Simple Stats on How Bad Our OL is

Submitted by Gameboy on

Exactly how bad is our OL? I think these two stats tell everything we need to know.

We have played 5 opponents. If we calculate their average tackle for loss and average sack per game (sans the Michigan game) and add them together, you get 25.8 for TFL and 6.25 sacks. This is what our opponents have done when they were not playing Michigan.

If you add up TFL and Sacks for the games that they played Michigan, you get 38 for TFL and 16 for sacks. Simply put, our opponents (defense) registered 50% more TFL than average and almost 3X number of sacks than average against our OL.

That is a tire-fire level badness. You don't need to look any further on why our offense is so bad. 

P.S. There was a question about this stat not being tempo-free. I went back and checked and our opponents faced about 15% (at the most) more offensive plays than their average against Michigan. So adjust above numbers down by about 15%. It still does not explain that our opponents are registering 35% more TFL and 2.5X more sacks than against other opponents.

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Blueblood2991

October 9th, 2017 at 1:43 PM ^

Hey, I hear the former Miami Dolphins O-line coach is available if you want to make a switch.  Although I don't think that was the kind of Coke promotion Dave Brandon had in mind.

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Cruzcontrol75

October 9th, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^

Crucial 3rd & 4. Run a draw play? Why the F not? Stupid play call. Where is the offense that kept defenses honest that attacked the perimeter, interior, short intermediate and deep routes? Not seeing the fullbacks utilized as in past.

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rindyn

October 9th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^

At some point when a line plays so bad can we just throw out all the coaching points, all the precise assignments and just say, " You see that motherfucker over there? Good, block him."

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jimt1023

October 9th, 2017 at 3:24 PM ^

What do you do after you try the mother fucker approach and our lineman gets thrown back into the play?

Is there a step two or do you just continue getting your ass handed to you?

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Don

October 9th, 2017 at 2:45 PM ^

And others have mentioned upthread that our TEs aren't very good blockers right now, either.

At the same time, Drevno is getting roasted for his insufficiencies as an OL coach as well as for his OC duties.

The odd thing is that the coach of the tackles—including Nolan Ulizio—and TEs isn't Drevno—it's Frey. Why is Drevno getting all of the criticism for OL coaching while Frey isn't?

And no, I don't think either one should be fired, but neither is immune from criticism, either.

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Reader71

October 9th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^

Because Drevno was part of a few recruiting classes that aren’t contributing to this line yet. And he’s the offensive coordinator. Also, this is a straw that broke the camel’s back situation, in that people aren’t happy with Drevno’s OL coaching the past two seasons, either. FWIW, I disagree with those people. What he did with Braden was miraculous, so maybe some of our guys have a chance to eventually develop. But you do have a point. Our tackles are all underperforming, including 52. And our TE aren’t blocking very well either. So Frey should catch some flak, too. And to top it off, our RB haven’t protected well and Speight’s injury is a direct result of a blown RB assignment.

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MichiganForever

October 9th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^

You can do this with every position group. They are all horrid. Someone broke down how awful our receivers have been outside of Perry. Im sure you could do a similar breakdown of our running backs and our QB play is self evident

 

Entire offense should be scraped.

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bo_lives

October 9th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^

I guess this explains why they've averaged under 2.5 ypc across Harbaugh's 7 losses. You aren't going to win many games when you run for 2.5 ypc.

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GordonG

October 9th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^

Steve Everitt for a special training session.  I think the OL lacks guts basically (and talent of course)

Watch tape on Jansen or Everitt... both had guts up the rear end.

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