bcoach wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:45 pm
Seattleapp wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:02 pm
okiapper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:02 pm
AppGrad1 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:43 pm
ZT screwed up trying to throw across his body down field to a receiver that had double coverage on him. He had a wide open man 8 yards in front of him. We win this game if he keeps the ball or tosses it to the open man.
When 2 equal teams play end of game mistakes can lose it for you.
As many as he has won for us this one is on him with the poor decision.
I think we are thinking of the same play. Such a big swing. Easy completion in front of him but he goes deep and didn’t know the safety was there.
I try to give Zac a break, all the turnover throughout his years and this year having no Sutton, henny hurt, and depending on freshman WR’s and backup TEs. Some of his interceptions this year are not on him and his receivers missed a few big plays today (horn in the end zone if I remember?)
I haven’t been a huge fan of Peterson bc the play calling gets predictable (IMO). Going against Drink for comparison doesn’t help. Zone inside, WR screen, TE flat and QB draw with the occasional shot downfield. But to be fair against Zac, he isn’t getting bailed out by his playmakers. He makes bad throws and decisions every once in a while. Looks either way that is definitely a regression year for him and it shows in the record. I’m still a big fan of him and hope he turns it around and finishes his career on a good note.
Really happy with the run game today though.
I’m going to respond to every one of these Thomas excuse posts. He’s played bad! He’s the senior. The receivers are not the problem. His accuracy and decision making is. The play calling wasn’t the problem. His 3 picks were. He’s not playing well. Can we please stop with these exhaustive excuse finding missions. He should be able to make the throws he’s not making. That’s it. There is nothing else to say. Peterson can’t make him accurate. And if you notice as soon as he had to throw vertically he was a liability. The coaches know this too. Which is why they were scheming to have him
Throw dink and dunk passes in the first half. His accuracy sucks now and it’s costing app games.
I can't guarantee what is in his heart but I can tell you how it looks. It looks like he does not want to be there. We should have won that game. They are not better than us. We were only the third team they beat with a winning record. We are pretty even minus a QB.
Would love to see what 7 would have done today. It was very noticeable how much better the OL played when he came in last week. One coaching decision I have never agreed with is that I can't remember a coach who let a backup get any reps. Most programs would have put 7 in today.
C’mon now. Seattleapp has a correct analysis. ZT struggled with accuracy today (short throw behind receiver, threw to sideline vs. leading receiver on deep sideline route, missing Christian Horn in the end zone on a double move right after the bomb to Malik Williams (great play call by Petersen and Coastal should have been flagged for contact on the double move), missing Malik Williams on a seam route at the end of the game.
He made bad decisions (INT’s, taking bad sacks or rushing losses when he could have thrown the ball away). This includes a 4 yard rushing loss that led to a longer attempt on Staton’s missed FG and a bad Red Zone sack that was bailed out by a Staton 44 yarder.
But, I saw no evidence that he didn’t want to be out there. If that was the case, he could have not dressed out after the injury last week. He ran hard today, but his legs aren’t there. He did not have his usual speed to run away from defenders. Hence, he’s one dimensional.
Yes, the line played better for Huesman last week. But, they hadn’t played well all game and they did it against a worn down GaSt defense (possibly by our design). Implying that they played harder for Huesman as a slight against ZT is wrong.
Bad game or not, ZT was leading the offense today. Several times he was barking at players who were out of formation (we had to call our first time out in the second half because the personnel grouping or formation was not right for the play call.
Even if he wanted to, there was not a good time to insert Huesman. Once we were flagged for the defensive face mask, Clark made a call to allow CC to score the TD and put the ball in the hands of our senior QB, the same one who drove his team down the field for a TD in the first half in a similar situation. Otherwise, they milk the clock to under a minute and likely hit a go ahead chip shot field goal. I think Clark made the proper call.
We had a procedure penalty to open that drive, not ZT’s fault. Then, nothing good happened. (It would have been nice to see a dump to Noel on 2nd or 3rd down, but he was in Max protect due to the Coastal pass rush and didn’t release for a possible catch)
Our offense had over 300 yards in the first half. Petersen’s play calling was better than average in the first half.
Outside of the 75 yard bomb, they were limited to under 50 yards passing and 21 yards rushing in the first half.
However, it was not all ZT. Peoples ran for 171 yards in the first half, but was gassed/tired/denied in the second half when he had 7 carries for 8 yards. I take nothing away from Peoples, because he ran hard in the first half, never going down on first contact and literally carried the Coastal defenders for extra yards. He had 20 punishing carries in the first half. The reality is, our three headed RB fleet is down to one back. Noel played great, but there are times when you can see that he is young and not at the same level as Williams or Harrington. (But, he is an exciting change of pace back!). Coastal took away our run game in the second half
Hennigan is only good for 7-10 yard routes and is a shell of what he was to begin the season due to injury. He was off the field for many snaps including the final possessions. Virgil suffered another injury/re-injury in the 1st half and was done.
Ryker Casey did not warm up with the kickers, so even if Clark wanted to relieve Staton of kickoff duties, he didn’t have that option.
I don’t doubt, no did I see evidence of a lack of effort from any member of our team. We just don’t have the current ability to overcome a team lack of execution against a talented team that executed very well in the second half.
But, despite all of this. If we make a defensive stop or execute a final drive, we are that close to having the discussions that we are ranked, have a chance to host the tital game, etc. The margin of error is that thin. Despite everything, we had a one point lead and the ball at our own 31 yard line after gaining a first down with 7:15 left. As a team, we did not execute and close the game out.