I had an observation while rewatching the UF game. Every time that Feleipe Franks made a successful throw to a WR, his TE (#84) stayed back to block. This was the case for both PI calls and the long pass to Josh Hammond. Every other time, Franks either:
- got hit
- threw a quick pass to his backs
- rushed an incompletion
- threw an INT
This excludes the play where the officials blew a false start call and the Miami DL stood around and watched him pitch and catch to Hammond.
The Gators knew they had OL issues and schemed accordingly. They were limited but did just enough to win.
Meanwhile, I only saw two plays where our TE's helped the OT's. In the first half, Brevin Jordan chipped the **** out of the RDE and allowed Jarren Williams to step up in that direction and deliver a third and long dart to Jeff Thomas. The other time, in the fourth quarter, Brevin stayed back and allowed Jarren to hit KJ Osborn for a first down. It’s surprising we didn’t see this more often.
Another way we could’ve helped our OT's was by running the ball. Both guys are more comfortable run blocking (watch John Campbell on Deejay’s two Wildcat runs) and the team was running effectively. When you exclude Jarren, the team ran for 131 yards on 22 carries. They were really getting going late on the Cam run that got called back and another Cam run where Gaynor pancaked the DT. It seemed we were about to break through before pass protection and penalties put us behind the sticks.
I came away from the rewatch more encouraged with Zion Nelson than Campbell, although they were both terrible. Zion’s problem is that he is the last OL off the snap. That’s not a physical thing (he’s the twitchiest guy on the line) and it usually gets better with experience. Tyree St. Louis is an example of a guy who really struggled off the snap as a young player. But for the time being, it is a huge problem. I would give Scaife increased snaps during the bye week as an insurance policy for both guys.
- got hit
- threw a quick pass to his backs
- rushed an incompletion
- threw an INT
This excludes the play where the officials blew a false start call and the Miami DL stood around and watched him pitch and catch to Hammond.
The Gators knew they had OL issues and schemed accordingly. They were limited but did just enough to win.
Meanwhile, I only saw two plays where our TE's helped the OT's. In the first half, Brevin Jordan chipped the **** out of the RDE and allowed Jarren Williams to step up in that direction and deliver a third and long dart to Jeff Thomas. The other time, in the fourth quarter, Brevin stayed back and allowed Jarren to hit KJ Osborn for a first down. It’s surprising we didn’t see this more often.
Another way we could’ve helped our OT's was by running the ball. Both guys are more comfortable run blocking (watch John Campbell on Deejay’s two Wildcat runs) and the team was running effectively. When you exclude Jarren, the team ran for 131 yards on 22 carries. They were really getting going late on the Cam run that got called back and another Cam run where Gaynor pancaked the DT. It seemed we were about to break through before pass protection and penalties put us behind the sticks.
I came away from the rewatch more encouraged with Zion Nelson than Campbell, although they were both terrible. Zion’s problem is that he is the last OL off the snap. That’s not a physical thing (he’s the twitchiest guy on the line) and it usually gets better with experience. Tyree St. Louis is an example of a guy who really struggled off the snap as a young player. But for the time being, it is a huge problem. I would give Scaife increased snaps during the bye week as an insurance policy for both guys.
