Slant Passes

#26
#26
Tnman1 said:
Our DB's play further off the receivers, Pruitt's design. We can't complete them because our QB is having trouble.
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If playing further off is the setup, then is it not the responsibility of the LBs to cover this area? If this is the case then it would appear we have not been able to recruit guys with the speed to do the job required.
 
#27
#27
UTK said:
We gotta stop playing so far off WRs though. Drives me nuts
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I agree, but I remember a few time when we play up, they seemed to get burned badly. Whether it's a lack of speed or slow mental reaction, Coach Pru may be covering for them with scheme.
 
#29
#29
Tnphil said:
My guess....JG throwing high over the middle and late behind WRs a lot means INT's with the ball going the other way.

And as you said....We've been pretty bad stopping the slants the past few years. No matter how good or average the team we are playing.
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Gators and Dawgs notorious throwing a bunch of them. Better get that fixed
 
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#32
#32
One thing I noticed on the slants against us. They were thrown a lot right after our LB shot the gap. Maybe because the rb stayed in to block or we blitzed. But a lot of the completions were right behind were Henry To’o To’o was lines up at.
 
#34
#34
Seems like Pruitt’s scheme is to sell out more often to create pressure and trust your DB’s on the backend. Teams know that and they throw into the teeth of the blitz if/when they can diagnose where it’s coming from. The DB’s have to play further off the ball because they don’t always have safety help over the top if for instance we send a corner blitz from the opposite side and the safeties have to rotate over to cover it. You’ll notice we end up with more DBs blowing up plays in the backfield because of this.

I think the issue on Saturday was a mix of rushers not getting home, inexperience/miscommunication in the backfield, and a QB who didn’t mind to stand in there and take a hit while delivering balls with adequate accuracy. He had pressure in his face a lot, he was just a step faster than our guys in getting the ball out a lot of the time.
 
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#36
#36
WiseOlVol said:
Aside from the question of why we can't stop the slant, how come we don't/can't throw it?
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Whose to say we haven’t called them and JG just doesn’t get the ball to the right guy? We had a true freshman (Slaughter) playing slot against SC. He got eaten up on that slant several times. Hopefully SS is back for Mizzou.
 
#37
#37
If you watch JG closely you can almost predict when he’s going to throw it high or late. If he has eyes on the receiver more than a second he really over thinks it. When he just reacts he can get the ball on point in a hurry. On slants he’s watching the guy from the first step off the line of scrimmage
 
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#39
#39
NATHAN05 said:
Gee-wiz Tom........pretty sure he was just kidding. :oops: Some angry peeps up in here today even after a Vols and Titans winning weekend (which I cant remember both happening in forever)
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Happened quite often end of last season. I remember thinking that last year, been a while before that...
 
#40
#40
vik said:
I actually drew up a play incorporating this idea, to help out our offense. Not kidding...
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That.

Is just about. Awesome.

*salute*
 
#41
#41
BigOrangeTrain said:
Why can’t we run screens?
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Good question...The last several years it like looking at a Chinese fired drill that usually gets blown up before it gets started.

We had some good screens under Fulmer....Of course we were running a pro I with a up back/fullback....When we'd throw the screen we'd have a convoy of lead blockers. It was a thing of beauty when run right.
 
#43
#43
I am pretty sure every throw between hash-marks was eliminated for week #1. We all know 2 things: 1. Due to a lack of practice, the playbook for SC may have been written with crayons 2. Pruitt will pull JG if he fails to execute or turns the ball over.
 
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#44
#44
The reason that we can't stop the slant is because we are aligning our defensive backs outside the WR.

Our DBs are playing outside leverage and trying to force the WRs inside most of the time, Slants are just one of the routes that work against that type of defensive alignment..
 
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