I hope Kirk sticks around and we see how things change / if they do.
We didn’t run it as much in 2019 as people think we did.
Very possible. I felt like Morgan really held the ball in the belly of the RB a lot longer in 2019 than the past two years but maybe I'm wrong.
Morgan has seemed confused with whatever the heck we were doing the last two years. Never looked comfortable and decisive like he did most of 2019 and late 2018
Not entirely. Some times throwing into a contested passing lane is the result of looking at only one receiver and being committed to throwing to him.
Im guessing if Morgan didn’t change anything other than being four inches taller he’d have less passes tipped at the line. There is a reason most QBs are taller. I’m not saying it’s all due to height, but there is zero advantage in being shorter.Is that accurate -- I think it's on the quarterback to control that. I don't think Russell Wilson is someone who gets a ton batted down (could be wrong)
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He certainly seemed more reluctant to throw it down the sidelines against single coverage at times. Which was frustrating as so often you can at least draw an interference call at the college level.
Yeah he held the ball too long. Everything was late. To me that’s a sign of lack of confidence or confusion or likely both
This is true. But we did throw more a few years ago. I'm ready to bring back the slant and slug go
I mean they figured him out in 2019 but couldn’t stop him. So there is a lot more to it than predictability
He also had NFL receivers.
What is your point? That doesn’t support the argument you made in the post I responded to. Though that does have a lot to do with it
No argument, someone said he did better in the past, my point is that it did not hurt him having an NFL receiver to work with, it is like a HS QB having a college WR to work with verses some kid that never plays college football.
That wasn’t your point. You literally said don’t you think big ten coaches have figured him out by now. Which is a completely different point
I did not read what I said, I meant that they have figured out the offenses strengths and weaknesses.
I think there’s some truth to this. I don’t think Kirk’s passing game requires the QB to go through many progressions.
I think it’s more they figured out the old OC, not the QB.
It’s semantics and might explain the disparity in how often people think we ran RPO, but I think many fans would still consider a pre-snap “check with me” that determines hand off vs quick slant an RPO.
Well many fans would be wrong If they thought that
Spoken like a smug asshole.
Knowing the difference between an RPO and a called run/called pass does not make one smug or an asshole
Check with me could also be more about the coordinator signalling what he's seeing in the pre-snap defensive alignment and what he thinks they're going to run (coverage, blitz, etc.)
Right.
True story. Your constant concern with telling people how wrong they are (and with no additional context in most cases) earns you the label. And in most cases, you fully understand where their confusion lies.
If You have a problem with me telling people they are wrong when they are wrong you can feel free to mute me.
I think it’s also a factor of holding the ball too long so they are closer to him
We ran a ton more RPO in ‘19. Morgan had a career year then and the receiver tandem was arguably the best in history here. Morgan has regressed and it’s possible the receiver position is potentially our biggest weakness in ‘22; probably was in ‘21. BSF should catch 40-50 balls this year and the RBs should combine for 30 catches need to spread the ball around more and be less predictable. Wildcard is Morgan and whether he can play much better than he has the past two years.