Hey PK -- What would you say you do here?

[Yesh 962]

I was a little surprised they didn't have Manny playing off and bailing more to stay over the top, especially since the defense is known for wanting to not give up big plays, and we had a multiple score lead.

[SarkAfterDark 1744]

Manny seems to always be in trail technique, I’m not sure if that is by design or if he is always beat off the line. I think he would make more plays on the ball if he can stay on top of the WR. 

[Thatguy 9366]

6 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Giving the Clemson WRs too much credit here.  Manny was getting physically whipped by a bigger and stronger WR... Manny has to get better at handling it.

Sorry but there are other WRs at the college level that use that push-off technique.  Some are still in the playoffs.  It's time for Manny to adjust his coverages and better defend against bigger and stronger WRs.

Welcome to the big leagues in the CFB playoffs Manny -- more passes are heading your way... 😋

Clemson has the 3rd best receiver corps in the playoff behind Ohio State and Oregon. I am not sure why us people around here don't wanna give credit where credit is due. They are superior to us in this regard. They had 3 guys out there making Golden level catches.

[Nabad 20]

4 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Manny seems to always be in trail technique, I’m not sure if that is by design or if he is always beat off the line. I think he would make more plays on the ball if he can stay on top of the WR. 

Yep happened in a couple of games earlier as well this season, incl. a wide open dropped long ball if I recall... I just don't think we have been tested this year... 

[hookem48 4855]

good receivers + good QB + worried about QB run + big lead and losing focus = what we got.

[Had Enough 2118]

26 minutes ago, Nabad said:

... I just don't think we have been tested this year... 

This is correct.  We’ve played few top flight WRs.  And I’m not sure we’ve played many good #2s.  Few good QBs.  Not many great lines either.

[Jkwellborn 7036]

Clemson has the 3rd best receiver corps in the playoff behind Ohio State and Oregon. I am not sure why us people around here don't wanna give credit where credit is due. They are superior to us in this regard. They had 3 guys out there making Golden level catches.

I dont know if they are the 3rd best in the playoffs, but they showed out yesterday. They made plenty of contested catches. The best thing about OSU is Ryan day forgets about them some time.

[Nabad 20]

Not to go on and on especially given our amazing defense this year, but has been a pet peeve of mine... Have our DBs ever turned around to look at the ball under this staff? 

[boilerhorn 1630]

NSIAP

 

[westexhorn 2164]

1 minute ago, boilerhorn said:

NSIAP

 

Yes Pete, we remember year 1

[Candi Fisther 88]

Yes Pete, we remember year 1

I believe he does as well

[Rickylovesweed 15514]

1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

Clemson has the 3rd best receiver corps in the playoff behind Ohio State and Oregon. I am not sure why us people around here don't wanna give credit where credit is due. They are superior to us in this regard. They had 3 guys out there making Golden level catches.

Yeah, Clemson's WR corps is the strength of their team. 

Moore and Wesco are legit 5 star talents and Williams is also damn good. I actually think they probably have the 2nd best WR corps behind Ohio State. The reason Clemson was no threat is because 1) they had no run game with Mafah injured and 2) Their D is bad. But those WRs are legit. 

There were some blown coverages but also just some good plays by those guys. Tip your hat to them. 

 

[TrashMaster G 18094]

7 hours ago, BurgleBro said:

Don't forget Taaffe he took horrible angles and missed at least 2 tackles coming downhill.  He redeemed himself with the awesome 4th down tackle. 

He did not have a great game. I was glad to see him make that last play.

[LTtxfan 50005]

1 hour ago, Jkwellborn said:

I dont know if they are the 3rd best in the playoffs, but they showed out yesterday. They made plenty of contested catches. The best thing about OSU is Ryan day forgets about them some time.

Yeah Manny finally had more throws against him that were successful... and at times he displayed poor technique and got beat.

Definitely a valuable lesson for Manny to learn from and continue growing -- he'll get better at handling a bigger stronger WR in the future.