DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
80% of the time.
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Sefo INTs
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80% of the time.
alec10burks
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Especially considering the O-line play.
Thank you for seeing the point I was trying to make. I have no problem with Sefo. I just feel coming out and throwing a pick, putting your defense against a wall, is not good.
and Thank You for understanding the point trying to be made... some will just never understand. You play the game you understand more I guess.
No ****? You started by saying that Lindgren needs to call higher completion passes yet the early interceptions have been exactly that. The one against OSU was a quick 5 yard TE Curl. The first one against USC was a quick Curl to Fields. Both are high percentage passes, but both were poorly executed.
Bringing up Cody only makes me appreciate Sefo all the more... thanks!
Sack beat me to it. Freudian slip?
Sefo needs to be more confident in his decisions and not rely on his go to guys. I think this is something he will get better at as he sees more action and the game slows down for him.
HuskerHater
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I think Sefo has looked solid this year and look forward to continuing to watch him get better. With that said we can't afford to turn the ball over if we continue to give up 40-50 points a game. We can't afford empty possessions. It's a ****ty position to be in but that's the reality.
This conversation has me thinking about interceptions and when the best/worst time to have them happen is (assuming they are going to happen).
Obviously the worst time to have one is on a drive to end (and win) a game. But I feel like maybe the next worst time is right out of the gate at the start (especially if it results in a touchdown or fantastic field position for the other side).
Now this may be program-specific...maybe it's just because we need to win so badly and we are so prone to "oh no not again-itis" that these early picks seem so devastating, but they have been inordinately damaging for us (in ways that might not affect, say, an Alabama or Oklahoma that much). Obviously I would rather have the picks early than on a game winning drive, but I think the second least favorite place for THIS team right now to have them is right out of the gate. Shaky starts set a bad tone for us.
Just my opinion.
Obviously the worst time to have one is on a drive to end (and win) a game. But I feel like maybe the next worst time is right out of the gate at the start (especially if it results in a touchdown or fantastic field position for the other side).
Now this may be program-specific...maybe it's just because we need to win so badly and we are so prone to "oh no not again-itis" that these early picks seem so devastating, but they have been inordinately damaging for us (in ways that might not affect, say, an Alabama or Oklahoma that much). Obviously I would rather have the picks early than on a game winning drive, but I think the second least favorite place for THIS team right now to have them is right out of the gate. Shaky starts set a bad tone for us.
Just my opinion.
The games I've seen him play, he absolutely locks onto guys. As Snow said, it allows guys to come off their man cause they know where he is going. Definitely zoning is my guess unless he just freelanced? I didn't see it so idk. As far as the arm, I think his is good but not great. Be on time if you don't have a great arm. Manning does it, Montana did it at a very high level.
Buffenuf
massive tool
Maybe that's the problem, rather than the solution: Sefo is so pre-programmed to make the scripted play work, that he zones in on the receiver.
Instead, how about giving him an option-type pass play (not a run-pass option necessarily) where he is forced to make his reads among alternate receivers and improvise a little, rather than focus on one guy, like the script says. Force him to think early rather than act by rote.
Could be. I know they don't actually script the plays, or at least Mac/Lindgren has never mentioned it.
It might help to practice and script a few plays where he is required to deliberately look at another receiver before he throws. "Yes, this play is intended to go to receiver X on a curl at the 3 second point, what you do is lock on receiver Y for the first 2 seconds, and then turn, check the D and fire to X." I.e. actually script out which other receiver he's supposed to be focusing on before turning to the intended target of the play.
He's occasionally shown that he can go through a progression when he recognizes that the first receiver isn't open, which means he is somewhat comfortable with knowing where the 2nd and 3rd receivers are, finding them, seeing if they're open, and then firing off a pass. He just needs to get comfortable with watching any other receiver besides the 1st one for the first few seconds of the play, and then go through the "find, check if open, pass" process with the 1st receiver as if he actually just checked down to them...
He's occasionally shown that he can go through a progression when he recognizes that the first receiver isn't open, which means he is somewhat comfortable with knowing where the 2nd and 3rd receivers are, finding them, seeing if they're open, and then firing off a pass. He just needs to get comfortable with watching any other receiver besides the 1st one for the first few seconds of the play, and then go through the "find, check if open, pass" process with the 1st receiver as if he actually just checked down to them...
1. DL to pressure the QB and force him to throw
2. Have DBs and Safeties that can pick it off.
3. ????
4. Profit.
2. Have DBs and Safeties that can pick it off.
3. ????
4. Profit.