Lamb performance so far
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Re: Lamb performance so far
TL has struggled against each of the P5 schools played. He looked lost last year at Clemson each time he was flushed out of the pocket and the result was an interception that could otherwise been at the minimum a FG attempt. Would like to see the ball thrown away in those cases. I agree the receivers have dropped some balls, but they are who we have and TL needs to keep making the throws and give them the opportunity. I think it is reasonable for us all to expect improvement year after year from our QB and team leader. Hopefully, we will see that this week against Akron. He will be needed.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
Our "no-huddle" is not about going fast - it is about having the defense show their alignment so the coaches upstairs might be able to spot "something" - We have had no need to rush plays in or be in a hurry in our first 3 games ---bigdaddyg wrote:Agree with the play calling comments. Jet sweeps with our fast guys, quick hitters to receivers so that they can make plays in space, TL keep the ball some and run. Is it a case of guys on the field not able to process plays quickly. If we are going to get to the line and burn 20 seconds looking to the sideline and then moving around just huddle up and bring the plays in. We used to be able to move fast and take it down the field in older times with what were deemed to be lesser athletes
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Agreed, but I sure wish we would utilize it from time to time.WVAPPeer wrote:Our "no-huddle" is not about going fast - it is about having the defense show their alignment so the coaches upstairs might be able to spot "something" - We have had no need to rush plays in or be in a hurry in our first 3 games ---bigdaddyg wrote:Agree with the play calling comments. Jet sweeps with our fast guys, quick hitters to receivers so that they can make plays in space, TL keep the ball some and run. Is it a case of guys on the field not able to process plays quickly. If we are going to get to the line and burn 20 seconds looking to the sideline and then moving around just huddle up and bring the plays in. We used to be able to move fast and take it down the field in older times with what were deemed to be lesser athletes
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Re: Lamb performance so far
Agree with both. We just seem to get on the line, do all that "see what the defense" is going to do, then do simple run plays. If we could speed up the tempo it might allow for some passing success.BUTCH1991 wrote:Agreed, but I sure wish we would utilize it from time to time.WVAPPeer wrote:Our "no-huddle" is not about going fast - it is about having the defense show their alignment so the coaches upstairs might be able to spot "something" - We have had no need to rush plays in or be in a hurry in our first 3 games ---bigdaddyg wrote:Agree with the play calling comments. Jet sweeps with our fast guys, quick hitters to receivers so that they can make plays in space, TL keep the ball some and run. Is it a case of guys on the field not able to process plays quickly. If we are going to get to the line and burn 20 seconds looking to the sideline and then moving around just huddle up and bring the plays in. We used to be able to move fast and take it down the field in older times with what were deemed to be lesser athletes
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Re: Lamb performance so far
Well, other than the last drive in Knoxville.WVAPPeer wrote:Our "no-huddle" is not about going fast - it is about having the defense show their alignment so the coaches upstairs might be able to spot "something" - We have had no need to rush plays in or be in a hurry in our first 3 games ---bigdaddyg wrote:Agree with the play calling comments. Jet sweeps with our fast guys, quick hitters to receivers so that they can make plays in space, TL keep the ball some and run. Is it a case of guys on the field not able to process plays quickly. If we are going to get to the line and burn 20 seconds looking to the sideline and then moving around just huddle up and bring the plays in. We used to be able to move fast and take it down the field in older times with what were deemed to be lesser athletes
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True ---EastHallApp wrote:Well, other than the last drive in Knoxville.WVAPPeer wrote:Our "no-huddle" is not about going fast - it is about having the defense show their alignment so the coaches upstairs might be able to spot "something" - We have had no need to rush plays in or be in a hurry in our first 3 games ---bigdaddyg wrote:Agree with the play calling comments. Jet sweeps with our fast guys, quick hitters to receivers so that they can make plays in space, TL keep the ball some and run. Is it a case of guys on the field not able to process plays quickly. If we are going to get to the line and burn 20 seconds looking to the sideline and then moving around just huddle up and bring the plays in. We used to be able to move fast and take it down the field in older times with what were deemed to be lesser athletes
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Re: Lamb performance so far
This thread has restored my hope in message boards. Thank you to everyone for posting logical responses.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
The coaches are doing a lot more to help out lamb this week (quick outs to open up down field, then down field opens up run). Best offensive game we've played so far.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
diehardapp18 wrote:Put Caruso in imo
If you expect to do better than 22/30 for 280 yards with 3 TDs and a rushing TD then you'll never be satisfied with our QB play.

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Re: Lamb performance so far
I mean I like Caruso but he didn't even convincingly win the back up job this fall. Taylor is just fine and will be behind center until he graduates.diehardapp18 wrote:Put Caruso in imo
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Re: Lamb performance so far
I think the main distress is there is almost no quick strike potential. Meadors is neutralized by our inability to use him. But hey as long as our grind it out works and Lamb takes care of the ball it's all good. His numbers are certainly eye catching if the performance is not flashy.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
I was very critical of Lamb last week post Miami, but he did a very nice job today. Wonderful bounce back game for him. I still think QB is an area of focus for us going into next season, but glad to see Taylor have a nice performance.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
We had a 93-yard drive in 80 seconds today right before half.appbio91 wrote:I think the main distress is there is almost no quick strike potential.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
Yosef10 wrote:I mean I like Caruso but he didn't even convincingly win the back up job this fall. Taylor is just fine and will be behind center until he graduates.diehardapp18 wrote:Put Caruso in imo
That's another very important point that people seem to be missing. Caruso is a great teammate and a hard worker, but before Daniel David transferred, it was likely that Caruso never started a game for App State. Now there's a solid chance he starts as a fifth year senior, but he didn't exactly put the other guys away this fall in the competition for QB2.

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Re: Lamb performance so far
And that was nice. My point is passes longer than 10 or 15 yards are very rare. Lots of long passes on paper because of yards after catch though. Not criticizing Lamb, I like him and I think he does a great job. He is a smart guy and runs our very well.T-Dog wrote:We had a 93-yard drive in 80 seconds today right before half.appbio91 wrote:I think the main distress is there is almost no quick strike potential.
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Re: Lamb performance so far
Why take shots down the field when your running game is gashing the opposition like they were today. That's when Lamb is best, when his task is just managing the game. Today we used the run to set up the pass and Lamb made some very nice plays. Today was Satterfield offense at its best imoappbio91 wrote:And that was nice. My point is passes longer than 10 or 15 yards are very rare. Lots of long passes on paper because of yards after catch though. Not criticizing Lamb, I like him and I think he does a great job. He is a smart guy and runs our very well.T-Dog wrote:We had a 93-yard drive in 80 seconds today right before half.appbio91 wrote:I think the main distress is there is almost no quick strike potential.
Re: Lamb performance so far
Solid today and no interceptions. Of course we weren't playing Tennessee or Miami. I knew he'd be fine against G5 just like last season. Moore looks to be back on track. He is a horse and just needs reps to get warmed up. And how about Rubino? 6-6 PAT and 1 FG. Only area of concern is the defensive backfield, however they came up with two huge int's that effectively won the game.