Shallow cross with a rub and pick, it's a nice play call vs man, however the entire play is over before it begins. Look at Guilbeau's tech and stance. He's shading the sideline? WTF, if you're man why are your playing outside shoulder when you have the entire field to guard against? Only thing I could possibly surmise is he's a little confused with Barron jumping into coverage right in front of him at the snap. Otherwise, this is terrible technique and terrible effort. I don't give a shit if you're getting beat and then have a pick to get through. Fucking truck that motherfucker in front of you and do everything you can to at least keep him out of the EZ. This is what pissed me off. Bad technique and lousy effort from Guilbeau, who's had a very inconsistent year. Texas has it's holes in the secondary and they were schemed against last week, namely Muhammad and our slot coverage. Also, Hill look a little lost at times but our LBs are the weakness of the defense overall.
Not sure why this is highlighted..... Basic comeback or curl out route run to perfection and beating Muhammad's brains in. Muhammad isn't as good as most of the fanbase thinks he is. He's solid and I expect to be pretty good next year with all the reps this year but there's a notable drop off from Barron to him. Remember, we've played some pretty terrible passing QBs this season and our secondary was rarely stressed like this.
This is Hill just getting lost in Zone coverage. There's trips out to the right and he's shading inside shoulder which is pretty regular but once the receiver crosses his face he needs to centering up. Then another goes right behind him (although he had eyes on him coming his way) and Hill doesn't see him slip behind. His head was not on a swivel as they say and he's lost in no man's land and panics a bit by taking two false steps to the boundary, when what he's taught to do is to drift to the inside and really be in line or mirrored with the QB. Go back and looks where Klubnik throws this (inside the hash) and where Hill is when the ball is caught (a good foot outside of the boundary). Basically, this is just bad football. Poor pressure on the edge and Hill is basically lost in Zone and it's a pretty easy completion. I'd be worried as shit about breakdowns like this going forward. Bad QBs generally don't get to this read before they break the pocket and run. Good QBs score TDs.
Again, not much to this.... Muhammad just getting his ass cooked. IIRC, this is the play where Muhammad probably has an illegal chuck early but there is definitely OPI with the push off at the end to create the separation. College refs will miss this one 80% of the time so don't expect to get this call.
I'll say this, I don't like Muhammad's lack of hands or bump here. He's playing tight man but basically allows a free get off. Look as he doesn't really get a hand on him until his hips have swiveled and they're running. That's generally bad tech as you got the sideline, try and push him towards the sideline cutting off the throwing zone and constricting space. He doesn't do that here and ends up paying for it. I would say this may be bad tech but again, not sure what they're being taught. I'd also like to see him shading the inside shoulder instead of head up. Feels like they're expecting a lot from their boundary guy if they're not going to bump at all.
Thanks for the post and discussion..... IMHO, I think we do have some things to be concerned about. Again, our QB competition this year was underwhelming and the secondary will be tested like never before the rest of the way. I think the question is, how much can they learn from this and how quickly can they get better. I'm very concerned about our ability to cover inside receivers and back who can catch. Very.
I agree about the pressure but we don't get great pressure without Simmons generally and we're not deep with guys who are natural rushers. Good dudes who have good motors and try hard but not a ton of natural guys with bend and have natural understanding of leverage.