Hank was right.. We're getting coverage looks that say we should run it more. We did against BYU... Didn't enough against Florida or GSU.
Defenses are aware of our QB Ave his issues seeing the field so they're game planning for it.
Gotta do more underneath... Be it running it or screens.... And we've tried the screen game... Just haven't executed it very well.
Running screens haven't produced well for a number of reasons...but the overarching reason is that our opponents know that JG cannot deliver the deep ball.
So, they pack it in there on those routes between 5-15 yards and dare Chaney to throw the ball deep. They KNOW we're no threat to throw the ball down the field on 20+ yd patterns.
They just pack it in and have their nickel and LB ready to attack screens and shorter patterns.
It's just obvious to see during the games.
BYU ran zone to prevent the big plays most of the night while mixing in some man under....
And JJ ran free from the slot down the field all night long when we lined up 4 WRs.
And that's how our SEC opponents have played us...it's exactly how Fla played us--luring JG into what the TV announcers and CJP called "trap" coverage by the CB with Safety coverage over the top.
(And it's exactly how Muschamp continues to play us at USCe.)
Sometimes Fla's CB would walk up in a press man look and run with the WR....other times he would sit down in the flat--and JG threw the ball right to him when Callaway correctly read the coverage.
What's so disappointing to me is that CHANEY has done nothing to exploit that defensive strategy.
You attack it down the middle behind the LBs with slot receivers....you counter it by running TEs or slots across the face of the LBs and sliding RBs out into the patterns underneath in front of the LBs.
And you run the ball more....like Maurer's 1st two plays against Fla. You just keep mixing it in there and then throw a deep one down the middle off of play action.
You must stay patient and mix enough of it in there....and try some double screens, too.
Chaney did run a double screen when Maurer was in there but it wasn't going anywhere because he hadn't allowed Maurer throw the ball deep down the middle of the field.
There's enough film out there of Chaney at UGA absolutely blowing games against Bama's D to figure out his MO.
It's why he is out at UGA and has landed with us.
It's a combination--IMO--of JG's ineptitude and Chaney's being an over-rated OC and in game play-caller.
And we've forced to live with it.....
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