Perimeter Run Game PSA

in the diamond at this stage. I think it’s a fun set from a misdirection standpoint but I don’t think having those three guys all in the same package makes all that much sense from a specialization/practice rep allocation standpoint. It might be useful in the same way that the unbalanced looks are in that a lot of defenses may have only prepared one defensive look for them in which case you should be able to find a play in the package to gash em.

is 9/10th of ownership?

1. The 4i tech is not super common. So it could be that Hopkins just misread his responsibility (or didn’t catch a call) on the play. Instead of stepping first with his inside foot and splitting the defender he stepped first with his outside foot.

2. It’s not really an issue of quickness in this case. You can’t take a bad first step and expect to recover regularly in close quarters.

3. I think in general that Brown does a really good job at avoiding TFLs. Penetration is just a killer and especially on the playside. Can’t have it. What I would have liked to see is the fullback not chase the penetration because if the running back does find a way to elude that player, the offense still has a chance for a big play.

4. I try not to make too many comparisons between players before seeing them against D1 athletes. I think the major difference is probably that Gray takes the well blocked play to the house. All three of our running back talents bring something really nice to the pin n pull play. Gray is the homerun threat, Bergeron presents a serious problem for a secondary player trying to fill the alley, and as I stated Brown is great at transitioning from horizonal stretch to vertical cut.

1. Personally, I like what Espinosa brings to the table and I will be surprised if he gets supplanted at center. So far the only thing that our experimentation on the line suggests to me is that we are building depth through different combinations. Would I love to have a guy with all the tools at center? Certainly. I think Espinosa could eventually be a guy that gives you everything you want there. His mechanical improvement is just as important as adding strength. Leverage and using all of the power of your hips will go a long way, he needs to be able to make those quick jab blocks and entrench himself. When the center is blocking a nose he is working in a extremely small space and every detail is crucial. I think he could get to a place where he isn’t a liability on inside zone and power by the start of the season and then we will be able to play off his ability to pull (Pin N Pull).

2. From the two open practices, he doesn’t look ready yet but it’s a very small sample size to project from. For the sacrifice in quickness, he wasn’t winning one on one battles the way you’d want. IMO, if you are going to put a tall guy at center in this offense he needs to be an impressive athlete because he’s got to have the feet and flexibility to play with low pad level and keep his balance. For me, the interesting prospect at center would be Flowers but I don’t think he’s got any experience there and given that we snap the ball at different depths (under center, shotgun, and pistol) building reps there and providing needed depth at guard would be a tall order.

3. Absolutely. I think we’ll be better at both tackle spots, we have a lot more experience under our belts and we have our best raw talent at his natural position. Add to that just the physical development and additional reps and there’s no question in my mind that the OL is going to be stronger. Last year we could barely field a starting 5 at this point. The most significant upgrade for the offense will be a reduction of plays that go for a loss and that will be the result of improved recognition (esp from the QB position) and improved execution (for all the reasons I just mentioned).

I mean that oher guy. Not you.

as Searels building depth through trying a different combo. I think people got excited about it because there has been so much talk about Espinosa as “the problem” this offseason. I would speculate that Walters would struggle with leverage at center and in terms of quickness he’s our slowest starter. In terms of the overall effectiveness of our run blocking, tight end is a much bigger concern of mine than center.

There are a number of differences but if I were going to sum up how to spot the difference you want to looks at the pullers. In the power o, the pulling guard is always coming from the backside of the play and in the pin and pull the pullers are on the playside and it could be any combo of two players depending on defensive alignment. There are a lot of other differences too. Philosophically, the power o is an inside power run that is an imposition of will on the down defenders while the pin and pull attempts to delay down defenders in order to play a positioning game with the second level of the defense (more of a finesse run with a few anchor points).

a soft edge from the defense if your tight end can consistently pin. In conjunction with the Power O and Slice Zone that can really make life tough on the defensive front when you can run to the boundary consistently.

I think that with a greater emphasis on the read game we can still get to some really good things, but with a guy who really excels in the run game and offers something in the passing game at tight end this offense would tear this league up… especially when you add in the speed sweeps and bootlegs on the backside.

I anticipate that we will actually continue to see a lot of ace looks and/or a motioning Miles O into the left side because with the way our offensive line is shaping up this year we will have good pulling options either direction.

I think the background music is a work in progress and I think even an adjustment in volume and some better mixing (which I know very little about) could make a difference. I do think there’s some value there in keeping some rhythm there in a lengthy explanation. On to the questions

1) If you rewatch you’ll see that the tight end initial movement is almost flat toward the sideline. The force defender is almost certainly going to read that as the tight end trying to reach him, but you can see that the tight end then squares and settles at the defender steps to his outside, having just effectively positioned himself out of the play and widened the running lane in the process. If the tight end fights for that inside position right off the bat, the force player is going to attack his block and the offense will have less room to operate.

2) A hard crash inside at the snap by the defender indicates that he isn’t actually the force player. In that situation the tight end would continue up field to attack the strong safety (or whichever defender presents first to him). The crashing defender would then be handled by one of the pullers (either the first or the second depending on his depth) and they could either kick or log block him depending on how hard he is crashing. Either way, that’s the block that the running back should be focusing on to make his cut. There’s a lot of overlap here with the power O in terms of decision making and coordination by the pullers. Getting players that are effective at reading the edge and blocking on the fly is rep intensive but it pays big dividends.

3) if the defender to the backside is blitzing, there’s no doubt that he can run this play down from behind. As I pointed out in the video to, the protection on the backside is key to creating ambiguity between the run and the pass and the playside/backside.

4) The formation is the same except that we didn’t motion the receiver in pre-snap. It complements the pin n pull play because the backside blocking feels the same to the backside defenders and they all bite hard on the blocking flow. With man coverage on the outside and having established running to the boundary, you see the huge amount field Hills has to work with. Really he should have bounced the play even further outside but he was trying to hit the homerun and just couldn’t get it vertical fast enough. The naked play isn’t “sound” on its own, you have to set it up… and it’s a reminder that when Harsin gameplans he always builds on his base concepts. I think as we start to get better execution in our base we’ll start to see a lot more of these sorts of devastating calls from him.

Sorry if any of that didn’t translate clearly, I know the written format is not always the easiest.

Most of us forget what it was like in OUR first year of college - never mind playing in front of 100,000 screaming maniac,s facing a 325 lb. behemoth with red eyes and that is actually growling!

UT fans cut no slack - you don’t kill that animal than you are a POS!

http://youtu.be/-N5e1R4-G9I

in the background and screamed over the top like Lou Ferrigno.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_frequency

Sorry, I have a degree in acoustics and only rarely get to impress the ladies with it. So…

To: Ladies.
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