OTF Premium What's working and what needs to change when Texas runs the football

[UT_Ro]

14 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

 

I started this play midway through the sideline view because I want you to watch Ryan Wingo and Hollywood Smothers.

— If Wingo gets a clean block on the safety, does Smothers see it and bounce the run off Wingo's outside shoulder? If he does, he only has to deal with the safety and/or the corner. Instead, Smothers hesitates and falls into a 3-yard gain that could've gone for more. 

— Even then, Smothers probably could've bounced this off Wingo's block and picked up a first down (he might've had a one-on-one with Powers if Coleman had kept Haynes from getting in a position for a potential open-field tackle. Or if he hit his path hard off Nick Townsend's inside shoulder, he might've beaten the safety to the spot and picked up the first down. Regardless, Texas punted two plays later.

— This is a bad run because it should've gone for more. This is what I'm talking about when I push back against the running game issues being all on the offensive line. This is on Smothers and/or Wingo, with a little blame assigned to Coleman, IMO.

Smothers has to cut that outside doesn't matter about if Wingo gets a clean block or not, Wingo is in a good enough position to just be in the way if Smothers cuts that outside.

[UT_Ro]

@Jeff Howe imagine when Arch finally keeps it on a rpo or if Sark allows him too.. Good lord that's a lot of yards gained. Then defenses will have to straight keeping the edge or a LB home instead of just crashing on the RB. Just a thought from my office chair

[cmk4pres]

Get someone who can do this... actually scheme.

 

 

[Deep in the heart]

It seems like our OLine does a lot of catching instead of driving off the ball. They automatically get into a pass blocking set on run plays so it prevents them from getting any push. It's almost as if they are walling them off instead of trying to displace them. That's a technical problem. Our receivers, Coleman especially, are providing nothing in the run game. Great thread  @Jeff Howe!