FlabLoser
09-17-2013, 01:13 PM
Play calling could have been better, but I agree our execution was a bigger problem than our play calling. Coachcamp said the same thing, BTW.
Our OL choked, our WRs choked, our QB choked. Not all at the same time. They took turns on every possession.
From 247
There's been much debate about the 4th quarter play calling, and rightfully so because that's when the offense stalled. Here are the 4th quarter offensive plays:
Possession 1, 15:00, MS 9
1 & 10, QB run, +2 gain (clock moving)
2 & 8 , QB check at LOS, play action pass, pocket collapse, Dak gets back to LOS
* AU rushed only 4
* Personal Foul, Day
3 & 13, Perkins run, +12 1/2 gain (1/2 yard short) = punt
Possession 2, after INT, 12:38, MS 48
1/10, 3 wide, play action throw, comeback open, Dak throws short, incomplete
2/10, 3 wide, Holloway sweep, +7 gain
3/3, 4 wide, complete to Perkins, steps out of bounds, +1 gain
4/2, Empty, Prescott run, first down at AU 32 10:45
1/10 False Start
1/15 Time Out (alignment confusion Prescott, Chappelle, Ross, Wilson)
1/15 3 wide, zone-read, QB keep +2 gain
2/13 3 wide, motion to empty, QB draw 0 gain (penetration)
3/13 (9:00 remaining) 3 wide, Incomplete to Lewis across marker (open vs zone, great protection, shoulda/coulda) = punt
Possession 3, 6:10, MS 20
1/10 4 wide, fake wide zone, QB keep, +1 gain (clock moving)
2/9 motion to empty, 10yd comeback to Morrow, covered batted away (stops clock at 5:30)
3/9 time out
3/9 4 wide, blitz, complete to Lewis, 8+ gain, (need 9)
4/1 (4:30) empty, Prescott draw +5 gain = first down
1/10 @ MS 32
1/10 4 wide "stack", play action screen to RoJo covered, Prescott pulls down and makes +1 gain
2/9 3 wide, motion Holloway to "sweep" look, give to Perkins instead, +4 gain
3/5 (2:50) 3 wide, motion Lewis in backfield and fake to him, QB keep +3 1/2 gain (1 1/2 yard short)
Punt with less than 2:30 remaining
17 offensive plays run in 4th quarter
10 run
7 pass (two ball was not thrown, went 2 for 5 otherwise)
* three incompletes were: drop by Lewis for first down in AU territory, under thrown comeback by Dak, and batted down out route to Morrow
Summery: given the situation nursing a lead in the fourth quarter, I'm okay with more runs than passes A) given the previous success running the ball, and B) it gets the clock moving.
Like I said in my column, another wide run or two from Holloway or Lewis might've been the answer in hindsight... "hindsight" being the key term. (preface: I'd be a millionaire if I could go back to 21 yrs old, given my excellent hindsight)
Other than that, the biggest issue to me appears the lack of composure the offense showed in the 4th quarter, i.e. personal foul, two protection break downs vs 4-man rush, dropped 1st down, miss an open guy, false start at the AU 32, subsequent burned time-out can't get freshmen lined up, and THREE times coming up 1 yard short of the marker.
Anyone that says "play calling" in general was the biggest 4th quarter problem is speaking from emotion and not looking closely enough.
Our OL choked, our WRs choked, our QB choked. Not all at the same time. They took turns on every possession.
From 247
There's been much debate about the 4th quarter play calling, and rightfully so because that's when the offense stalled. Here are the 4th quarter offensive plays:
Possession 1, 15:00, MS 9
1 & 10, QB run, +2 gain (clock moving)
2 & 8 , QB check at LOS, play action pass, pocket collapse, Dak gets back to LOS
* AU rushed only 4
* Personal Foul, Day
3 & 13, Perkins run, +12 1/2 gain (1/2 yard short) = punt
Possession 2, after INT, 12:38, MS 48
1/10, 3 wide, play action throw, comeback open, Dak throws short, incomplete
2/10, 3 wide, Holloway sweep, +7 gain
3/3, 4 wide, complete to Perkins, steps out of bounds, +1 gain
4/2, Empty, Prescott run, first down at AU 32 10:45
1/10 False Start
1/15 Time Out (alignment confusion Prescott, Chappelle, Ross, Wilson)
1/15 3 wide, zone-read, QB keep +2 gain
2/13 3 wide, motion to empty, QB draw 0 gain (penetration)
3/13 (9:00 remaining) 3 wide, Incomplete to Lewis across marker (open vs zone, great protection, shoulda/coulda) = punt
Possession 3, 6:10, MS 20
1/10 4 wide, fake wide zone, QB keep, +1 gain (clock moving)
2/9 motion to empty, 10yd comeback to Morrow, covered batted away (stops clock at 5:30)
3/9 time out
3/9 4 wide, blitz, complete to Lewis, 8+ gain, (need 9)
4/1 (4:30) empty, Prescott draw +5 gain = first down
1/10 @ MS 32
1/10 4 wide "stack", play action screen to RoJo covered, Prescott pulls down and makes +1 gain
2/9 3 wide, motion Holloway to "sweep" look, give to Perkins instead, +4 gain
3/5 (2:50) 3 wide, motion Lewis in backfield and fake to him, QB keep +3 1/2 gain (1 1/2 yard short)
Punt with less than 2:30 remaining
17 offensive plays run in 4th quarter
10 run
7 pass (two ball was not thrown, went 2 for 5 otherwise)
* three incompletes were: drop by Lewis for first down in AU territory, under thrown comeback by Dak, and batted down out route to Morrow
Summery: given the situation nursing a lead in the fourth quarter, I'm okay with more runs than passes A) given the previous success running the ball, and B) it gets the clock moving.
Like I said in my column, another wide run or two from Holloway or Lewis might've been the answer in hindsight... "hindsight" being the key term. (preface: I'd be a millionaire if I could go back to 21 yrs old, given my excellent hindsight)
Other than that, the biggest issue to me appears the lack of composure the offense showed in the 4th quarter, i.e. personal foul, two protection break downs vs 4-man rush, dropped 1st down, miss an open guy, false start at the AU 32, subsequent burned time-out can't get freshmen lined up, and THREE times coming up 1 yard short of the marker.
Anyone that says "play calling" in general was the biggest 4th quarter problem is speaking from emotion and not looking closely enough.