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<blockquote data-quote="Twangers" data-source="post: 1492852" data-attributes="member: 746185"><p>A lot of questions in this one post. I'll do my best, if you want/need anything clarified just let me know.</p><p></p><p>The TV coverage won't show you the full tree but we run a fair number of hot reads, good one's actually. We run both the dig from the "X" and Z" and the drive quite a bit, Donny seems to have taken this route from the now-injured Trevon Sidney. You won't see this on the tube unless it's thrown and because Illinois Breakdown is increasingly misinformed as to what it is we do offensively and defensively, they use the 7-8 minutes they put out on youtube to only show the times they feel we should have this called but didn't. Shoddy work. Those routes have been there, Brandon simply misses them more often than not. As for why that is, I obviously couldn't say for certain as I've never broken down film with him but it appears to be an issue with diagnosing post-snap coverage. Small sample size examples but take the 3rd down ball to Barker at the end of the Wisconsin win. Brandon CLEARLY sees the coverage pre-snap, Wisconsin gives him the same look post snap and he sticks it in there for a first down that helps us win the football game. Big time. Now, rewind back to the UConn game. First quarter, 10 or so minutes in to things. UConn shows him pressure and Cover 0 outside so he gets to the line thinking he only has to sell the safety on the seam route to open up a tough throw to his first read on the outside hash (I believe this was Ricky Smalling. Have to watch that game back again to confirm. End of year project) but when the ball is snapped, UConn bails. Now it's not Cover 0, it's Cover 4 and the defender is ready to drive on the outside hash. He practically gift wraps the pick six. He threw this exact same ball the very next week against EMU, same coverage but the kid dropped it. These are not hot reads but their affect has been dramatic as they seem to have stuck in Brandon's mind. Now when he gets a look that he appears to not recognize, Brandon won't throw it, he'll hesitate. Lovie preaches ball security on offense, Brandon doesn't want to throw another pick 6 ball, the coverage confuses him and he hesitates. This problem is not easy to fix and to shield Rod here a bit, it's definitely not something you can fix in 4 months when you're game planning for an opponent on a week to week basis. It's gonna be a long summer of work for the two of them, none of which is helping us now. Rod needs to be more creative and flexible with his situational play calling but all he can do is what he's doing currently in my mind. Try to get Brandon throws he's comfortable with and run the crap out of the ball. </p><p></p><p>Only criticism I'd give Rod is that he needs to sit Brandon down and tell him to take more vertical risks with Josh in mind. Just throw the ball up and if it's a pick, it's a pick. Oh well. More often than not, Brandon needs to be cognizant of the FACT that Josh will make the play. Those two deep balls against Wisconsin, neither of which were successful, changed the game. Jim Leonhard panicked and we won in large part to his overreaction to Josh's downfield presence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twangers, post: 1492852, member: 746185"] A lot of questions in this one post. I'll do my best, if you want/need anything clarified just let me know. The TV coverage won't show you the full tree but we run a fair number of hot reads, good one's actually. We run both the dig from the "X" and Z" and the drive quite a bit, Donny seems to have taken this route from the now-injured Trevon Sidney. You won't see this on the tube unless it's thrown and because Illinois Breakdown is increasingly misinformed as to what it is we do offensively and defensively, they use the 7-8 minutes they put out on youtube to only show the times they feel we should have this called but didn't. Shoddy work. Those routes have been there, Brandon simply misses them more often than not. As for why that is, I obviously couldn't say for certain as I've never broken down film with him but it appears to be an issue with diagnosing post-snap coverage. Small sample size examples but take the 3rd down ball to Barker at the end of the Wisconsin win. Brandon CLEARLY sees the coverage pre-snap, Wisconsin gives him the same look post snap and he sticks it in there for a first down that helps us win the football game. Big time. Now, rewind back to the UConn game. First quarter, 10 or so minutes in to things. UConn shows him pressure and Cover 0 outside so he gets to the line thinking he only has to sell the safety on the seam route to open up a tough throw to his first read on the outside hash (I believe this was Ricky Smalling. Have to watch that game back again to confirm. End of year project) but when the ball is snapped, UConn bails. Now it's not Cover 0, it's Cover 4 and the defender is ready to drive on the outside hash. He practically gift wraps the pick six. He threw this exact same ball the very next week against EMU, same coverage but the kid dropped it. These are not hot reads but their affect has been dramatic as they seem to have stuck in Brandon's mind. Now when he gets a look that he appears to not recognize, Brandon won't throw it, he'll hesitate. Lovie preaches ball security on offense, Brandon doesn't want to throw another pick 6 ball, the coverage confuses him and he hesitates. This problem is not easy to fix and to shield Rod here a bit, it's definitely not something you can fix in 4 months when you're game planning for an opponent on a week to week basis. It's gonna be a long summer of work for the two of them, none of which is helping us now. Rod needs to be more creative and flexible with his situational play calling but all he can do is what he's doing currently in my mind. Try to get Brandon throws he's comfortable with and run the crap out of the ball. Only criticism I'd give Rod is that he needs to sit Brandon down and tell him to take more vertical risks with Josh in mind. Just throw the ball up and if it's a pick, it's a pick. Oh well. More often than not, Brandon needs to be cognizant of the FACT that Josh will make the play. Those two deep balls against Wisconsin, neither of which were successful, changed the game. Jim Leonhard panicked and we won in large part to his overreaction to Josh's downfield presence. [/QUOTE]
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