Why were we man to man on Reed? Is it possible at all to have had bracket coverage on their best receiver, maybe force Thorne to toss it somewhere else? Do we ever play zone? Just spitballing here...
Dumb? #1... on 4th and 15
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I had a hard time seeing our guys due to the snow. Maybe our guys couldn’t see one another and couldn’t tell if anyone had coverage.
Pry should have told 2 white jersey dudes to cover that #1 dude wearing the green jersey....it may have worked.I had a hard time seeing our guys due to the snow. Maybe our guys couldn’t see one another and couldn’t tell if anyone had coverage.
Yep...."Obviously".I had a hard time seeing our guys due to the snow. Maybe our guys couldn’t see one another and couldn’t tell if anyone had coverage.
It was in the end zone so they were probably in zone coverage.
I know my football.
Covering him man to man was questionable enough but that man cover him with his back to him may have been a step too far.
The crazy thing is even before that play I looked at my brother and said.. They're gonna score... It is as if you just know what can go wrong will go wrong. Those first two defensive possessions yesterday looked almost as if they did not even practice this past week!
You guys have a lot of criticism for a well defended pass on a perfectly thrown ball.
I agree that Dixon did not do a bad job covering. He almost knocked the ball out. The ball was thrown perfectly. Thorne had too much time on this pass, and actually most passes.
you could have said Cover 69...I wold have agreed with you. No clue what Cover 4 means...
It means we had four guys deep each taking away a quarter of the field, and three guys playing zones underneath. The giveaways are that everyone’s eyes were on the QB, and no one followed the TE in motion.
There isn’t a defense we could have played that would forced a tougher pass, but their guys made the plays to beat it.
I am hoping this is a “positive” question/comment. I couldn’t see the whole field and, like Bob, couldn’t identify the PSU players because of the snow. So, question….was Dixon in for Porter? Meaning, was the staff fearful of another PI? It was a “perfect” pass, Dixon had pretty good coverage. If the pass was a little highper, or a little lowper, it is probably incomplete. All year, the other teams seemed to make the “big plays”, at the worst times (TE crossing routes against Iowa and Michigan come to mind, Lee fumble). We just never seemed to make (or stop) that play this year.
We were subbing liberally that whole drive…neither Porter or TCF were on the field. It was King and Dixon.
This is one of the poorest tackling teams in PSU history. TCF and Brandon Smith make Gino Capone look like Dick Butkus.
I’ve been mocking trying to break the pass up backwards but if I’m being completely honest, he was in that position because the WR pushed off and got him off balance. It really should have been offensive PI.
Capone could at least catch a tackle. These guys just flat out whiff.
We got them earlier in the year vs Wisky and Auburn. Once the Iowa loss happened, this team cratered. The $85M Motivator went to work and put together a magical solution to halt the downward spiral.
Or have Porter cover him. A PI call would be better than a TD.
Maybe my memory is off, but this was a quick drop and throw wasn't it? Don't think we had a shot to rush. 3-5 step drop and throw. Similar to the 4th down vs Auburn. I think the goal was catch, draw DPI, or incomplete.