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Denbrock’s Route Tree

Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:01 pm
Posted by TheRallyPossum
Lafayette
Member since May 2016
50 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:01 pm
I keep seeing people mention that one of the offenses main issues stems from Denbrock’s route tree. For those more knowledgeable on the subject, care to elaborate? Are the routes taking too long to develop? Does Denbrock not run choice routes in his offense that JJ and Burrow ran to perfection?
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24428 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:05 pm to
People are regurgitating buzzwords they’ve heard over the years. Watch the All 22 from Auburn. WRs are open everywhere. Daniel’s isn’t throwing the ball. Beating a guy by 2-3yds is open. Daniels seems to want his guys open by 10yds or more.
This post was edited on 10/5/22 at 10:37 pm
Posted by saderade
America's City
Member since Jul 2005
25737 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:09 pm to
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Watch the All 22 from Auburn. WRs are open everywhere. Daniel’s isn’t throwing the ball. Beating a guy by 2-3yds is open. Daniels seems to want his guys open by 10ths or more.
He is gun shy and too worried about throwing an int. He needs have more confidence in his ability or it’s going to be a long season.
Posted by TheRallyPossum
Lafayette
Member since May 2016
50 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:11 pm to
Pardon my ignorance, where could I find the All-22 tape from the Auburn game?
Posted by CoolKat
Member since Apr 2016
387 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:12 pm to
Frequently, not always, there are not QB friendly routes. Specifically, the QB has to change his eyes from one side of the field to the other instead of a small movement of the eyes to find the next guy in progression. Some of this is by design to leave the middle open for the QBs legs. I definitely think that the design could be more QB friendly and more routes need to be at various depths in the same area of the field - especially more in the middle of the field. This offense is a lot like a Les offense with a more talented QB.
Posted by PigDog33
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2021
756 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:14 pm to
quote:

Watch the All 22

No thanks I’m good
Posted by lsutiger2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
6185 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:15 pm to
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Pardon my ignorance, where could I find the All-22 tape from the Auburn game?

Good point. How the frick can you even see them from a regular broadcast? Answer: You Can’t

Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
15812 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:16 pm to
The branches on his Route Tree aren’t long enough.
Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
72682 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:17 pm to
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People are regurgitating buzzwords they’ve heard over the years.


yup. same with morons who keep saying read option when we do not run that. we run zone read.

LINK

as if denbrock does not have man and zone beaters in each combo of routes. or routes that take the top off to open up underneath or combo routes to attack one player or part of field like flood concepts with hi-lo reads, curl-flats, seam-corner combos, etc.

MUH ROUTE TREE! HURR DURR!
Posted by Harry Morgan
Member since Sep 2019
9193 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:20 pm to
Ignore the internet coordinators.
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

WRs are open everywhere. Daniel’s isn’t throwing the ball. Beating a guy by 2-3yds is open. Daniels seems to want his guys open by 10ths or more.


I keep telling people we have a RB playing QB

But all these excuses keep coming
Posted by Hurricane Mike
Member since Jun 2008
20059 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

Pardon my ignorance, where could I find the All-22 tape from the Auburn game?


It was on ESPN last Saturday
Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
72682 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:26 pm to
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Does Denbrock not run choice routes in his offense that JJ and Burrow ran to perfection?


are you serious? if JD is as scared as he is now to throw downfield and make reads and cannot do anticipation timing routes....WTF makes you think he can read leverage of defenders and lead these guys on choice option routes by WR's when they make their cuts based on defender leverage??

with all our current issues you really are asking for alot
Posted by lsutiger2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
6185 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:27 pm to
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It was on ESPN last Saturday

Doubling down. Respectful I guess
Posted by burreauxsballz
Member since Jan 2022
777 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:28 pm to
From what I’ve gathered, most of Denbrock’s scheme is very reliant on good O-like play. Brought him in because Kelly liked his scheme (coached with him before) and Kelly is known for developing really good O-lines. We have had open receivers downfield, we just have a guy that is gun shy and is pretty shite and throwing the football regardless. That being said, this offense with Jayden Daniels and this O-line shouldn’t be an indictment of Denbrocks offensive scheme, this offense is patched together by freshman and a PAC-12 transfer QB. Just my take.
This post was edited on 10/5/22 at 9:29 pm
Posted by des4271
Member since Oct 2014
4028 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:39 pm to
This is so absolutely true. The intricacies of what Brady, Burrow and co. did with route adjustments are way beyond what this dude can handle. JD actually throwing on time on basic routes has not happened the vast majority of the time and most likely will not happen. Nothing against the kid but I just don't see a drastic improvement over night. Hope I'm wrong for the team's sake and his.
Posted by Regit424
Member since Jan 2021
522 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:41 pm to
Boils down to trust. Daniels, to this point, hasn’t trusted his guys to fight for contested passes. In the SEC most passes beyond 10 yards will be contested. Hopefully in the meeting with his receivers they convinced him to trust them to fight for and make the contested catches.
Posted by Breauxfessor
Ferriday
Member since Sep 2016
815 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:50 pm to
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88773 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 10:10 pm to
The majority of people in here don’t know what a route tree is. It’s just a basic universal terminology designating a specific route to a number. Like a 9 route is a Go or a 8 route is a Post a 1 is your Out and your 2 is a Slant…and so on

There’s no special route tree a team uses. What they want to say is passing concepts. For example an Air Raid would use more shirt to intermediate routes while BK is synonymous with a lot of Vertical Seams concepts.
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
7598 posts
Posted on 10/5/22 at 10:43 pm to
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WRs are open everywhere


BS. Watched and charted every down on sky cast. There was no consistent pattern.

You see everything.

-some bad reads
-some bad passes
-some drops
-plays with no one open at all
-plays where pass protection broke down so quickly JD never had a chance to make a read, much less throw.

I went in thinking JD was the entire problem. After watching, it is only partly him. Reminds of Burrows first season when the scheme was so bad that his potential was never realized. (JD is not Burrow so it makes it even worse)

Denbrock needs to make some changes, JD needs to be more aggressive, and the receivers need to catch the ball much better than they have.

But receivers are not open everywhere.
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