Well...not to get too technical here, but Jeremy Shockey and Jimmy Graham alone combined for over 14,600 yards. I guess Shockey's first year was '02 so you can take 800 yds out of the total.
Great and valid points. But, you can have a power run game with zone blocking. Zone blocking is all about working in unison instead of power head on head downhill blocking. Zone blocking is really neat to watch when run correctly. It is a thing of beauty and many NFL teams still do it. I don't have a problem with that so much, but, as you point out and is valid, you have to have players that can get out and zone block. I think that is what you are implying.
Iowa's guys have much better college and pro stats by a wide margin over Miami. There really isn't any comparison between the two. If they had ND as their TEU, I could go with that. No idea where Miami came from.
Well it's both it's a combination. I'm not sure how much better say Melvin Gordon woulda been for us (dude was committed to us initially) Just hard to say. To take it a step further it also takes play calling. The types of running plays called situationally throughout a game can help get a guy more yards too. All things Wisky I think has had an advantage over us on throughout the last few yrs for the most part.
Yes, many teams run a bit of a hybrid, especially at the next level. Neither scheme is good nor bad. You just have to have the right coaches and players, but a zone-heavy scheme like Iowa simply has to have continuity along the entire line. One subpar lineman can have devastating effects on the run game. Your right, though, when it works it can really work. Back in the day, Denver under Shanahan feasted with it.
Darn good analysis.
If you go back over the last 15 or so years, you’ll find in many cases, we were bridesmaids on the recruiting trail when it came to prying feature backs hth against bucky. And those backs went on to stellar college and in many cases, even pro careers. That would have likely changed a lot of things when it came to iowa offensive football during that timeframe. I’ve said it from the beginning of ferentz. His biggest issue is in recruiting and judging/developing skill positions. Oddly, the staff is the complete opposite when it comes to TE and the other side of the ball. It’s an incredible dichotomy and will be his legacy
I’m as bullish on iowa tight ends as anyone, but it’s not like Miami isn’t producing at an extremely high level:
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Here ya go folks have at it. I stumbled upon this and I can only imagine the heat this dude is going to be getting for it. The writer is an east coaster and he doesn't even hide his bias.
Agreed. Some of those aren't in the window the article was referring to. We would also be able to add Dallas Clark, Marv Cook, Jonathan Hayes, Tony Moeaki, etc. There had to be a timeline set, and thats the one they chose to use.
You can, but not in the same play. Many teams incorporate both into the playbook, and adjust the calls based upon the defensive tendencies and alignments. Iowa has a few power plays. They simply don't run them very often except goal line and sneaks.
Not on the fly. Based upon the type of defense opponents run, teams can and will incorporate wrinkles in their blocking schemes during game prep. Not so much at the college level, but definitely in the NFL. The weather also plays a role. For example, the Packers run a lot of zone blocking with Aaron Jones, especially early in the season. When the weather gets bad, they'll often run more power alignments with A.J. Dillon. It's something that offensive linemen have talked about in terms of adjusting to the next level.
