J.T. Barrett % of Dropbacks Under Pressure

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That's not actually what they're showing. They are two different, though based on this sample highly correlated, measures.

In other words, teams that have higher success of causing bad things for an offense find that success translating well into pressured drop backs for OSU

Seems pretty relevant to our interests, but maybe that's just me.

Actually, I liked the statistics. The 3 teams that gave him the most pressure (Indiana, Wisconsin, and PSU), were the 3 teams that had the highest ranked defenses (IU, UW, PSU all top 30 defense). Furthermore, OSU performance was poorest in those three games (IU still within 1 touchdown in 4th quarter, UW overtime, and PSU loss). I think OSU won handily in the other games. So the %plays under pressure correlates with the closeness of the game. since we are #1 defence, this bodes well for our chances to win. On a separate note, I would like to know what an average % plays under pressure has been what our game by game breakdown is (for comparison or perspective). The stats back up the observation that if you have a high ranked D, you can get to JT Barrett. One step further, you see that if you can get to him, the score will be closer.

I'm optimistic this will be the case as well RE: more complex defensive schemes.  However, I'm a bit worried that there's a risk that if this is truly a complex system, at some point we might run into a cognitive ceiling/wall with some of the players.  Earlier in the season we had some busts as 1-2 players had problems w/ the scheme.  Much of that seems to be sorted out now.  But as Brown installs another big chunk of the playbook, I could see us returning to that "bust-prone" phase again if a few of the players have a hard time digesting the full playbook.

It's a risk/reward balance obviously.  Unless you've had your system in for years and have recruited kids with the football smarts to absorb a particularly complex playbook, there will always be a risk of "how much of this can I/do I install before a few of my skilled starters get maxed out on playbook knowledge?"

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We're going to have to turn Awareness and Pay Recognition to 99. Urban is a smart man - their screen and hot read game will be on.

Go re-watch the 2005 Rose Bowl and count how many times we had Vince Young dead to rights only to watch him get away and turn a big loss into positive yardage.  Just because you have somebody contained doesnt mean you have them on the ground.

He's also 6-1, 222 lbs. He's not only quick and elusive, but he is not going down easily.

And when he does escape, his accuracy is lethal. A great quarterback IMO.

UW and PSU both missed opportunities to wrap and tackle him when he ran QB draws, or escaped pressure.

as the year went on.  THis is generally true for a young team, but they are young across the board, not just in spots.

I think many of these players are seeign snap counts well beyond anything they have seen before and are tiring mentally and physically, ie - because of how loaded OSU was last year, many of these current players only saw 5-10 snaps a game last year.

It's very, very difficult to stay focused for an entire game and then an entire season when you haven't been broken in slowly.  Much like many rookie NFL players hit a wall after 12 games, I wouldn't be surprised if the young guys on the OSU lines are hitting that wall now.

They will be an absolute force next year, however.

The offense adjusts. Barrett can hit enough deep passes to be effective and can hit RPOs as well. The QB isn't the issue. It's not a gimmick offense anymore than Harbaugh runs a "gimmick" offense. OSU also won a BTT with Braxton Miller running the offense, I think you miss a ton of data points just because Meyer happened to have Tim Tebow for a number of years and then his team got hot with Cardale. His worst team was when he had more of a pure passer at QB.

And yes, you'll get backlash when you indicate OSU will get hammered by Michigan simply because they lost in fairly flukey fashion to PSU on a night where there was a bunch of rain. They lost, it happens, they are not invincible and they seem more vulnerable than expected (actually, the seem about as vulnerable as most expected in the preseason, they just aren't where most people thought after a few games this season). They are also young and will continue to improve and will learn that they can't take opponents lightly as everyone talks up how great they are. But they still have a legit shot to make the CFP, so acting like "I'm write, they are a gimmick and not very good" seems awfully misguided.

Furthermore, to take one of the greatest coaches in the modern football era and basically say he's unable to adapt to the talent he has shows the actual level of insight you have for the game of football. Meyer has drastically altered his offenses to fit his talent at every single stop dating back to Bowling Green. If you think his offense with Tim Tebow was not quite a bit different than his offense with Cardale, then you are wrong. If you think it wasn't very different than the one with Chris Leak, then you're wrong. If you think that wasn't very different than what he did with Miller, or Barrett, or Josh Harris, then you're wrong. Harbaugh is a great coach. I love the way he prepares and I love his system, but you are absolutely wrong about Meyer.

I may just be a dumb OSU fan, but if my memory serves right, offense wasn't usually the issue under RR. And JT is a much better overall QB than Denard or any other RR QB's were.