GNFP Podcast (NOT vids) Vandy

Yes, thus the film study. The D is disguised a little in college, but typically not much. They mostly declare. The obvious 4-3 in the box is rarely going to morph into a light box post-snap, if anything it’s being disguised as lighter, like in that Twitter clip.

I don’t know why someone wouldn’t believe a “Youtuber” if that person is backing it up with reality caught on video versus all the feelings-centric speculation of not-even-Youtubers that post alternative explanations on this very site.

Again, the read isn’t for AR to see how it’s looking for MJ’s lanes, it is to see if the D has honored the threat or not by intentionally leaving a guy free to decide. It is an equalizer, and it’s why it is also well-established that 6 man boxes against UF will result in MJ going wild, ETN maybe right behind him, and a NON-RB getting big yards if you insist on sticking with it. Thus the 7 man minimum boxes.

Everyone is acting like AR is simultaneously some sort of never before seen Superman who can just defeat an SEC LB no prob while also being a selfish, soft nobody who ignores the XBOX controller commands being sent from around the nation.

If it were that easy he’d never have that dude in his kitchen on the roll-outs to the right that plays it that way no matter the week or team and would just run for 200 a game. Half the time that’s just a lowly DE.

College LB’s are fully capable of tackling any college QB, including AR. Especially if they are sitting on that possibility and maintaining outside leverage, just like the posted play. He doesn’t even need to tackle him, just keep him from getting loose outside. Another meanie is on the case.

I am guessing (of course) this play was posted specifically to address this growing anti-AR chorus accusing him of some combination of sabotage, fear, or low intelligence. And I doubt that one play is the outlier, but the norm.

So all us non-Youtubers would have him intentionally make bad reads so he can just beat LB’s and DE’s on his own. Pure magic! And when they tackle him? BAD READ!! When they separate his shoulder? SOFT! When he doesn’t try to dump-truck them? QUITTER!

How about the possibility that he makes the proper reads at a rate that is about right (meaning he misses some), you’ll have to dig hard to find him taking a dive or going OOB before a first down, he throws for 400 yards and 3 TD’s with backups, throws fewer balls into coverage, and finds ways to keep us competitive while having obvious limitations with accuracy?

Is it possible that AR plays as hard and as well as he can virtually all the time, and the real problem here is the team is so bad that we have a new coaching staff, working on a 40+ player roster flip, and frustrated fans are insisting on “seeing” nefarious shitghosts that don’t exist?

I am beyond disappointed that so many GC posters are willing to embrace the worst possible scenario. And I backed out of that last sentence five times before settling on that wording, in an attempt to maintain the tiny bit of civility I have left regarding this evidence-free narrative.

 

I would say the hostility is the multitude of threads underpinning an unfounded conspiracy regarding the guy trying to win us football games being accused of losing them for personal gain. And the piling on at every chance.

Although maybe I’m reciprocating it. I can entertain that idea. So be it. I suppose I could just let that idea run unchallenged. Nah.