on Milton on obvious passing downs

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Groundbreaking stuff

Trust me, we are all glad that you have arrived to provide groundbreaking insight.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

That will cause most teams problems

Yep, it will, but that doesn't make it any less true.

 

[KTrain]

Our stats on how quick we scored last year and part of this year are astounding. Something like an average of 2 minutes and 20 seconds per drive?

How'd we do it?

* Quick passes
* Running up the middle
* Screen passes
* End sweeps
* QB draws

By getting positive yardage of first down, keeping the ball in play and not allowing our opponents to substitute, we are a formidable championship caliber offense. Incomplete passes though are like cold water on a hot passionate date, for our rhythm is disrupted and our adversaries can now substitute at will and most importantly, catch their breath.

That being said coupled with Joe still trying to connect consistently on passes longer than 20 yards, I would love nothing more than to continue this trend and building up a solid lead before we go Air Milton. Love Joe, but hey, our #1 offensive weapon is moving the chains quickly. Too many times this season we reverted to long/er passes (part of it was greed and over confidence by our play caller/s) that were either dropped or misthrown, and like Austin Powers without his MOJO, our O tends to fall short when we are without our MOJO.

I believe our O has the talent to score more points than A&M plus, our Defense will hold their end of the bargain as well.

Keep the chains moving and try to eliminate the need for long/er passes - which can result in Kryptonite appearing on the field. After all, does anyone really care if Joe has 250 yards with predominantly short passes vs a handful of long passes?

Go Vols - tame those Aggies.

You hit on a lot of stuff but never mentioned what really handcuffs this O & handcuffed the O with HH @ UGA. The penalties, pre snap especially, that completely stops the game and unlike an incomplete pass its 2nd 15 instead 2nd 10 and playing behind the chains does not work well with this O on the road. On that 30 something gain vs UF where Castles was called for a crack back that was questionable per announcers and had no effect on the gain basically an around 40 something yard penalty after subtracting the gain, plays like this are just game stoppers. These are our biggest albatross IMO from keeping the O rolling just big momentum roadblocks and mostly happen on the road in very loud stadiums.

 

[MiramarVol]

Getting behind the sticks on 1st down & holding penalties on 1st or 2nd down are drive killers. We can't afford to have those this weekend.

 

[Volador]

You hit on a lot of stuff but never mentioned what really handcuffs this O & handcuffed the O with HH @ UGA. The penalties, pre snap especially, that completely stops the game and unlike an incomplete pass its 2nd 15 instead 2nd 10 and playing behind the chains does not work well with this O on the road. On that 30 something gain vs UF where Castles was called for a crack back that was questionable per announcers and had no effect on the gain basically an around 40 something yard penalty after subtracting the gain, plays like this are just game stoppers. These are our biggest albatross IMO from keeping the O rolling just big momentum roadblocks and mostly happen on the road in very loud stadiums.

Agree but, when you draw up a game plan, I don't think it is too wise to include penalties, is it??

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Trust me, we are all glad that you have arrived to provide groundbreaking insight.

Lol. So our offense is more effective when we gain positive yards on first down. Same could be said for any offense in any level of football.

 

[ftsandersvol]

We’ll need to keep ourselves in 2nd and short and 3rd and short to keep A&M’s defense off balance. We’ll need to do this by opening holes on 1st downs for our RBs. When we choose to, or have to, pass, Milton will need to get the ball out quick. Once A&M’s defense is gassed, the long-to-intermediate throws will open up for Milton. If we play like we are capable, we’ll own the 4th quarter.

 

[KTrain]

Agree but, when you draw up a game plan, I don't think it is too wise to include penalties, is it??

Well when we play in Tuscaloosa if they don't have that underlined then they have not been watching. You definitely go over contingent plans if we get a pre snap and its 1st & 15 in a stadium where you cant hear yourself think. Yes it should be a part of the game plan especially for road games we have consistently made it a part that has to be planned for IMO.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Lol. So our offense is more effective when we gain positive yards on first down. Same could be said for any offense in any level of football.

It is important especially for this offense because Milton isn't as good as Hooker was in creating big plays on 2nd or 3rd and long.

 

[volfan102455]

Fundamental football - do what is needed to move down the field one play at a time. I think a lot of folks are spoiled by the explosive plays and thoughts of scoring quickly on long throws downfield.

The team that makes the least mistakes generally wins regardless of how they score. If you make mistakes, then you need the quick hit plays that cover a lot of ground quickly. If you don't make mistakes sound fundamental, run oriented football can be enough - though it may not be as exciting as some would like.