Jason Washington & Craig Naivar :: the secondary

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

In the first 2 weeks our secondary looked like dog.  Bad technique, bad body position, no explosion towards the ball. Penalties for no reason. Dropped picks.  Just an all around shitshow.

Here's a shout-out to Craig & Jason.  The last 2 weeks, guys have their body in the right profile.  They are watching the receivers eyes and hands, and breaking up catches like you would expect DBU players to do.  Use your fists.  Position, profile, accelerate, close, and explode to the hands.   The improvement is night and day and it's across the board and has given the team a piece of identity.

Well done gentleman.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled bitchassedness.

Wizard.

Parcells.

2002.

etc.

[hornian 5223]

Our secondary has been laying wood lately. Against TCU’s wide receiver screens it was a fucking massacre. I liked it. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

They are still getting beat on deep coverage assignments but we’ve gotten lucky with some trip ups, shoestring tackles or last minute PBUs but it’s happening far too often for my comfort.  Still it’s been a great improvement in just a few games.

[PatSolitanojr 518]

Boyd is getting targeted deep still. Sometimes he watches the QB, but sometimes he turns and acxelerates and punches the ball out like he did against TCU. At least he’s improved. 

[4th and 5 4915]

52 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

They are still getting beat on deep coverage assignments but we’ve gotten lucky with some trip ups, shoestring tackles or last minute PBUs but it’s happening far too often for my comfort.  Still it’s been a great improvement in just a few games.

This. Extraordinary talent out there, but there are a lot of fuck ups. Boyd and Davante look like all world and dogshit on back to back plays. 

[HtownHorn 14779]

I don't think many teams moving forward have a Reagor or St. Brown type WR. The other big plays came at the expense of Boyce and 2 freshmen S's colliding in coverage.

[Machinator 32099]

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

2 freshmen S's colliding in coverage.

Which play are you referring to? The only one I can think of is the Maryland game where our senior nickel back and senior cornerback lined up at the same depth.

[HtownHorn 14779]

8 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Which play are you referring to? The only one I can think of is the Maryland game where our senior nickel back and senior cornerback lined up at the same depth.

You are correct, it was Davis and Locke, I thought it was Foster and Sterns for some reason.

[Lhorn 4963]

I think the corners have looks really good.  Last two weeks defense has shut down the run.  With the quality of the WR they faced and inability to run the ball, SC and TCU were going to throw the ball.  Despite the TD to Reagor, Boyd looked really good.  He had pretty good coverage on the TD, Reagor just created a bit of separation with a bit of a push off.  Two other balls he played beautifully.  The one TD attempt where Boyd didn't turn around but saw the receivers hands go up and punched the ball loose and the other where he was behind the receiver and reached around with his right hand and disrupted the play.  Davis's PBU late in the game was perfectly timed.  

Not flawless but they've gone after the corners and the good guys held up pretty well.

[bigcigar 1165]

5 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

I don't think many teams moving forward have a Reagor or St. Brown type WR. The other big plays came at the expense of Boyce and 2 freshmen S's colliding in coverage.

Lamb and Brown at OU will be tough to keep up with.

[DigglerontheHoof 21245]

WVU has some playmakers at wr, too.

[Revolution512 1495]

6 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

I don't think many teams moving forward have a Reagor or St. Brown type WR. The other big plays came at the expense of Boyce and 2 freshmen S's colliding in coverage.

It’s the Big Xii. There are WRs that can run on every team

[tonedeaf 56]

6 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

It’s the Big Xii. There are WRs that can run on every team

This.  It is not going to get any easier.

[HenryJames 66171]

Doomed.

[ousux 5602]

Doomed.

Yep, might as well pack it in and start looking to next year.

[Katfid54 8635]

1 hour ago, Revolution512 said:

It’s the Big Xii. There are WRs that can run on every team

We should get some of those.  I'm so sick of our WRs only being able to power walk, jog, roller skate, and prancercize.

[SA-KC_Horn 1295]

Just imagine how much better the secondary will look with a little bit more pressure upfront. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

12 hours ago, Katfid54 said:

We should get some of those.  I'm so sick of our WRs only being able to power walk, jog, roller skate, and prancercize.

I assume this was sarcasm but I’m pretty sure CJ and LJH are just as good of a combo as anyone we’ll face.

[Treefidy 1469]

20 hours ago, Lhorn said:

I think the corners have looks really good.  Last two weeks defense has shut down the run.  With the quality of the WR they faced and inability to run the ball, SC and TCU were going to throw the ball.  Despite the TD to Reagor, Boyd looked really good.  He had pretty good coverage on the TD, Reagor just created a bit of separation with a bit of a push off.  Two other balls he played beautifully.  The one TD attempt where Boyd didn't turn around but saw the receivers hands go up and punched the ball loose and the other where he was behind the receiver and reached around with his right hand and disrupted the play.  Davis's PBU late in the game was perfectly timed.  

Not flawless but they've gone after the corners and the good guys held up pretty well.

I took a little time to watch the replay and Boyd got beat 6 times, he was a favored target.  The right fist play was a good one, the other pbu was underthrown though he did make the play, and Sterns picked one.  It looks like he bites on everything, particularly double moves.  

Hes a good player no doubt, and it's a good problem for us if other teams target him because they are more afraid of our young guys. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

On 9/26/2018 at 10:56 PM, TKthunder2 said:

They are still getting beat on deep coverage assignments but we’ve gotten lucky with some trip ups, shoestring tackles or last minute PBUs but it’s happening far too often for my comfort.  Still it’s been a great improvement in just a few games.

 Happy for the win but not feeling any better about this.

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

today was a step back from the last 2 weeks unfortunately.  shittier opposition with less talent was 4 drops away from a win.

[texifornia 57101]

I don't know what to do about KBoyd. All the physical talent in the world paired with a 5 cent brain.

[TKthunder2 4997]

46 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I don't know what to do about KBoyd. All the physical talent in the world paired with a 5 cent brain.

I’d just like to see Cook rotate in more.  When Boyd gets tired he starts trying to jump routes and it hasn’t been working out well for him.

[HtownHorn 14779]

Time to unpack the go pros, the seniors in the secondary are much worse than Sterns, Foster, and Jones. Thompson needs to play over Locke.

[Machinator 32099]

49 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Thompson needs to play over Locke.

I've been calling for this since fall camp.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2740]

I’d just like to see Cook rotate in more.  When Boyd gets tired he starts trying to jump routes and it hasn’t been working out well for him.

It doesn’t matter if he is tired or not. He’s always peeking in the backfield and always biting. It’s nothing new. He’s done it since he got here.

[nycHorn 3041]

9 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

It doesn’t matter if he is tired or not. He’s always peeking in the backfield and always biting. It’s nothing new. He’s done it since he got here.

He peaked last year when he wasn’t locked up on the opponent #1 receiver. He did well when Holton went out with suspension but seems to have fallen into old/bad habits this year.

Edited September 30, 2018 by nycHorn

[nycHorn 3041]

2 minutes ago, nycHorn said:

He peaked last year when he wasn’t locked up on the opponent #1 receiver. He did well when Holton went out with suspension but seems to have fallen into old/bad habits this year.

I don't know why I quoted my own post.  I'm not that drunk.

Edited September 30, 2018 by nycHorn

[Tx_2_Sc85 332]

For all the double moves Boyd falls for how does he never guess correct and jump a damn short route for a pick 6?