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QB J.T. Barrett (B1G FOY, All American, Silver Football Award, 3x B1G QBOY, National Champion)

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Zone blitzes, swap a DE for a blitzing short corner, or LB. It really speeds up the game for JT. If he doesn't read it in time, he gets whacked. There's not going to be time to throw deep. You have slants, outs, bubbles, swing passes, not much else. It also puts a ton of pressure on the o line, they need to pick up these edge blitzers, and with worse angles than in conventional sets.

Five wide empty is auto blitz for most teams.. The risk isn't that bad, and you gets free shots at the QB.
 
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Zone blitzes are still sending the same amount of guys at our QB, just from different angles and should leave someone WIDE OPEN.

we are already getting blitzes but we got the D line AND LBs or corners/ saftey coming at us. Other then screen plays, how else are we going to open up our offense?
 
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The line needs to win battles. VT had good tackles that took the A gaps away. That gave them lots of options, and they threw them all at an inexperienced QB and line.

I'd rather see them run the ball more from under center, short passes all to often lead to quick three and outs and tired defenses.
 
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MaxBuck said:
Barrett was sacked seven times last night for 54 yards.

Take away the sacks, and he rushed 17 times for 124 yards, an average of 7.3 yards per carry. And someone elsewhere claimed he is "not a good running quarterback." :lol:
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ethan said:
101 yards came on 6 carries. (25,20,13,11,10,22)
That's called coverage runs. Everyone was covered, that's why Urban likes mobile QB's.
Barrett's not a great runner, but he is mobile. He's not shifty like Braxton but he is athletic.

I would consider him a good running quarterback. Maybe not great, but definitely good.
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I don't think he is nearly as fast, quick, or elusive as Braxton. I'd classify him as a "smart runner"; he seems to know when to run, where to run, how to set up his blocks, and how to avoid taking a hit (i.e. slide or go out of bounds, etc.). Also, I'd guess that the game has not "totally slowed down" for him yet. It's taking him a little longer to recognize the blitzes and quickly find the "open guy". He'll get better at that with more experience.
 
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I remember it being mentioned (maybe not here, but I read it yesterday or today) that when things did open up over the middle, that he didn't even seem to look at/consider them as options. I wonder if that's more to do with coaching - or trying to follow the coaching stricter than intended - than him just not realizing it due to inexperience. I mean, even as fans we hear over and over again how dangerous throws over the middle are (from both media and coaches), and I've got to imagine that coaches stress that to their QBs just as much.
 
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scarletmike said:
I remember it being mentioned (maybe not here, but I read it yesterday or today) that when things did open up over the middle, that he didn't even seem to look at/consider them as options. I wonder if that's more to do with coaching - or trying to follow the coaching stricter than intended - than him just not realizing it due to inexperience. I mean, even as fans we hear over and over again how dangerous throws over the middle are (from both media and coaches), and I've got to imagine that coaches stress that to their QBs just as much.
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Probably a matter of the middle being a later read. I saw him stare down his outside go routes multiple times when there was a wide open slot man slanting the middle.

Whether that be coaching, QB smarts or whatever it's something that has to (and I'm sure will) get better as the season progresses.
 
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scarletmike said:
I remember it being mentioned (maybe not here, but I read it yesterday or today) that when things did open up over the middle, that he didn't even seem to look at/consider them as options. I wonder if that's more to do with coaching - or trying to follow the coaching stricter than intended - than him just not realizing it due to inexperience. I mean, even as fans we hear over and over again how dangerous throws over the middle are (from both media and coaches), and I've got to imagine that coaches stress that to their QBs just as much.
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Throwing late over the middle is dangerous. Throwing over the middle on time, not so much.
 
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Went back and watch the last interception....ugh - he missed the big hole ro run which a truck could have driven through :-( Then the throw was way off - either mis-communication with the receiver or way under threw. He will learn from this and develop a better pocket presence.
 
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