If I was Purdue I’d blitz us every single play

hawkinn3

hawkinn3

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Stanley can’t handle pressure at all and shown no ability to make a team back off.

I’m not exaggerating, I’d blitz on 100% of Iowa’s Offensive snaps. There is literally no downside against this offense.
 
We have a seasoned OC who is right now...working hard on that contingency...I think...after the fact...
 
hawkinn3 said:
Stanley can’t handle pressure at all and shown no ability to make a team back off.

I’m not exaggerating, I’d blitz on 100% of Iowa’s Offensive snaps. There is literally no downside against this offense.
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I agree Hawk but its is the line that cannot handle the blitz. We have not been good at it for a number of seasons. Every team -(Ohio State) comes after us. we just do not seem to have a game plan for it and that is what bothers me!
 
Weird, I felt one of Stanley's strong points is being able to handle pressure. If Purdue blitzed us on every play Wadley would put up incredible numbers both running the ball and screens.
 
We have a rookie QB (who had few snaps last year while burning a year of eligibility), an inexperienced and unproven OC, two starting tackles who are just out of high school football, and an inflexible and stubborn HC...this is a recipe for a team that can't handle pressure...

Kirk made this bed...and this is how it feels...
 
hawkinn3 said:
Stanley can’t handle pressure at all and shown no ability to make a team back off.

I’m not exaggerating, I’d blitz on 100% of Iowa’s Offensive snaps. There is literally no downside against this offense.
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Purdue doesn't have the athletes that Wisconsin does. They blitz every play, Iowa wins by 20.
 
hawkinn3 said:
Stanley can’t handle pressure at all and shown no ability to make a team back off.

I’m not exaggerating, I’d blitz on 100% of Iowa’s Offensive snaps. There is literally no downside against this offense.
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our game plan was a horizontal game plan and that feeds right into a 3/4 defense being able to shut it down. our OL missed delayed blitzes and who was stanley going to throw to when everyone was covered and only within 5-8 yards of the LOS? stanley didn't have a good game. but no one did. but if you're going to pin the blame on stanley, then you are purposefully not considering that absolute horseshit game plan we had.
 
ssckelley said:
Weird, I felt one of Stanley's strong points is being able to handle pressure. If Purdue blitzed us on every play Wadley would put up incredible numbers both running the ball and screens.
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Assuming you had properly trained receivers and used the RB effectively and had linemen that would properly release. Why the negatives on Stanley. Have big athletic guys run at you with few workable options.
 
ArvadaHawk said:
our game plan was a horizontal game plan and that feeds right into a 3/4 defense being able to shut it down. our OL missed delayed blitzes and who was stanley going to throw to when everyone was covered and only within 5-8 yards of the LOS? stanley didn't have a good game. but no one did. but if you're going to pin the blame on stanley, then you are purposefully not considering that absolute horseshit game plan we had.
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I felt the same way. I did think though that the problem with playing 3-4 teams is when they send 4 rushers (which they do 90% of the time) we can’t identify which of the 4 LB are coming. Add on top of that the stunts they use, they had our OL guessing all day long.
 
hawkinn3 said:
Stanley can’t handle pressure at all and shown no ability to make a team back off.

I’m not exaggerating, I’d blitz on 100% of Iowa’s Offensive snaps. There is literally no downside against this offense.
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Somewhat agree. Wisky can get away with what they did to us because of thier talent. Not so much for Purdue.
 
The risk-reward of blitzing nearly every play by Purdue depends on if the Hawks play like vs OSU or vs Wisky. OSU really didnt blitz which enabled our Oline to look great and play great. Our Oline had their heads on swivels against Wisky last game as stunters and Lbkrs raced by them or powered over them.

Wisky was going for penetration and disruption knowing their back 7 could handle it.

Personally, BF better have some quick passes ready for hot reads and everyone on the same page.

The one decent drive Iowa had against Wisky included quick throws to stationary receivers sitting down in holes in the Wisky secondary. Use that type of pass as a first down run to get ahead of the chains.

I also think our line could be able to fire out against the boilers and get a good push on first down runs. Nothing horizontal in the run game as it really hasnt worked well all year.
 
archiehawk said:
Somewhat agree. Wisky can get away with what they did to us because of thier talent. Not so much for Purdue.
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Wirfs and Lattimore are in way over their heads. Blitzing every down would statistically be the right move. If they got to Stanley even 3 out of 4 times, how could it go wrong for them? 0/13 on third down last week, I’d take those odds on pass rushing every down.
 
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deanvogs said:
I felt the same way. I did think though that the problem with playing 3-4 teams is when they send 4 rushers (which they do 90% of the time) we can’t identify which of the 4 LB are coming. Add on top of that the stunts they use, they had our OL guessing all day long.
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It wasn't the OL or game plan. There were numerous times where TEs "stayed" their routes on blitzes. When an outside LB comes off the edge, don't "stay" your route across the middle, go to the spot just vacated. That's basic stuff. (I think some of the O personnel "overthought" things, versus just reacting to the play as it unfolded). There were also a couple really good play calls that went for naught because of drops.

Field position was another issue. As long as our punter(s) can't even begin to "flip the field" from inside their own 40, and as long as punt returners either fair catch inside their 15-yard line and/or let balls go when they are standing at the 20-yard line against even half-assed punt coverage, field position will continue to be an issue. I do question some of the play calls inside our own ten-yard line against top-flight defenses (read, any defense that isn't crappy). Wadley should NEVER be doing anything other than straight ahead or going downfield out of the backfield. Stretch plays and quick pitch plays? It looks to me like KoK doesn't have veto power?

That game didn't have to go the way it did. But the OL was just part of the problem, just as drops, missed throws and a couple dumb play calls were part of the problem. As for punting? I got no answers.

Overwhelmingly, though, I give credit to Wisconsin's defense. They brought it big-time.
 
uihawk82 said:
The risk-reward of blitzing nearly every play by Purdue depends on if the Hawks play like vs OSU or vs Wisky. OSU really didnt blitz which enabled our Oline to look great and play great. Our Oline had their heads on swivels against Wisky last game as stunters and Lbkrs raced by them or powered over them.

Wisky was going for penetration and disruption knowing their back 7 could handle it.

Personally, BF better have some quick passes ready for hot reads and everyone on the same page.

The one decent drive Iowa had against Wisky included quick throws to stationary receivers sitting down in holes in the Wisky secondary. Use that type of pass as a first down run to get ahead of the chains.

I also think our line could be able to fire out against the boilers and get a good push on first down runs. Nothing horizontal in the run game as it really hasnt worked well all year.
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Spot-on, but unfortunately, too many times we saw receivers "stay" their routes rather than going to the vacant spots left by blitz LBs.
 
hawkeyebob62 said:
Spot-on, but unfortunately, too many times we saw receivers "stay" their routes rather than going to the vacant spots left by blitz LBs.
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Exactly, I think the first 2 1/2 qtrs the pass routes were on the move slants, etc. Later they tried those sit down routes in openings.

Personally I would like to see the hawks ready to run quick slants and medium posts against a purdue blitz with TEs releasing after a help block against the blitz
 
The talent level of Purdue is nowhere near what Wisconsin has.
hawkeyebob62 said:
It wasn't the OL or game plan. There were numerous times where TEs "stayed" their routes on blitzes. When an outside LB comes off the edge, don't "stay" your route across the middle, go to the spot just vacated. That's basic stuff. (I think some of the O personnel "overthought" things, versus just reacting to the play as it unfolded). There were also a couple really good play calls that went for naught because of drops.

Field position was another issue. As long as our punter(s) can't even begin to "flip the field" from inside their own 40, and as long as punt returners either fair catch inside their 15-yard line and/or let balls go when they are standing at the 20-yard line against even half-assed punt coverage, field position will continue to be an issue. I do question some of the play calls inside our own ten-yard line against top-flight defenses (read, any defense that isn't crappy). Wadley should NEVER be doing anything other than straight ahead or going downfield out of the backfield. Stretch plays and quick pitch plays? It looks to me like KoK doesn't have veto power?

That game didn't have to go the way it did. But the OL was just part of the problem, just as drops, missed throws and a couple dumb play calls were part of the problem. As for punting? I got no answers.

Overwhelmingly, though, I give credit to Wisconsin's defense. They brought it big-time.
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Can't argue with this at all. The punting game handed Wisconsin the ball many times with good field position and the defense had their backs against the wall. Didn't help that the offense went 3 and out so often and never let the D rest.

Wisconsin was better prepared bottom line and executed.
 
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