CJS “really pleased” with QB McCloud...

[Peatearpan]

Seemed like zone blitzes really got him confused from what I saw.

[puc86]

If blitzing makes winning so easy that even EZU can do it, why would a single team we face not blitz early and often and decide to be more balanced?

[pascobull]

3 minutes ago, 94 Bull said:

We scored enough points to win the game... defense lost the game...

 

This defense might break some records this year...

[NewEnglandBull]

37 minutes ago, usfgrad84 said:

I haven't really paid much attention to Temple, but wouldn't any defensive coach take a look at what ECU did and turn up the volume on blitzes?

Until the OC starts putting in some plays that are designed to keep the defense honest (Like some screens and maybe draws/delays) I would think they would blitz all day.  I would expect them to challenge us to try to beat them by trying to throw downfield.  That part is on the coaching staff to put McCloud in the position to play winning football.

McCloud played decently.  At least he was able to complete some nice passes consistently.  Not sure if that translates into success in the W-L column, but at least has shown he can do the minimum.

 

Very good point. A few screens were attempted but not much success and the RBs would run into the blitz on draw plays (although there were a few successful draws). It will be interesting to see if they can improve in those areas. Temple’s offense runs similar to Cincy. We played decent defensively against Cincy so maybe that will translate. At this point I am more concerned about the defense. 

Edited October 12, 2020 by NewEnglandBull

[Roaming Bull]

So the ability to take big shots is all you need to be qb here, so we don’t actually need a qb. All we need is a crash test dummy

[zarnozdabull]

I agree with CJS. 

That one play where he scrambled away from a sure sack was Grothe like.

The O-line blows. That is by far our biggest flaw.

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, zarnozdabull said:

I agree with CJS. 

That one play where he scrambled away from a sure sack was Grothe like.

The O-line blows. That is by far our biggest flaw.

And if I recall correctly, that was another of those plays where he got out of the pocket but had nowhere to go with the ball because of the receivers not working hard enough to get open for him ...

[NewEnglandBull]

9 minutes ago, Triple B said:

And if I recall correctly, that was another of those plays where he got out of the pocket but had nowhere to go with the ball because of the receivers not working hard enough to get open for him ...

On one of those scrabbles I saw on the replay a WR simply stopped. It was such a joke. Further the WRs look slow. This will be an immediate need with recruiting/transfers. 

[Skingraft]

Relax... should he say he's an *******?

[Roaming Bull]

5 hours ago, Skingraft said:

Relax... should he say he's an *******?

Well many on this board might find the honesty refreshing. On O everything begins and ends with the qb. So if we suck, it’s because he sucks. If we are killing it, it’s because he’s killing it.