Pre-snap motion/TE usage

A post I agree with.

Need to get the TE's involved ASAP. We did in the second half of FLA and it paid off.

Fullbacks as well.

In the famous words of one Forrest Gump, "That's all I got to say about that."

GO BLUE!!

in all of College Football last year is gonna change the usage quite a bit. And then losing arguably the second best tight end on the team last year hurts the usage a bit too. 

I'm not too upset about the motioning/lackthereof. Motioning is used to see the coverages, as well as create a numbers advantage by challenging the defense how the want to defend. With the amount of 3 WR sets we've had so far this season, motioning a tight end would be useless in the run game, because flipping a tight end to the other side of the offensive line wouldn't challenge the integrity of the front 6/7, it would simply allow a quick and easy call to flip the front. I would be willing to bet that most of our tight end motions last year came in 2 TE sets, therefore posing a challenge to the defense. Motioning and slanting to an overload would allow for plenty of counters and misdirection. Lack of motioning creates a significant numbers advantage, provided that the tight ends are adept enough blockers. After establishing that, you can motion the tight end to create an advantage in the passing game, once you are aware of how they are countering the motion. I wouldn't sweat it too much right now, it's early.

Rutgers?

That has to be it...get those youngsters to learn during the beginning of the season. Get the kicker some confidence, get the D up to speed. Then go Captain Insaneo on someone good. So far, he has been able to beat his first 3 opponents with ONLY defense and special teams. It is infuriating, but they are 3-0 and none of the games have been blowouts or nail biters. They run the jet sweep, the fake jet sweep, and the toss play. No screens, no trick plays, nothing creative. He is #7 and has shown NOTHING.

I agree it seems like Harbaugh and the offensive staff have been keeping the playbook limited the past two weeks, probably because our young receivers don't have the full playbook down and because they don't want to put much on film.

Does anyone remember Speight audibiling at the line these past two weeks? I don't remember any checks at the line since the Speigh overthrown on the pick route/zero blitz by Florida in week 1. There was one play in the RZ when a RB got chopped down on a blitz by Air Force where Speight was visibly frustrated at the play call