Biggest Concern from the Rutgers Game

whatshouldicareabout

3rd downs.

Here are the third-down situations we(?) faced with 3rd down conversion rate:

1Q
3rd and 4: 43 yard TD pass Browning to McClatcher (1/1)
3rd and 4: 0 yard run from Gaskin (1/2)
3rd and 11: -3 yard sack of Browning (1/3)

2Q
3rd and 6: 5 yard pass Browning to McClatcher (1/4)
3rd and 17: incomplete pass Browning to Daniels (1/5)
3rd and 16: 5 yard pass Browning to Fuller (1/6)

3Q
3rd and 3: 1 yard run from Gaskin (1/7)
3rd and 4: 15 yard PI on Rutgers (1/7)**
3rd and 9: 10 yard pass Browning to Daniels (2/8)
3rd and 4: incomplete pass Browning to Baccellia (2/9)

4Q
3rd and 5: -2 yard pass KJCS to Lindquist (2/10)
3rd and 3: 0 yard rush from Coleman (2/11)
3rd and 1: 6 yard rush from Dotson (3/12)

**First downs awarded by penalty are not scored against 3rd Down Efficiency but it is included since it's a 3rd down play

25% against a dreck Rutgers is abysmal, especially since 9 of the 13 situations were 5 yards or less. Play-calling really needs to improve on 3rd down.

Tequilla

Take the 4th quarter ones with a grain of salt ...

The ones that are concerning to me are the number of 3rd and long situations ... you're looking at 4 of 9 or longer and those aren't likely to be picked up.

So much of that is predicated on the running game ... and does expose that they need to get better with the short passing game finding reasonable options over the middle whether it be Daniels, Sample, etc.

2001400ex

Are you counting the one where the PAC 12 network showed the first down marker 3 yards too far and it looked like he didn't get it. But did.

Speaking of that, the fourth down play where I could see on my shattered TV (fuck husky games) that we were 4.5 feet short where they still measured it was terrible too.

PostGameOrangeSlices

I like to count the second half as anything other than experience for 2nd and 3rd stringers, it's what I like to do because I'm FS

bananasnblondes

After Daniels dropped that ball in the end zone, it seemed like the coaches closed their playbooks, said, "allright, that's enough" and just fucked around the rest of the game. This is the problem with playing 3 scrimmages before any real games. You don't get to see the team play a true "full game" and you don't get to see how the handle adversity.

PostGameOrangeSlices

Hilarious that Daniels gets talked up all off season on the bored and then drops that pass.

Meanwhile, Psalm looked like a legit LB out there and recovered a fumble and injured their QB.

Tequilla

Daniels had 4 catches for 64 yards ... give me 11 more games like that

PostGameOrangeSlices

Tequilla said:

Daniels had 4 catches for 64 yards ... give me 11 more games like that

He is a good player, but it was still funny.

whatshouldicareabout

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

I like to count the second half as anything other than experience for 2nd and 3rd stringers, it's what I like to do because I'm FS

Fine, scratch the 2nd string and we go from 25% to 22%.

2/9 with our starters against Rutgers is shit, just like your posts.

PostGameOrangeSlices

whatshouldicareabout said:

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

I like to count the second half as anything other than experience for 2nd and 3rd stringers, it's what I like to do because I'm FS

Fine, scratch the 2nd string and we go from 25% to 22%.

2/9 with our starters against Rutgers is shit, just like your posts.

One of those was the Daniels TD drop and a few others were bombs down the field.

Not a very big sample size you've got there, chief

phineas

If I ever analyze something like this, kill me