The pieced together Oline was incredibly out-manned tonight. This has to be the off-season attention area, Brock was running for his life surprised he was only sacked once…. Run game was non-existent….
OLINE is the bane of this lose
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The OL was not great, but they were also short a couple guys. This whole season has been like this, where the OL was just banged up and younger and younger guys had to play. I saw a lot of Miller in there tonight, and he is a redshirt Freshman as far as I know.
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OLINE is the bane of this lose....
Can we get that on a t-shirt?
Can we get that on a t-shirt?
BANE OF THIS LOSE. My Swedish Black Metal band name.
Clemson's defense has been pretty much the gold standard in college football the last 6 years. Their talent level is the reason they have been neck and neck with Bama. OLine probably played as well as it could have given the talent gap.
Good news is they will have a lot of snaps on film to teach Miller and Hufford in the off-season. Could be beasts in a year or two.
A pieced together OL against Clemsons best unit by a mile held it’s own. Not to pile on Purdy, but there were lots of pass plays blocked very well that led to pressure because Brock bailed early or rolled to the outside when the Ts had run the DEs well upfield, and there was a ton of room to climb the pocket.
Reality is no QB is going to get to sit there in clean pockets all night. There were plenty of plays where DJ had similar pressure to the outside and upfield but he slid up and had a chance to make a play. On those similar plays Brock rolled out early and just had to throw it away.
Reality is no QB is going to get to sit there in clean pockets all night. There were plenty of plays where DJ had similar pressure to the outside and upfield but he slid up and had a chance to make a play. On those similar plays Brock rolled out early and just had to throw it away.
Purdy missing easy throws, two stupid turn overs, and inability to get off the field on 3rd down did us in. Not saying o line played great but they played good enough to win. Same could be said for Manning’s play calling
I agree 100% with what you said regarding Brock bailing wide. But that is his trademark going back to freshman year. IMO when our OL tends to struggle, Brock goes in premature scramble mode. Some of it probably comes down to his height and needing a really clean pocket to see/throw down field.
Over his career, Brock Being Brock is usually a good thing. But this season, he tended to make mistakes that were back breakers- 3 Interceptions against Iowa, fumble against OU, Int/Batted Ball against Clemson.
