Ware vs. RGIII

[anava]

Ware would've looked silly regardless of his assignment

That's the whole point of the read option.

Whatever ware chose to do would be wrong. They were reading him and going the other way.

Defensive coordinators either have to bring an extra man or let the qb go and hit him on his run.

The nfl is going to get really interesting this year not just with the read option but all the quick option

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-t...-plays-and-the-newest-form-of-option-football

What I dont get is why more DC dont just assign the DE to punish the QB and let LBs worry about the RB. After getting your franchise QB punished a few times they will go away from it no matter how many yards the RB gets.

 

[AsthmaField]

In that case, Kiffin's scheme got smoked by the read option at his last stop, but you will blame the players there.

You don't know what I blame for that. What you do know is that I put some of the blame for the final game of last year on the defensive coaches.

You shouldn't try to lump me in with a group of fans that you think you have pegged.

Just keep wearing that badge of a pessimist and be happy about that. Leave the clairvoyance to the psychics.

 

[BigD5]

There's really no mystery on how to stop the option. All you have to do is have your DE contain and not let the Qb get outside just like a regular option play.

DE takes Qb. LB takes dive man(RB). I'm not really sure why or how defensive coordinators are so baffled by it.

If any of them are smart they'll make a call to Tuscaloosa Alabama and get the recipe on how to absolutely crush the spread/read option from Nick Saban

 

[CyberB0b]

There's really no mystery on how to stop the option. All you have to do is have your DE contain and not let the Qb get outside just like a regular option play.

DE takes Qb. LB takes dive man(RB). I'm not really sure why or how defensive coordinators are so baffled by it.

If any of them are smart they'll make a call to Tuscaloosa Alabama and get the recipe on how to absolutely crush the spread/read option from Nick Saban

When combined with a decent passer, it's hard to defend.

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

If any of them are smart they'll make a call to Tuscaloosa Alabama and get the recipe on how to absolutely crush the spread/read option from Nick Saban

Have far superior athletes on D then the other guy has on O?

 

[The Natural]

I wanna see him do this to Elisha

 

[dffl11]

That's a ridiculous statement. And unnecessary. It's like saying water is wet.

If you don't think a defensive staff can have a defense prepared or unprepared to face a certain team, then you are wrong. It was clear from the indecision on that side of the ball that some of the players weren't sure what to do about the read option in many instances.

Ware didn't play well, and that was on him and his injuries... but it was abundantly clear also that the defense wasn't adequately prepared for the read option. Scheme puts the defenders in the right spot, and the players ability allows them to make the play. In that game, many of the defenders weren't in the right spot, and that falls to coaching, injuries or no injuries.

you sir....(in my opinion ) are 100% correct......the def was ill prepared for something that everyone in the world knew was going to happen. It was extremely disappointing how unprepared they were in the skins game.......

 

[BigD5]

Have far superior athletes on D then the other guy has on O?

They had equal talent on both sides of the field when they played Florida in 09 in the SEC Champ game and held them to 13 pts.

Among several other games in which they have crushed the spread offense-
Clemson 08
Texas 09
Auburn repeatedly
Florida '10
Miss St '10
Michigan '12

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

They had equal talent on both sides of the field when they played Florida in 09 in the SEC Champ game and held them to 13 pts.

Among several other games in which they have crushed the spread offense-
Clemson 08
Texas 09
Auburn repeatedly
Florida '10
Miss St '10
Michigan '12

Arguably in every case above Alabama had superior talent save for that UF SEC title game. But even that 'Bama team was stacked.

Clemson '08 was highly overrated. Texas '09 McCoy gets injured early in the game, different ball game.

Cam Netwon ran all over Alabama in the 2010 Iron Bowl after being down big

UF '10, Miss St '10, UM '12 aren't even in the same universe as Alabama was talent wise

 

[DFWJC]

Playing with basically one arm last yr, rg3 made him look silly on a few plays.... That had to stick in ware's craw....hopefully this yr he gets payback.

I was thinking that too. Ware really had no business being on the field that second game, and it really had to be frustrating.

 

[jimmy40]

They had equal talent on both sides of the field when they played Florida in 09 in the SEC Champ game and held them to 13 pts.

Among several other games in which they have crushed the spread offense-
Clemson 08
Texas 09
Auburn repeatedly
Florida '10
Miss St '10
Michigan '12

Texas with Garrett Gilbert QBing? Maybe you should have left that one out.

 

[BigD5]

Texas with Garrett Gilbert QBing? Maybe you should have left that one out.

Texas with colt McCoy had the ball twice deep in Alabama territory and had 1st and goal on one of those possessions and scored a grand total of 3 pts before McCoy "got hurt"