A look at Salvon Ahmed usage against Utah
UW 11 total offensive drives (excluding the Knees at end of both halves)
1st Drive: used as a fly motion H back decoy for Gaskin 38 yard TD Run.
https://gifs.com/gif/1st-drive-salvon-voVrGV3rd Drive: w WTE Salvon is the singleback RB and Chico used as the fly motion decoy, 3 yards.
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-3rd-drive-wmWvGJ 4th Drive: LB A gap blitz pass protection pickup. Goes low at both the LB and the NT on the play, probably should have been called for a chop block as Harris was engaged.
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-4th-drive-Xo42Zk5th Drive: Salvon again lined up a Hback, play action where salvon runs out the backside of the formation for a pass, covered well by LBers that never bite on the Gaskin play action.
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-5th-drive-jqDNzW8th Drive: Salvon lined up as WR, fly motion across formation as decoy for Gaskin run.
https://j.gifs.com/jqDNzW.gif10th Drive: most usage in game. Play 2 is a forced run into a stacked box, play three play design is fucked.
Play 1 is some weird Judo pass blocking move.
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-judo-pass-blocking-move-L84wjWPlay 2 is a forced run into a stacked box but with a possible cutback lane to his right that he misses
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-possible-cut-outside-missed-1rRP0oPlay 3 is shit play design where Center is supposed to pull around the RG but the entire right side of the line seems to be blocking right and center is to fat and slow so he just fills the hole awkwardly and forces Salvon back into the LBers....
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-play-design-jqDNXz11th Drive: Salvon lined up as WR, fly motion across formation as decoy for Gaskin run.
https://gifs.com/gif/salvon-11th-drive-N94yVK"Used" a total of 9 times, 3 times as a fly motion decoy, 2 times in pass protection, 3 times handed the ball, 1 pass route. 5 total yards. Thats it.
Basically seems to be used in the bullshit Chico decoy role that used to be reserved for Jordan Polk or Jaydon Mickens. very little rhyme or reason, almost no creativity to get the ball in space, no chance for rhythm, if this is how he is going to be used for the rest of his career I would rather they just move him to full time slot WR and have him on the field more.
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Agree on the lack of creativity getting him the ball, though. He’s dangerous in the open field.
Dude can fly....but he takes some viscous shots when he runs the ball because of his lack of vision.
the "judo" pass blocking move was more a bull fighter / red cape move where he got lucky that the guy fell on his own like Jake Browning in a scramble.
the screen pass route, he got pushed off his route like a bitch ... almost onto to his ass.
I go back to the obvious: Pete doesn't trust him like he trusts #9, and I don't blame him. It's not like Gaskin isn't explosive af and pretty fast in his own right.
This is an RPO where the QB should have kept the ball when the end commited to the RB. Fucking brilliant call HamdPete! Fucktardisim at its finest.
Do you think the week leading up to the game, Utah made adjustments in practice, having their ends overcommit forcing Jake to run? It’s possible.
Should HamdPete stop calling RPO’s? Probably.
Also, these Gifs demonstrate what a bad ass Jaws is.
Atleast there is Pleasant who seems decent in the extremely limited action he has received.
If WE didnt have a complete fucktarded offensive system I would say that UW should look really hard at how the Patriots use their RBs out of the backfield, it seems like if Salvon is going to be successful it is going to be as a receiving back... Then again Chris Polk ran like a scarred pussy his freshman year and he turned into one of my favorite UW hard hitting, shit talking RBs.
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