Where has Sean Shaw gone? What about Joe Scates? Is Milton out for the year? Do we only have plays for Hutchison and our TEs?
Wide Receivers and Their Disappearing Act
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Seems like Purdy only has his select couple he likes to throw to (for example; throwing into double coverage many times to Kolar and Hutch) If this is the case that needs to change and start getting the ball to the others.
Hard to catch balls when you don’t targeted. We went deep one time all game (Purdy pick)
Akers has the 2nd most reception for wide receivers, that is not exactly what you want to see.
What’s more concerning IMO is Sean Shaw is just nonexistent. The dude is 6’6 there’s no way that he can’t catch the ball when he has the opportunity. Does he even have a catch this year?
I said this after our first game, our passing game is ****. It does not put Purdy in favorable situations and asks him to almost be perfect. He’s not that type of QB. Our route trees are slow and take much too long to develop, not a strong suit for this Oline. Purdy needs more short, easy throws.
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And hard to go deep much if the QB can't even see where he's throwing, if he has time to throw at all.
Even the underneath stuff wasn't that open.
OSU defense is tough. Them or KSU is tops in the league. ISU needs to bring more pressure on 3rd downs.
They just overran an undermanned OL all day. Stuck with it all game and that’s all they had to do.
Our coaching staff keeps calling slow developing plays that we simply don't have the protection for. The result was ample and consistent pressure and an inability for Purdy to establish a rhythm.
Campbell and his staff seemingly refuse to adjust the game plan when it isn't working. We have 6' 7" tight ends and don't run near enough quick throws over the middle to utilize that leverage. On the defensive side of the ball they continue to rush 3 lineman despite yielding 5+ seconds to throw the ball and/or having QBs reel off 10-20 yard scrambles. That crap DOESN"T WORK, at least not against quality opponents.
I give Gundy a lot of credit for having a game plan that worked. It was obvious they emphasized pressure and more often than not it caused problems. They utilized our refusal to rush 4+ and killed the zone soft spots or hurt us with scrambles. Campbell made it even easier by not making adjustments.
There's a reason we lost a lot of close games last year and it wasn't due to luck. At some point Campbell has to get better at identifying problems and making proper short and long-term adjustments.
Campbell and his staff seemingly refuse to adjust the game plan when it isn't working. We have 6' 7" tight ends and don't run near enough quick throws over the middle to utilize that leverage. On the defensive side of the ball they continue to rush 3 lineman despite yielding 5+ seconds to throw the ball and/or having QBs reel off 10-20 yard scrambles. That crap DOESN"T WORK, at least not against quality opponents.
I give Gundy a lot of credit for having a game plan that worked. It was obvious they emphasized pressure and more often than not it caused problems. They utilized our refusal to rush 4+ and killed the zone soft spots or hurt us with scrambles. Campbell made it even easier by not making adjustments.
There's a reason we lost a lot of close games last year and it wasn't due to luck. At some point Campbell has to get better at identifying problems and making proper short and long-term adjustments.
O-line is undermanned but Campbell has to identify it and help his QB out. Those plays took WAY to long to materialize; he was routinely hit or scrambling before the receivers were out of their routes. More chip blocks, quicker throws...you have to adjust. He didn't even try and I found that frustrating.
I blame Manning for the poor gameplan. It’s as if he didn’t learn anything against OSU last year.
Maybe we get another shot at them in Texas, but today was classic ISU football when presented with a great opportunity.
Maybe we get another shot at them in Texas, but today was classic ISU football when presented with a great opportunity.
Inexperienced and banged up OL, but they are physical in the run game. Very limited on pass protection. More RPO would help them out greatly.
Everyone wants to rail on Manning and he needs some of the blame but if he wasn’t doing what the HC lays out in the game plan then he wouldn’t be here right now.
Campbell plays the Kirk Ferentz game on the road. Take few if any chances on offense, lean on the D all day, and hope to pull it out in the margins. FGs and penalties are basically the margins in every close game. Don’t change a damn thing based on injuries or personnel issues.
Having Milton out changes the routes so much. He’s the guy that can make teams pay in that medium range for selling out to stop the TEs. That stuff makes a huge difference in play calling and for Purdy because he’s really good at throwing in that 20-30 yard range.
Same story as Louisiana, the receivers are not getting any separation against tight man-to-man coverage and the offensive line can't block all of the blitzing. Combo those two together and you have Brock under pressure throwing at receivers that are wearing the defender(s) on their backs.
Just setting them up to win to win the rematch in the Cship game!