re: Skycam view of OL in pass protection

The QB/OC have to have the field vision and awareness that they are sending more bodies then you have blockers and you have to change the scheme and adjust, or they will eat your lunch all game.

The first series got inside the 10, but it was almost entirely incomplete passes, scrambles and penalties on FSU, and that should’ve alerted Dembrock immediately, because you don’t want to count on that all game.

2nd series were 2 short passes that didn’t give the WRs a chance to get YACs so they netted 1 yard and then a sack.

3rd series was better, but still half of it was short scrambles. If no WRs were open, then Dembrock might’ve realized the routes could be a problem or Daniels wasn’t being patient enough.

4th series out of halftime was incomplete, no gain and 3 yard pass. This suggested we had made poor adjustments.

5th series started terrible, but FSU bailed us out with a roughing passer and pass interference penalty. Then finally Daniels started throwing the ball with 3 good passes. It’s bad coordinating to take most of a game to make proper adjustments.

Also, I’m not sure what your definition is of “wide open”, because that pass that Boutte should’ve been able to catch on the crosser at the end zone was a tight squeeze. The safety would’ve laid him out as soon as he caught it. An All American and a good NFL WR should catch that, but it would’ve been a tough catch. The pass had to be drilled to get it in between the CB and the safety and Boutte would’ve hit him almost immediately. That’s not what I consider wide open. There were probably receivers more open, since Boutte was being doubled.

I agree that the defense was also a problem and the special teams were the worst.

The offense and defense got better, but the time it took to make proper adjustments was bad.

This is what I was talking about on Sunday night. Daniels had trouble reading the defense and finding his hot route on some of the pressures, and on others he just missed open guys.



On this one, both outside backers are coming and the safeties are standing at the line to gain on third down. You have to recognize that and know the ball has to come out quick to Boutte and let him try to make a guy miss to pick up the first down. This ball should have been out of his hands to the slant as soon as he hit his back foot.



This one is not as egregious, but the ball could have come out to Boutte on the curl on the sideline. The DB's hips are turned. If he gets rid of it now and takes the hit we pick up 15 yards. You also have Taylor running a post with a LB on his hip and no safety on that side of the field.



This one is bad. You have one DB with two receivers on the right side of the field and a crosser running free right in front of him.

My biggest gripe is the blocking was horrible, but we compounded that problem with routes 15-20 yds downfield. You have to have time for those routes to get open. This is the only “game planning” issue I was pissed at.

This is a great example of Daniels missing a read. They have 7 in the box matching LSU hat on hat. I assume his hot read is the slant from his slot receiver to the right. The moment that linebacker came off the edge the ball should have gone right to the spot he vacated. Easy throw and easy first down.






Huge bust by the Oline. LSU has the numbers, but for whatever reason the RG and RT slide left and are blocking 1, while the DE is matched on a TE.






LSU has the numbers, again. RG and RT slide left, again, and block 1, again. DE matched on TE, again.






Line does well enough here, but Daniels misses TWO open receivers. Boutte is about to come wide open across the middle and the middle out to the right has no one within 10 yards of him.

Bad QB play.

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- that's a helluva gap with lots of room. If that gets you a first down, you take it. I think it did if I'm remembering the play correctly.

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It was 2nd and 18 and OP said the play resulted for a 8 yard gain. I know Boutte played like shite, but he's one of the best WR's in the country with the ball in his hands after the catch. I'd much rather that ball go to Boutte who is running towards space. If he makes the first guy miss he might score from there.

Getting the ball out on time and in rhythm is always preferable, even if your QB can pick up a few yards with his legs.

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But upon further review what u didn’t see or refused to see is 1. immediate pressure off that blitz and that robber/spy. If he throws that “hot” it’s picked or he’s getting crushed..Boutte doesn’t even has his head around yet. The TE matchup would have been preferable here. We don’t know what was called here if Boutte ran the hot and the TE didn’t. As it seems like the TE was his first read on this play.

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This is dead wrong. Boutte is running a slant, if Daniels sees it Boutte is ready for it when it comes out. Slants are often thrown before the WR is looking. They're a timing route.

Also, if it's thrown on time he's well underneath the safety and well wide of the linebacker. He doesn't "get crushed", he makes the catch and easily picks up another 7-8 yards before he's tackled.

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As a qb, you have to recognize the blitz and get it to the hot rote in those situations. It’s not all on the blockers.

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late to the thread but yes, this

kid has happy feet, once he made up his mind up on running he’s done looking downfield

fsu was doing a good job of finding the open man

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It was 2nd and 18 and OP said the play resulted for a 8 yard gain. I know Boutte played like shite, but he's one of the best WR's in the country with the ball in his hands after the catch. I'd much rather that ball go to Boutte who is running towards space. If he makes the first guy miss he might score from there.

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copy that. I was thinking it was a whole other play/situation.

My poor memory aside, it's good he can take advantage of those. But well before that gap opened up, there was one open receiver, one coming open, and a third Boutte getting a step just as that pressure up the middle forced him left.

So the idea that he pulls it too quick, at least on that play, is false. He didn't see it. And if he saw it he doesn't believe his lying eyes. And the latter is worse than the former. That's what I was trying, poorly, to convey.

He did everything right except pull the trigger: eluded rush, kept his body positioned relatively correct, had eyes upfield, WRs did their job. He was looking at two open people- and didn't throw it. THEN he ran.

Great post! Some observations and things I am seeing as a fan...and this is just things I hope to see improvement in. While JD scrambled and made something out of nothing often, could there have been better reads and plays?

1st set of pics....presnap, 3 defenders on left side handled 1 on 1 by OT, OL, and RB. C is occupied by MLB, and RG and RT headed up by DL each. Free man on outside coming off right side. Hot read to the slant on right side? May have caught it and split defenders, or at least positive yards.

2nd set of pics....Simple rush with S blitz off right side. Not sure if Mason Taylor chipped FSU DE, but that DE easily beat Wire.

3rd set of pics....again, head up 1 on 1 assignments. We had a hat on a hat. How did 70 end up behind Cambell? Looks like he is blocking 66, not the DE. If we have 1 on 1 at presnap, why did we end up double teaming DL and leaving Verse on Kole Taylor? Even then, he got free of Taylor before Goodwin made it across the formation to help. I am confused on the OL call here.

4th set of pics....How did we get beat on the double team in the middle? Impressed by RG handling 1 on 1s though. Even with Wire getting beat deep, I agree that we had the dig in the middle coming wide open. Side step to the left and hit that WR for good yardage.

Blocked FG Pic....agreed. Blown assignment by Wire. Who was to his left? Kyle Taylor? I ask because Brian Kelly said they made adjustments for the extra point later to address this. I need to go check that because I hope he changed out Wire, not just the TE.

6th set of pics....It looks like Wire helped down on the DT, leaving Verse to the RB 1 on 1. DTs look like they ran a twist in the middle, and Wire is left looking like his girlfriend left him at the Prom. Wouldn't you want him to take Verse and leave Josh to block the potential blitzing LB or S coming off the right, if they blitz? I think it was clear #4 on FSU was spying Jayden, not blitzing much. So, we often had 3 blocking the DTs, with an eye on blitzers coming in on adjustments from their side.

From your selections of clips, I am most concerned that we don't seem to be pounding the middle with routes. We did this religiously with Burrow in 2019, and he spent much of that year under duress. But, Brady and Ensminger called plays that complimented our weak pass protection, and Burrow looked for routes that compensated for that deficiency. Be ready for short routes to keep ball moving, but have your deep shot routes in mind if protection is there.

OVERALL....I still have faith in these guys. I know this year will be tough...Completely new support staff, coaching staff, and half the team wasn't at LSU last year. BUT, I like Kelly's approach to bring in LA guys, who want to play hard for their home team.

I think we still see a culture in college football where players know their value and don't want to risk costing themselves millions in the NFL draft. If Maason Smith were in his draft year, look how much he may have cost himself on a freak injury. I understand their position, but I hate this part of the game now, as a fan. Don't think it will change, though, so gotta live with it. Younger guys just need to be ready to go!