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<blockquote data-quote="Mescalero" data-source="post: 5492159" data-attributes="member: 21439"><p>I haven't watch a lot of USC either, but have seen some of their games. To me, Caleb Williams is the best QB in college football and will win the Heisman and should. I also think Bryce Young is incredible and will be a great pro. Just hope he can hold up physically. Just fyi, CJ Stroud is a second rounder at best and I think will be a bust. He won't run the ball. If everything is perfect and he's not under pressure, he's deadly with his arm talent, accuracy, and anticipation, but it's not often perfect in an NFL pocket. </p><p></p><p>Scoring and passing yardage in the NFL is at a two decade low, yet yards per carry and FGs are at all time highs. Why is that? These things are cyclical. The high scoring spread offenses of college (remember the ones that Saban resisted) trickled up to the pros. NFL DCs have figured out how to deal with them. NFL defenses are playing a lot of two deep coverages with only six in the box. Bend, don't break and keep everything in front. Buckle down in the red zone and force FGs. Michigan got into Ohio State's red zone only two times on Saturday. Kicked a FG and would have had to kick another but were bailed out by a stupid DPI in the end zone on third and long. Michigan had 5 other plays each for over 45+ yards for all of their other scores. Ohio State played cover 1 and cover 0 m2m all game to stop the run and gave up 5 explosive plays.</p><p></p><p>How are NFL offenses responding? By running the ball and having a QB who can also run the ball (e.g., Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Patrick Mahomes). The days of Tom Brady, Matthew Stafford, and the statues are over. NFL offenses are having to be patient and running the ball until something breaks. The Titans are very well set up for this which is why I think they drafted Malik Willis so hopefully he can get coached up, because NFL teams and college team still have to pass. But its run the ball until something breaks and/or force the D to bring one of those safeties into the box and then call for the downfield pass. This will all come back around. Michigan right now is the Baltimore Ravens because last year's and this year's Michigan DCs both came from the Ravens. Michigan played the two deep all game long because Ryan Day is too impatient to keep running the ball. He abandoned it even though the inside zone and gap scheme runs were generating 6.0 YPC. Instead he went back to what he's done all season and used the bubble screens, RB toss, and wide zone run game to force Michigan into a horizontal game thinking that would bring the safeties into the box. It never worked against Notre Dame, Penn State, or the lesser talented teams the first 11 games and didn't work against Michigan. And when the QB is a p***y and won't keep it and run, the result is preordained. I listened to Harbaugh's post-game presser and he was asked if he was worried going into halftime having rushed for only 10 yards to that point. He said, "no, wasn't worried. Gotta keep at it. It just wears you down. Eventually something breaks." Michigan rushed for 92 yards on 33 carries (2.7 YPC), but then in the fourth quarter it got two runs for 75 yards and 65 yards. </p><p></p><p>Michigan is the leading edge of college football now as the offense v defense v offense trend recycles back to the college game. This will be very interesting to watch it play out in the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>Question for the Georgia fans. I only saw bits and pieces of your game vs. Tennessee, but I bet Muschamp ran a ton of 2 deep safety coverages with only 6 in the box. Is this true?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mescalero, post: 5492159, member: 21439"] I haven't watch a lot of USC either, but have seen some of their games. To me, Caleb Williams is the best QB in college football and will win the Heisman and should. I also think Bryce Young is incredible and will be a great pro. Just hope he can hold up physically. Just fyi, CJ Stroud is a second rounder at best and I think will be a bust. He won't run the ball. If everything is perfect and he's not under pressure, he's deadly with his arm talent, accuracy, and anticipation, but it's not often perfect in an NFL pocket. Scoring and passing yardage in the NFL is at a two decade low, yet yards per carry and FGs are at all time highs. Why is that? These things are cyclical. The high scoring spread offenses of college (remember the ones that Saban resisted) trickled up to the pros. NFL DCs have figured out how to deal with them. NFL defenses are playing a lot of two deep coverages with only six in the box. Bend, don't break and keep everything in front. Buckle down in the red zone and force FGs. Michigan got into Ohio State's red zone only two times on Saturday. Kicked a FG and would have had to kick another but were bailed out by a stupid DPI in the end zone on third and long. Michigan had 5 other plays each for over 45+ yards for all of their other scores. Ohio State played cover 1 and cover 0 m2m all game to stop the run and gave up 5 explosive plays. How are NFL offenses responding? By running the ball and having a QB who can also run the ball (e.g., Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Patrick Mahomes). The days of Tom Brady, Matthew Stafford, and the statues are over. NFL offenses are having to be patient and running the ball until something breaks. The Titans are very well set up for this which is why I think they drafted Malik Willis so hopefully he can get coached up, because NFL teams and college team still have to pass. But its run the ball until something breaks and/or force the D to bring one of those safeties into the box and then call for the downfield pass. This will all come back around. Michigan right now is the Baltimore Ravens because last year's and this year's Michigan DCs both came from the Ravens. Michigan played the two deep all game long because Ryan Day is too impatient to keep running the ball. He abandoned it even though the inside zone and gap scheme runs were generating 6.0 YPC. Instead he went back to what he's done all season and used the bubble screens, RB toss, and wide zone run game to force Michigan into a horizontal game thinking that would bring the safeties into the box. It never worked against Notre Dame, Penn State, or the lesser talented teams the first 11 games and didn't work against Michigan. And when the QB is a p***y and won't keep it and run, the result is preordained. I listened to Harbaugh's post-game presser and he was asked if he was worried going into halftime having rushed for only 10 yards to that point. He said, "no, wasn't worried. Gotta keep at it. It just wears you down. Eventually something breaks." Michigan rushed for 92 yards on 33 carries (2.7 YPC), but then in the fourth quarter it got two runs for 75 yards and 65 yards. Michigan is the leading edge of college football now as the offense v defense v offense trend recycles back to the college game. This will be very interesting to watch it play out in the playoffs. Question for the Georgia fans. I only saw bits and pieces of your game vs. Tennessee, but I bet Muschamp ran a ton of 2 deep safety coverages with only 6 in the box. Is this true? [/QUOTE]
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