Snowflakes Thread: Offense Vs. Rutgers

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

This will be the thread for your snowflakes and hot takes regarding the offense and offensive playcalling in the game against Rutgers.

pryoo

November 8th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^

Rudock had a career day and it's a good thing. I'm sure the way Speight came off the bench gave him a little extra incentive. We need him to continue to do so - in this offense there are so many opportunities to make plays for a decent QB. 

That being said, he's still a couple seconds late on his throws. Receivers need to settle in and wait for the ball to arrive. Hit our receivers in stride and we'd have more TD's and YAC. At least he's starting to give our WR's a chance though, instead of 20 yards over their head. 

Good for Jake for playing well yesterday, and he needs to continue to improve. I just don't think we'll have that extra time against Penn St and definitely not against OSU.

Watching Armstrong shred Sparty's DB's on the last drive of the game, I thought back to what should have happened to that secondary if we had a good QB. 

 

UMForLife

November 7th, 2015 at 7:07 PM ^

Rudock showed what he is capable of doing. Great Job by Rudock!!! Drake Johnson had some great runs along with Smith and Jake Butt and the WRs did an excellent job. It was a great to see a good offense.

Gr1mlock

November 7th, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^

Jake looked good. Yes, shitty secondary, but passes were on target and crisp. Running away his best game here. The running game...well...uh...Rudock looked good.




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LSAClassOf2000

November 7th, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^

Well, some numbers and good ones at that - 

- 18 for 26 and 337 yards breaks down to 18.72 yards per completion and 12.96 yards per attempt.

- 150 yards of rushing on 42 attempts is 3.57 yards per carry on average. Smith leads the day here - 15 carries for 73 yards is 4.87 yards per carry.

GoBlueDenver

November 7th, 2015 at 7:22 PM ^

10 guys caught passes, if I'm not mistaken. That's awesome. I'd ask Rudock to please target Butt 5 times before the half, in that same way Harbaugh asked AJ Williams to run faster

Realus

November 7th, 2015 at 7:35 PM ^

It felt to me that Rutgers was daring Rudock to beat them ... and he did.  They were overplaying the run all night.  I don't think the O-Line or RBs / FBs played badly.  I think Rutgers was just playing run on almost any play.

That's why Rudock had a great night, but he HAD to.  Not taking anything away from Rudock.  He played great.  Rutgers gave him the opportunity and he took it.

This should make it very clear to the remaining teams on our schedule to not overplay the run so much.

SF Wolverine

November 7th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^

More to think about. Rudock did a great job with the short stuff and the throws over the middle. If he can play like that, we will be a tough out the rest of the way.

pearlw

November 7th, 2015 at 8:18 PM ^

Is Sione Houma now effectively the 3rd string running back ahead of Derrick Green? Houma was getting carries out of one back formations in the first half before Green even saw the field.




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reshp1

November 7th, 2015 at 9:16 PM ^

Green looks terrible, physically. The way his profile as a recruit blew up as a result of him suddenly dropping a bunch of weight, you wonder if it was sustainable. Unfortunately, a lean 230ish just isn't a natural weight for him to maintain.

treetown

November 7th, 2015 at 10:34 PM ^

At the start of the year - Harbaugh and his coaches realized that none of the current QBs they had inherited could handle the system he wanted to implement - so they went looking and found Ruddock.

The same could be said about the RBs. Only Drake Johnson has the elusiveness and speed that is needed at the RB position. The others seem more suited to the FB role - so logically Houma could play for them - he blocks very well, doesn't fumble, catches passes out of the backfield and when asked to hit a straight line hole - well, he does that real well.

Really strong evidence that the RB situation was not as good as it may have seemed

evenyoubrutus

November 7th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^

We took what the defense gave us. They wanted to load up and rush the hell out of Rudock and the screens opened up as a result. It was nice to see the offense looking more crisp but the most positive takeaway for me was that they finally started feeding Butt the ball consistently.

I hate to say this but I'm worried the RB by committee mentality is hurting our running game. Both Drake and Deveon seem like workhorse type runningbacks who could get stronger as the game goes on. I would like to see what either of them could do with 25+ carries.

uminks

November 7th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^

throw the ball better. Rutgers was playing the run and stacking the box. Rudock needs to keep it up and I'm sure the run game will improve once opposing defense respect the passing game! We need good balance heading into the next 3 games!