Thirteen different Cats caught passes today. Also, Sullivan was the leading rusher, which may say it all.
With little to be happy about, an odd stat: wonder if it’s a record
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Is Porter truly at 100%? If so I can't explain how he got 6 carries total in a game where we really needed to try to even out the time of possession. Granted I see Porter got 4 catches too.
Here's one that could be nearly a record: 12 (TWELVE) yards net rushing.
He was the leading rusher … with 11 yards! That is what says it all. The OL was being pushed and thrown all over the field; totally outmuscled.
Actually, i think i saw a few plays where our OL weren’t being pushed or thrown all over the field. They weren’t even outmuscled.
Unaware of unopposed pass rushers? Mm ya. But then the OL weren’t the only position group tasked with pass pro that ignored unopposed pass rushers…. 😢
Honest question - can reviewing tape help reverse this multi-year trend? Seems unfathomable for someone to have played this game for so many years of their life and not have some situational awareness in the nuances of their position responsibility. And equally unfathomable that this could go on all game where it appeared no teaching moments, coaching up or adjustments were made to correct an obviously bad dynamic…
^ Certainly not the 1st time this has happened.
Remember vividly the Badgers sending an extra pass rusher which no one picked up (RB was in position to at least try to chip).
The next play or so, the Badgers did the exact same thing with no adjustment from the NU coaching staff with the same predictable result.
Remember vividly the Badgers sending an extra pass rusher which no one picked up (RB was in position to at least try to chip).
The next play or so, the Badgers did the exact same thing with no adjustment from the NU coaching staff with the same predictable result.
that inability to make necessary in-game adjustments or coaching up of players in real-time consistently for years makes it feel like we are playing analog football in a digital era where everyone has tech and tools to evaluate realtime what happens on the field... I assume this can't really be the the case - right?
One record I’m glad we didn’t give Rutgers was being their first BT shutout. We barely dodged that stat. It’s going to be tough getting thru the season, maybe for more seasons ahead until new leadership is in place to rebuild the program.
Oline is trash. What I'd give to see some guys out there with Matt O'Dwyer nastiness. I'm cool on Bjakian, however, it's hard to model a offensive scheme when you can neither run the ball or drop back pass. Swing and quick hitch passes ain't gonna do it in anyone's offense.
I think the issue is the lack of experience of the current offensive line playing together as a unit. OL, more than any other position group, is much more about teamwork than individual play. So I don't think it was about one particular lineman not knowing their individual responsibility on a given play, it was more about the cohesiveness of the entire line in communicating with each other and knowing what their linemates were going to do on any given play. Even at the NFL level, that sort of chemistry takes time - OLs that have consistent experience together almost always perform better than those with minimal time together, regardless of individual talent levels.
Parenthetically, I think this explains why we can have two first round NFL draft picks, yet the OL as a whole not performing particularly well.
Also, this is not to say that there weren't certain plays where they were clearly blown pass-protection assignments, but it's hard for me to pin them on any one player - it seemed to be that all of them struggled, which speaks more to the collective inexperience of the unit as a whole - and perhaps an indictment of Anderson's ability to coach them as a unit. I surmise that Anderson's strengths are in recruiting and perhaps in teaching individual technique, but with a clear weakness in teaching them how to work together. But it also raises the question about how much of OL blocking scheme is the responsibility of the position coach or the offensive coordinator. I wonder if, as a position coach, he might be primarily responsible for working on individual technique, but that setting and teaching the overall blocking scheme as a unit might be the OC's role. Anyone know for sure?
