Uhhh . . . Bama blew their coverage on that play. Bennie was wide open and his speed wasn't the reason. Bennie and XC are our #5 and #6 receivers, guys. Bowe, Green, Davis, and Doucet are doing just fine. There are no style points . . . all that matters is winning the game.
Not sure, who ya'll have been watching, but we have TRIED to air it out numerous times with little success. Either they were covered, or the ball was overthrown. We are winning though...so why bitch?
Airing it out is a matter of creating a mismatch on the corners and safeties. Lets say you have two wideouts on the right side and one on the left, splitting the corners. That way you have a safety or nickle back covering one of the two split left. Now you do some sort of cross with your possession reciever and have the speedster go long. The corners will bite on one of them and the other will be open. Michael Clayton and Devery Henderson were the best at this. In 2003, the first TD against Auburn was a perfect example. Henderson lined up in the slot and ran toward the corner. Clayton ran a down & in, taking the corner, Rosegreen with him. By the time Mauck threw the ball, nobody was within 20 yards of Henderson--TD. The next time they lined up that way, the Auburn corner on Henderson backed way up, even though LSU was on the AU 18. Now they run the bubble screen, with Henderson taking out the AU corner with a vicious blind block, springing Clayton for the TD. Game over, half-way through the 1st quarter. While Bowe is a very good reciever, I do not think he and Brazell or Carter have the sense of what the other is doing to make it work as well as Clayton & Henderson. They did it over and over again that year (Arizona, USC, GTHOM). Hopefully, we'll get there. GEAUX TIGERS
yeah but its still fun to watch one of those two guys BLAZE past a DB and score.... hence.... LAST NIGHT to Bennie.... quick feet...
The fact that you do have: A. QB with an arm B. WO with speed C. Plays to "air it out" that get called helps get 8 and 9 out of the box, which helps Addai and Vincent. Completions would be great, and more memorable. Just know that the DC of opposing teams know the threat is there, and develop their schemes with the passing game in mind.
Quite true. I saw some long passes in last nights game. I don't have the exact number thrown and number dropped, but my impression is that the success rate was about 50 percent, or perhaps less. The defender caused none of the incompletions. The incompletions were caused by dropped or overthrown passes. With a success rate like that, you cannot make the long ball an important factor in your offensive game plan. Maybe next year when our Soph QB is a Junior.
