I saw an interesting article on SI "Rumors of Brady’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated"
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/06/06/tom-brady-mike-pettine-top-five-quarterback/
Most of the article is irrelevant, but some of the points I think can be related to our Canes offense and defense. The offense part could be related to Morris real easily. Talking about the tiers of qb's in the NFL -
“That’s what I mean,” Pettine said. “There aren’t many guys like that. There’s Tom then there’s Peyton and then I think Brees and you would put Rodgers in that group. Maybe (Philip) Rivers. I think Rivers has had some success and he’s had, like (Antonio) Gates in and out of the lineup, and some no names at wideout and he’s still been able to be successful. Once you get beyond that group, they’re dependent on the guys around them, as we saw with some guys last season. And then there are some quarterbacks you are going to struggle to win with no matter who’s around them. There’s probably 10 like that.”
I think Morris fell into the bottom category, and all the Canes need, with offensive weapons they have, is a guy in the middle category that can use the his weapons to win. Not playing from behind, or with big leads, or with a decent offensive top, should help the defense greatly.
On to the topic of defensive talent-
“There were certain games where you knew that you had zero margin for error, that you couldn’t make a mistake or have a bad call or a bad series because they were going to take advantage of it,” Pettine said. “There are some coordinators you feel like you’re playing checkers against. You’re playing chess against grand masters when you’re going against those two. That’s just the way that you feel going into the game."
Checkers and chess reference.. love it. Problem is, you can't play chess when all you have are checkers pieces. If all you have are mostly checkers guys, you can only play checkers. Is that why we've only been seeing vanilla while trying to teach chess? That leads to this -
“You see the games where they don’t do as well, there’s a little bit of frustration, especially on Tom’s part where he’s not getting a clean look. The games where he knows what you’re in (defensively), I mean it’s over. It might as well be pass scout (team drills). It’s over. The games that he goes 24 for 28, those are the teams that are rushing four and playing split safety coverage against him and it’s just a matter of him playing catch."
Sound familiar? ****ing opposing qb's looking like Heisman candidates against the defense?
“That game (against Brady) is the ultimate dial-it-up, I have to be in something different (every play). Not only do I have to have a plan for the first half, but nobody’s better at second-half adjustments so we better come out in the second half, no matter what we’ve been successful with in the first half, we have to come up with something a little different in the second half. When you have success against him, I think that’s because you can keep him guessing a little bit, that he can’t get dialed in."
When you're playing chess with mostly checkers pieces, you're basically a one trick pony. Once you show you're trick... FSU and Louisville, held them for a little bit, they figured it out and went ape **** playing chess.
“The bottom line still is if you can’t match up against all five eligible (receivers), then you’re in trouble. Because he’ll exploit the one (bad matchup). That’s why they get in so much empty (backfield sets) when they start to struggle a little bit. When they get in empty, which kind of cleans (the look) up a little bit, there’s only so many things you can do (scheme-wise) against empty, and he’ll be more concerned about matchup than he is potential coverage. Where can I go? If you don’t have the players to matchup, you can’t hide anybody against them. If you’re hiding guys then you’re probably playing Cover 2 and you’re predictable and you’re probably getting gashed anyway.”
The last few years the Canes have been hiding guys at every level of the defense. Only a few of the players could actually match up. We've seen the result. When you're hiding guys at every level of the defense, even cheese doodle qb's get to just play catch. I realize there's nothing new in what I'm saying or any of those quotes. I just found it interesting when I read that and saw Canes all over the scenarios. Captain obvious says that **** has got to stop. Apparently a 3-4 is even more vulnerable when you're hiding guys. The good new is we're starting to see Canes with chess style moves. We're about to see if dorito can actually play chess. No more excuses, you got the players, get the job done or gtfoh. Grand master.. game one.
