Breaking down last year's offensive game film

[FlowerPower]

2 hours ago, raptorcj said:

I know the deflating feeling you're talking about, but man, we wouldn't even have finished within 10 if it hadn't been for QF. Not to mention it's really unlikely (IMO) that we'd have made a bowl game without him in the first place.

I'm just saying that was one of those "what the heck" moments that he had during the past season. QF is the future of our football team, though and I have no doubt he will improve on his passing abilities and will lead us to more success 

[Who'sYourData?]

14 hours ago, BULLZ said:

Out of those 23 attempts the vast majority of them were bubble screens, jet sweeps with the forward flip that technically counts as a pass. I just think that if we implemented some time of intermediary pass game our offense could be that much better.

The tight end seam passes were money ALL YEAR we need to do more of that stuff. 

Plus we have the best receivers USF has EVER had. We need to utilize that strength.

That is a great idea, but as you pointed out QF is absolutely terrible on those kinds of throws.  At least, he has been terrible on those intermediate throws the last two years.  Have to hope he's figured that out if we want the offense to really click.  QF was dangerous last year, but as you point out the offense was far from well rounded.

Now the QF lovers can rain down their hatred upon me once again, for being a realist.

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, Who'sYourData? said:

That is a great idea, but as you pointed out QF is absolutely terrible on those kinds of throws.  At least, he has been terrible on those intermediate throws the last two years.  Have to hope he's figured that out if we want the offense to really click.  QF was dangerous last year, but as you point out the offense was far from well rounded.

Now the QF lovers can rain down their hatred upon me once again, for being a realist.

Actually, yours is a lot more realistic than the op's. If someone is determined to find fault with last year's record breaking offense, the only real place to look is QF's completion record ... not the number, or type, of pass plays called.

[Who'sYourData?]

4 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Actually, yours is a lot more realistic than the op's. If someone is determined to find fault with last year's record breaking offense, the only real place to look is QF's completion record ... not the number, or type, of pass plays called.

Exactly.  If he can fix that, the offense can really take off.

[Bulls On Parade]

Flowers with a good intermediate passing game..and this team will dominate this schedule.  

[usfgrad84]

The intermediate passing game is important to keep the chains moving. Especially in the tight games against the better teams. If he can clean the intermediate, 8 to 15 yard passes up it will help a lot in improving our "situational" game. Improvement there could be the difference between conference champs or a top 25 ranking or not. 

[BDYZR]

100% agree that if QF improves the offense will be that much better. But, as was mentioned, our offense is designed to stack the box, where a lot of those 8 - 15 yd throws will be. On the broken plays where QF misses an open receiver, any chance they're just not on the same page? It only takes a split second to go from a "great play" to "way over thrown."

Most coaches will tell the receiver that when the play breaks down and the QB is scrambling to come back to him. I think there will be fewer of those because these guys now have a year of learning what to expect from each other. Yes, I said a year because I feel like QF's freshman year was a waste for all of us.

[Bull Dozer]

2 hours ago, Who'sYourData? said:

Exactly.  If he can fix that, the offense can really take off.

Yup, this offense could be scary good if Q takes the next step as a passer and the OL comes together and stays healthy. Here's to hoping both continue to improve between now and the opener. 

[BULLZ]

20 hours ago, raptorcj said:

I know the deflating feeling you're talking about, but man, we wouldn't even have finished within 10 if it hadn't been for QF. Not to mention it's really unlikely (IMO) that we'd have made a bowl game without him in the first place.

If QF takes a significant stride next year in his passing game we could very well be a 1 loss team.

Edited April 29, 2016 by BULLZ

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, BULLZ said:

If QF takes a significant stride next year in his passing game we could very well be a 1 loss team.

If Wanky takes a significant stride in his passing game over last year, we go undefeated ...