Van Dyke Reflects on Previous Game and Looks Ahead to Upcoming Matchup

Peter Ariz

Oct 10, 2023 2 min read

After a tough and emotional loss last Saturday, Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tyler Van Dyke opened up about the game's challenges and what lies ahead for the team. In a today’s interview session with the media, he candidly discussed his performance, shared insights into the team's preparation, and expressed faith in the coaching staff.

During the review of the film from the last game, Van Dyke acknowledged some key mistakes that hurt their chances. "There were a few miscommunications and missed throws, especially during critical moments," he admitted. Despite gaining 450 yards on offense, the team struggled at pivotal junctures, notably with a missed third down and an interception which could have potentially changed the outcome.

However, Tyler's focus is now firmly set on the upcoming game. "We've got to move on. We have a tough matchup this week, and we need to be ready for it," he asserted. When asked about the previous loss's possible silver lining, he expressed a desire to have learned lessons while winning but recognized the team's dedication. "We have a great group of guys who are willing to work no matter what happens," he remarked.

Regarding the challenges posed by Georgia Tech, Van Dyke noted their changing defensive strategies. "They did a good job of mixing up coverages… every play was different," he said, also pointing out the importance of better execution from the Hurricanes' side.

Addressing concerns about the team's morale and faith in the coaching staff, Van Dyke revealed a leadership meeting was held. "We know who we are as a team. We have the utmost faith in our coaches," he said, emphasizing their commitment to pushing forward and focusing on the next challenge.

In the same vein, he was full of praise for North Carolina's quarterback, Drake Maye. "He's an unbelievable player, very accurate and a true leader," Tyler commented, mentioning their past interactions and shared experiences at football camps.

On the topic of targeting strategies, Tyler shed light on why some receivers, like Xavier Restrepo, get more passes. He explained that the type of play dictates the target, but lauded Restrepo’s skills in getting open and making the necessary plays.

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cway313

Oct 11, 2023

PIPO said:
My understanding is that Tyler has freedoms he never had before. I can certainly be wrong about that.

My statement is based on watching every home game live and TVD locks on to initial reads many, many times over and over. I have end zone seats so I follow his eyes when he’s coming down to my end zone (west EZ) or follow his head turns when he’s going opposite of me to the East EZ.

Not saying he locks on to one read every pass but I am more than comfortable saying he locks on to one receiver on 3/4 passes. Maybe that is the design of the Air Raid Dawson runs but he’s done it under every OC he’s played under.

When Kaya and Malik were the QBs, I had same seats. When Dorsey was the QB, is at in the same West Endzone at the Orange Bowl. Their heads were constantly on the hunt coming off reads and searching for other reads.

I certainly have appreciated the view you provide

Number1CanesFan

Oct 11, 2023

PIPO said:
Purdy is the perfect example. He was a really good QB at Iowa State but most people in the east coast don’t watch Big 12/Pac-10 football.

Purdy is a super smart kid with very good mechanics, arm, intangibles but doesn’t have the elite profile of a Josh Allen or even the QB they drafted higher in Trey Lance.

But you aren’t going to fool Purdy and he’s able to understand and process information and he almost always knows where to go with the ball while also having some awesome weapons. Very Bradyesque start to his career. He also has a very good coach in Shannahan.

TVD has some very good weapons and he uses them well but not very consistently and has major trouble when he has to adjust on the fly. If you don’t put it in a platter for TVD he struggles to catch up. The MTSU game and this GT game are very concerning games for his resume and the success of our program.

He has the same weapons the other QBs couldn't do half as much with.

Hats off to the young man. SF found a gem.

JamesQuall

Oct 11, 2023

Memnon said:
It sounds like you guys think we should just start Emory & get it over with?

JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy

Oct 11, 2023

PIPO said:
I was pretty confident that based on what we had seen from Shannon that we weren’t going to fall into the traps or issues of old especially vs GT. I believed!!!

Yeah, I fell into the trap.

Me too brotha. It’s a rough one. Hopefully our season doesn’t fall off a cliff now

Squid Bumciorek

Oct 11, 2023

Cribby said:
Exactly. Put any qb in America here and they’d go to X the same. Because he gets open , RUNS THE RIGHT ROUTES and catches everything. He’s reliable.

As for Tvd “ being a one read guy” that’s been proven false repeatedly in breakdowns when he goes through three progressions. His biggest issue is he expects something to be open in pre snap so he will stare it down. Rather than coming off. When the coverage isn’t what he expects he occasionally will force it still. Which is still unacceptable. There’s a difference in being a one read guy and locking on to guys when he expects something. I don’t think some understand that.

Lastly Dawson was a lot of the issue as well Saturday, TVD was off early and his feet showed he was unsure. In the first half Dawson had way too many deep shots drawn up when GT was obviously sitting back. Way too many corners / posts drawn up. We should’ve been using outs, hitches , curls , slants and other quick game until they got out of it, In the second half they were a tad more aggressive.

Their DC had him and TVD off all night. It was like we expected to run the ball at will and hit deep shots. Once that didn’t happen there was no answer. The O was very basic like M of O. Nothing was exposed but more of an awful , kinda arrogant game plan.

Like I said earlier, it comes down to whether Dawson is the type of OC whose philosophy is to force the defense to adjust to him, or the type of OC who adjusts to the defense. Both types CAN be successful, but if the former, then you need to have a talent advantage over the opponent. I think we can eventually get to that point - Cristobal is trying to build an OL that can push around any DL, but we're not there yet.

We know who Dawson works for. It's not too hard to figure out what his philosophy likely is.

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BrentIsACuckGBRsucks

Oct 11, 2023

Hopefully last Saturday is the wakeup call he needs. Dude played like dog****

Ghurd8

Oct 11, 2023

PIPO said:
Ironically, when he has a lot of time, with this awesome OL we have, and he has to read more of the defense, he struggles.

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This is what's mind boggling to me. With this o-line I never expected that type of game from him. I expected a couple of uneven games but nothing outright atrocious like that. He started from the 1st snap rushing things like he'd been harassed all night.

I thought I knew what to expect from him but at this point I couldn't say. We go as TVD goes. I just hope that's somewhere nice.

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NorthEastCane

Oct 11, 2023

Cribby said:
Exactly. Put any qb in America here and they’d go to X the same. Because he gets open , RUNS THE RIGHT ROUTES and catches everything. He’s reliable.

As for Tvd “ being a one read guy” that’s been proven false repeatedly in breakdowns when he goes through three progressions. His biggest issue is he expects something to be open in pre snap so he will stare it down. Rather than coming off. When the coverage isn’t what he expects he occasionally will force it still.

This!

Cribby said:
Which is still unacceptable. There’s a difference in being a one read guy and locking on to guys when he expects something. I don’t think some understand that.

Lastly Dawson was a lot of the issue as well Saturday, TVD was off early and his feet showed he was unsure. In the first half Dawson had way too many deep shots drawn up when GT was obviously sitting back. Way too many corners / posts drawn up. We should’ve been using outs, hitches , curls , slants and other quick game until they got out of it,

And this!

Cribby said:
In the second half they were a tad more aggressive.

Their DC had him and TVD off all night. It was like we expected to run the ball at will and hit deep shots. Once that didn’t happen there was no answer. The O was very basic like M of O. Nothing was exposed but more of an awful , kinda arrogant game plan.

Oct 11, 2023

JamesQuall said:
Disagree with the bolded.

Now, it could be argued that when he is stressed, uncomfortable, off, or whatever, he tends to telegraph and lock on his first read. But he has shown a lot of games of moving to more than one read.

I think the issue is that TVD and Dawson weren't on the same page. If they were, TVD may not have agreed and tried to force it anyway.

Really wish there was a place we could get the all-22 for college like it is for the nfl

Its hard to know if a qb is one read or not when u cant see the full route concept and we don’t know how he’s coached to read it lol.

From game copy it does look like he locks on, alot of time he’s too strick on reads imo like if the first read is X, yea it’s open but sometimes u gotta hunt..thats top qb type **** tho lol

JamesQuall

Oct 11, 2023

E1k said:
Really wish there was a place we could get the all-22 like it is for the nfl

Its hard to know if a qb is one read or not when u cant see the full route concept and we don’t know how he’s coached to read it lol.

From game copy it does look like he locks on, alot of time he’s too strick on reads imo like if the first read is X, yea it’s open but sometimes u gotta hunt..thats top qb type **** tho lol

It depends on the game A&M seemed like he was doing more than one read on at least a few plays. With GT @PIPO is right. I was at the stadium for the game as well and it was set, hike, lock onto never break eye contact from the receiver he was throwing to even if they were in triple coverage.

cway313

Oct 11, 2023

Arguing whether TVD locks on to a player and stares him down or is 1 read is the most CIS thing ever. However you want to "label" it, the guy doesn't do enough to be considered a great QB. He's better than average, and that will result in winning games we probably shouldn't and losing games we probably shouldn't.
The semantics aren't as important as you all are attempting to make it. Now, if someone wants to argue all 15 times Restrepo was targeted, he was the best option. This would be a great time to interject.

Oct 11, 2023

JamesQuall said:
It depends on the game A&M seemed like he was doing more than one read on at least a few plays. With GT @PIPO is right. I was at the stadium for the game as well and it was set, hike, lock onto never break eye contact from the receiver he was throwing to even if they were in triple coverage.

Yea I mentioned somewhere else on here, a&m played alot of man and single high safety basically letting their guys play 1on1.

Its easy to read that, u can see clearly if a guy isn’t open..Vs zone it’s about finding the windows with timing and reading out the entire concept and thats what gtech made him do along with taking away what he likes with the outside the numbers stuff, bethune did it some of that too but they ain’t have the guys to matchup at all.

Zone the dbs can just follow your eyes, qb has an advantage vs man. You gotta have eye discipline and move guys with your eyes to creat windows if they aren’t there and thats where he struggles.

Cribby had a good explanation in this thread about him having a pre snap read and he trys to work a concept that’s covered, thats another thing about how i was saying he’s too strick with his reads u gotta process that its not there and move your eyes to find someone open or manipulate the defender and then go where u want

PIPO

Oct 11, 2023

cway313 said:
Arguing whether TVD locks on to a player and stares him down or is 1 read is the most CIS thing ever. However you want to "label" it, the guy doesn't do enough to be considered a great QB. He's better than average, and that will result in winning games we probably shouldn't and losing games we probably shouldn't.
The semantics aren't as important as you all are attempting to make it. Now, if someone wants to argue all 15 times Restrepo was targeted, he was the best option. This would be a great time to interject.

He actually could’ve thrown to Restrepo more than he did, as to me, he’s the best route runner on the team (IMO), and knows how to get himself open, but there have been plenty of times in this game and other games where he could’ve gone elsewhere with the ball. I don’t think that is uncommon, however for most QBs but it’s what separates the good from the greats. Always knowing where to go with the ball.

PIPO

Oct 11, 2023

Memnon said:
It sounds like you guys think we should just start Emory & get it over with?

LOL!!

You are able to analyze this stuff better than me and most people but that is not what I am calling for. Want to be clear on that. Just saying that these brain fart games he has are frustrating.

I said before that I feel he is an above average college QB.

PIPO

Oct 11, 2023

JamesQuall said:
It depends on the game A&M seemed like he was doing more than one read on at least a few plays. With GT @PIPO is right. I was at the stadium for the game as well and it was set, hike, lock onto never break eye contact from the receiver he was throwing to even if they were in triple coverage.

The A&M game, the corners were playing 7-10 yards off the receiver. He obviously had some great throws in that game.

TheUuuuu

Oct 11, 2023

Telling you right now our running game will be on fire. This OLine is ******* ****ed.

PIPO

Oct 11, 2023

Hoyacane1620 said:
this narrative is ridiculous. The three of them have the lion's share of catches. Last weekend, George was useless. He certainly didn't have a good game.

Guys had targets and dropped balls.

TVD goes to X because he's reliable. He gets open and he catches virtually any ball sent his way. He moves the chains

People have been looking for a #1 receiver - the go to guy who gets it done. You have someone who does that and because it isn't who the fan base wants, they complain. unreal

I am not disagreeing with some of what you say but I am disagreeing that you have to force feed a ball to X.

I don’t care if you are Terrell Owens, Michael Irvin, Ty Hill, AJ Brown, etc, you don’t stay locked onto to them the whole route and try and force a ball into triple coverage to them or getting big time bracketed when, say, in the red zone, you have a 6-5 behemoth in Young single covered and you don’t throw a jump ball to him vs trying to squeeze a pass into Restrepo that had no chance of a being completed.

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