VolInNorthCack
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I am going to do a little drive by analysis . These are blatant errors by JG . It is obvious that he has no clue what is happening in his pre-snap read. It could be the case that he has not been give the ability to make pre-snap changes and audible. I cant imagine a Chaney offense not allowing this , but I will let you decide. These errors by JG make the offensive line look horrible . They make the receivers look horrible . They are enough to cause game melt downs . JG has several over aching issues to feed into each of the failures noted below. He holds the ball to long. He stars down receivers. He has no pocket awareness. There were mistakes all around . The tackles looked like they were getting boat raced. But if the blitzes were picked up pre-snap and / or JG slid forward in the pocket and delivered before 3 seconds , 80% of the o-lines bust would not have been busts at all. When you play teams like UGA , somebody is going to get beat at some point in the game. That is just football. So when you look at the greats like Manning or Brady or any other great , they make you pay for blitzing and it starts pre-snap. They make running backs look great by getting them in the right play at the right time.
6.38 1st quarter
safety drops to the box making 7 in the box , obvious pre snap blitz. Man coverage . JG has to check to a hot route . Rather, he does nothing and hands off running right to the teeth of the defense.
5.18 1st
GA line shifts right . This creates a free rusher on the right side. GA has 6 in the box . This is first and 10 . QB should check to run strong side away from the free rusher. Rather JG snaps with 22 seconds on the play clock . He must scramble to get back to the LOS.
GA has 6 in the box , they blitz a safety making it 7 creating an overload in the box on the left . Pre-snap it is known there will be an unblocked rusher. JG snaps the ball with 29 seconds on the play clock . Its second and 8 and all routes are set deep . The back should have been checked hot and leaked out for easy pitch and catch. He would have gotten 8 yards.
Instead JG barely makes it back to the LOS
4.40 2nd pass rush from defensive ends . JG drops drops drops ...never stepping up into the pocket. He holds the ball for 4 seconds. Running back is open . Instead JG calls his own number in a panic run and barely gets back to the LOS . He runs directly toward the open RB but is staring down field and does not see him. A good QB steps up in the pocket and delivers .
3rd quarter fumble. 4 man pass rush . JG has to step up into the pocket , rather he back peddles and then decides to Scramble left and is caught from behind. Mid route is open . Again a good QB steps into the pocket and hits the middle route ( see diagram ) . He hits this on time at the 2.5 to 3 second mark. .
3 quarter overload blitz. 2 receivers left uncovered . This is a tricky blitz that is not visible pre-snap. JG throws INT . Delivers on time to the back there is a one on one with back and safety in the open field. This is probably a good throw away down .
3-8 , double LB blitz .14.34 4th . Had to be suspected pre-snap as there is a single high safety and man coverage across the board. A decent pre-snap read is that that two LBs have a job and are not going to be standing there on 3rd and 8 with nothing to do. He needs a 2 second release at the marker ( again , he should know the heat is coming in this obvious down and distance ) , in stead we get nearly a 4 second release
3/5 10:07 4th . Same as above . fumble GA touchdown
This game is different with better pre-snap reads and better QB fundamentals .
Good post. And to piggyback off this a little... In the presser, Pruitt did say that there were several times that "we" didn't correctly identify the Mike LB. To me that is is fundamental. Isn't that the very first read you make as a QB at the line? You identify your strong side LB's.