It could be because I have no life, but this morning I went through and charted all the Griz offense plays from yesterday. I am just going to put my findings, and then we can discuss it.
Screen passes and swing passes to Naccarrotto, there were 13 passes thrown to him, 10 were caught and 3 were dropped, for a total of 44 yards, so on 13 plays the average was 3.38 yards. On other passes that were not screens Chase had 3 catches for 45 yards for over 14 yard average. He had an 18 yarder right before half when we had a timeout left and were trying to get in a field goal, and he ran upfield instead of OB or going down and the clock ran out.
So that means Chase 14 touches and 17 targets, while Henderson and Jones were not targeted as much as him combined, they had a total of 8 catches for 95 yards total, the bright spot was Ben Roberts, 7 grabs for 74 yards, and a drop that may have put him over 100 yards for the day. John Nguyen had the only catch by a RB and he gained 12 yards on it, and had 1 other thrown over his head. We have not seen alot of passes to the RBs which I think is something that could be successful when the defense is so spread out. But they are having to stay in and block on alot of plays for now, so this may not change this season.
The Griz have much more success with slants and crossing patterns where they gain around 5 yards, and on the outs and curls they gain about 10, and the ins and posts are where they do the most damage, but the QB has to stay in the pocket for those to work. Verses heavy pressures Chad threw 2 touchdown passes of 42 and 20 yards, and hit Henderson on a deep in for about 15 yards, but there were at least 4 other times that he rushed and he threw it no where close to a receiver. If he can stand in vs these heavy blitzes and not get hurried too much these are big plays waiting to happen.
The wind seemed to be blowing pretty hard and they may have had an effect of the ball coming out, but our receivers had a lot drops on passes they usually catch, and Chad was wide on pry a half dozen throws to wide open receivers, which for sure cost Chad a 300 yard game, but he still had 330 total yards with his 65 running yards. He seems up and down with his accuracy, but at least he didnt miss where he was going to be picked off.
The center snaps were much better yesterday, a couple were slightly off but it was nice to see that improve.
I think most of us on here just have a problem that if we are going to throw the ball short so much on screens, why aren't we giving Jones and Henderson some of these touches? I did see some screen action where we throw the ball down the field, and those plays will be successful after a few successful screens. It might not happen as soon as we would like, but there will be a game where we put it all together again like vs NDSU, and then we will get on a roll, much like 2011 I think.
Screen passes and swing passes to Naccarrotto, there were 13 passes thrown to him, 10 were caught and 3 were dropped, for a total of 44 yards, so on 13 plays the average was 3.38 yards. On other passes that were not screens Chase had 3 catches for 45 yards for over 14 yard average. He had an 18 yarder right before half when we had a timeout left and were trying to get in a field goal, and he ran upfield instead of OB or going down and the clock ran out.
So that means Chase 14 touches and 17 targets, while Henderson and Jones were not targeted as much as him combined, they had a total of 8 catches for 95 yards total, the bright spot was Ben Roberts, 7 grabs for 74 yards, and a drop that may have put him over 100 yards for the day. John Nguyen had the only catch by a RB and he gained 12 yards on it, and had 1 other thrown over his head. We have not seen alot of passes to the RBs which I think is something that could be successful when the defense is so spread out. But they are having to stay in and block on alot of plays for now, so this may not change this season.
The Griz have much more success with slants and crossing patterns where they gain around 5 yards, and on the outs and curls they gain about 10, and the ins and posts are where they do the most damage, but the QB has to stay in the pocket for those to work. Verses heavy pressures Chad threw 2 touchdown passes of 42 and 20 yards, and hit Henderson on a deep in for about 15 yards, but there were at least 4 other times that he rushed and he threw it no where close to a receiver. If he can stand in vs these heavy blitzes and not get hurried too much these are big plays waiting to happen.
The wind seemed to be blowing pretty hard and they may have had an effect of the ball coming out, but our receivers had a lot drops on passes they usually catch, and Chad was wide on pry a half dozen throws to wide open receivers, which for sure cost Chad a 300 yard game, but he still had 330 total yards with his 65 running yards. He seems up and down with his accuracy, but at least he didnt miss where he was going to be picked off.
The center snaps were much better yesterday, a couple were slightly off but it was nice to see that improve.
I think most of us on here just have a problem that if we are going to throw the ball short so much on screens, why aren't we giving Jones and Henderson some of these touches? I did see some screen action where we throw the ball down the field, and those plays will be successful after a few successful screens. It might not happen as soon as we would like, but there will be a game where we put it all together again like vs NDSU, and then we will get on a roll, much like 2011 I think.