realizes we are out on an ocean, not a pond or lake, and there are sharks bigger than his little dinghy."
(I dub him Captain Jelly, the Purple-faced Meathead.)
Edit original phrase and addition of the "dub step."
And when he bites into his quarterback, those eyes roll over white."
killer of quarterbacks.
I know Quinn is a popular scapegoat, but every offensive line under Kelly blew and had the same problem with run blocking. This is a Kelly problem, not an [Oline coach] problem.
Prior to his arrival, people here said Quinn was the secret to Kelly's offensive success -- and Kelly's shift to a run heavier, more tolerable offense roughly coincided with his arrival. Don't forget the hot garbage that was our offense from 2011 - 2014.
Total offense (points) ranking:
2011- 41
2012- 71
2013- 70
2014- 32
2015- 29
2016- 47
2017- 19
2018- 33
2019- 10
2020- 27
Ranking - yards/rush attempt:
2011- 79
2012- 21
2013- 53
2014- 61
2015- 6
2016- 58
2017- 2
2018- 52
2019- 25
2020- 28
Total offense (yards) ranking:
2011- 35
2012- 44
2013- 63
2014- 31
2015- 26
2016- 62
2017- 26
2018- 28
2019- 36
2020- 23
It could be because Nelson is simply an outlier. Or it could reflect his development of 3 1st round picks on the 15 and 17 squads.
I agree he shouldn’t be a scapegoat. But there is reason to support bringing Harry back regardless of the head coach.
All of those have had a dramatic decline this year -- oddly the first year where he doesn't have starters that were trained for multiple years under HH.
The OL play isn't just the standard our run offense is nowhere near where it should be. We still cannot handle the most basic stunts -- they showed multiple on replays in the UVA game where Coan fortunately managed to make a guy miss that went totally free off a looping stunt the OL should handle with ease.
Williams is getting hit at or behind the LOS at about 2x the rate of last season. Fortunately, he runs through the first guy much of the time or stops on a dime and changes direction and gets something.
There is no comparison at all to Quinn and HH on any stat of any kind for OL. It is bad. Extremely bad. Worse yet -- the players that do the best are the ones coached by him the least.
He’s not good.
Is not ok.