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Dylan played well enough to win and this is in no way an indictment of his play. However, given our Oline issues, his lack ofility is going to cause us problems all year long. Our tackles have been exposed and he cannot penalize the rush with his legs effectively enough. Ends are going to pin their ears back on us every game.
We have to establish a running game and stick with it to give him some protection. We ran the ball with some limited success early against UM, but they went away from it. A couple of other gripes....
I'm not a fan of continuing to go back to all of the empty sets given our vulnerabilities on the line.
And please.... for love of all that is pure and holy.... do not throw another fade pass this millennium.
Edit...We are a 7 or 8 win team which is what I thought after seeing us against Cincy. The two weeks of scrimmages had me wishing for 10. I hope I'm wrong.
ility. It’s not much of an issue if we could protect him. Like you said he played more than well enough for us to be 4-0. But his lack of ility is greatly amplified by our shitty blocking on the edges.
Need Satt to get in Holgos head to run screen plays over and over to slow down the rushThat’s the thing with Dylan’s lack of
I thought IU was doing pretty good NIL wise for football.
Mobility wouldn't have helped much yesterday. The OTs ceded ground which allowed Michigan to collapse the pocket from multiple sides. There was nowhere to run.That’s the thing with Dylan’s lack of
Underwood cannot yet carry the load himself. We’d have seen a completely different game in your scenario for SURE
ility takes on DR are freaking ridiculous. If you've played QB at any level of football, you will understand that the QB pocket presence is a function of the O-Line and how they are being beaten. ile and making plays off-script. Dylan's ility is not even an issue in my opinion. Teddy, while staying in front of his defender, was essentially driven backwards immediately by his edge rusher. The edge rusher didn't have to beat him from the outside to make the spectacular play. He was able to play his techniqe perfectly, maintain outside leverage and move the Tackle into DR's lap. Gunner was...well, Gunner might have had the worst LT performance I have ever seen in my life. He was not capable of staying in front of #1 and the RB, who is one of the worst pass pro blockers from that position I've ever seen, could give him no help.
They tried to fix the Oline in the portal. They nailed the interior with Rocco. I still think they got it right with Pritchett but man.... they need to let the guy stay on the field. That false start was a terrible call as the edge is definitely in his peripheral the whole time. Prozchazka needs to react and get the 5 yards.
I'm betting that by the end of the year Merritt is the consensus best LB talent in the view of the fans
I don’t think Pritchett is the answer and I hate that they even took him. On top of his proclivity for procedural penalties, Pritchett allowed as many pressures as anyone last year at Bama. He may have all the talent in the world, but I’m not sure why we thought he’d suddenly be this unstoppable force here. Furthermore, his arrest was for something that’s so egregious I’d have made that a non-starter. Despite all that we gave that guy 7 figures. I simply don’t understand the logic.
When you watch our tackles vs Michigan completely collapse and let pass rushers run around them it makes sense why they took him. They’re comically poor.
Yep. Just because he is huge, I'd play Pritchett at LT and just deal with his issues, move Gottula to RT and go. Just going to have to scheme around it (which sucks) but until USC or PSU you probably aren't going to deal with a crazy pass rush.
