tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post2309808440596736377..comments2024-03-28T07:09:49.689-04:00Comments on The Om Field: Review: Six Campbell Pass PlaysMark "Om" Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-40180104126676708372009-08-17T14:04:16.962-04:002009-08-17T14:04:16.962-04:00I think our only disagreement is with grading scal...I think our only disagreement is with grading scale. Toyed with scales (1-10, A-F, Awesome-Suck...) but they all seemed too subjective, so I just limited it to solid or questionable. <br /><br />I figure w/o access to actual coaching film, knowing what each player was *supposed* to do on each play, plus what JC's marching order might have been on each play, that's about as grade-specific as I wanted to get.<br /><br />As to what those other QB's would do, the answer of course is yes. Sometimes. As will JC. It's just a matter of how often and at how crucial a juncture.Mark "Om" Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-79956311233731782022009-08-17T11:47:43.629-04:002009-08-17T11:47:43.629-04:00Great analysis. I think you're being overly ge...Great analysis. I think you're being overly generous to Campbell though. Seems like the standards are a tad too low.<br /><br />He needs to read that blitz better, not pull the ball over people's heads, find Cooley, etc. Would Eli Manning have done those things? Would McNabb or Romo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-45975688374376104692009-08-17T09:11:01.356-04:002009-08-17T09:11:01.356-04:00Can't say, Cardas ... and unfortunately can...Can't say, Cardas ... and unfortunately can't look again as my recording is gone (long story). <br /><br />Either way, what I take from the play--given the TV angles anyway--is that JC either was slow in his drop and/or just plain rushed the throw to get it to the spot on time, and a result didn't see the LB until he was already executing the throw. The old saw about football being a game of inches is dead true, and those inches are often dictated by a split second of timing. To me that was plainly visible on this play.Mark "Om" Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-85569200085025343972009-08-17T06:59:02.025-04:002009-08-17T06:59:02.025-04:00Good write up Om. With the first series on the th...Good write up Om. With the first series on the third throw; with the LB crowding the throwing lane moving to cover Betts, do you think that it was designed to pull that LB to clear space for Cooley? That's what I saw anyway.Cardasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-68241446779334833262009-08-16T00:19:19.205-04:002009-08-16T00:19:19.205-04:00very good write up.
one other thing that JC could...very good write up. <br />one other thing that JC could improve on is elusiveness. he could buy extra seconds (and get more completions) if he didnt just stand there while waiting for receivers to get open.chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-20309247830887392602009-08-15T18:31:30.882-04:002009-08-15T18:31:30.882-04:00You have a lot to learn about premature evaluation...You have a lot to learn about premature evaluation, brother.Mark "Om" Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-3735862253413249952009-08-15T17:41:33.508-04:002009-08-15T17:41:33.508-04:00Mark,really nice breakdown for we geographically c...Mark,really nice breakdown for we geographically challenged. I'll wait until the games count to form a real opinion :)Boonehttp://www.bgobsession.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-32274349220302649312009-08-15T16:05:04.479-04:002009-08-15T16:05:04.479-04:00Thanks, Anons.
By the way, did someone really rea...Thanks, Anons.<br /><br />By the way, did someone really read "blind optimism" in this post? Wow.Mark "Om" Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-60515167052635209062009-08-15T14:04:25.357-04:002009-08-15T14:04:25.357-04:00Two things that never change, OM: your great writi...Two things that never change, OM: your great writing and your blind optimism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-78710508669397366042009-08-15T12:33:45.326-04:002009-08-15T12:33:45.326-04:00I found my new favorite blog. Keep making posts l...I found my new favorite blog. Keep making posts like these, and I wont need to jerk off to porn anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-17103931601736518352009-08-15T11:43:33.448-04:002009-08-15T11:43:33.448-04:00this is your best article--concise and not too wor...this is your best article--concise and not too wordyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-55537343567684996552009-08-15T08:51:50.284-04:002009-08-15T08:51:50.284-04:00Thanks for the read and comments.
Thought,
Only ...Thanks for the read and comments.<br /><br />Thought,<br /><br />Only part on the Thomas throw I didn't like was Jason seemed to have made up his mind to go to that hitch no matter what and committed to it even as he turned to look Thomas' way. The LB moving to cover Betts was directly in line of the throw, and Jason had to go high to avoid an easy pick six. <br /><br />That's a dangerous kind of lateral pass to throw if you're not going to look first ... too much traffic, plus a RB drifting that same direction shallow that forces a defender to move that way to cover him. Just saying that from a TV angle, it looked like the throw was rushed by a fraction of a second. Had he seen the defender there before committing to the throw, I'm not sure he doesn't look elsewhere.<br /><br />Anon,<br /><br />Maybe if that third down decision to pass up on Cooley and end up throwing at the last second to Hagans had resulted in an easy Cooley first down instead, with another set of downs pass number 7 on the night would have done downfield. <br /><br />Six passes man. Against the blitz-happy Ravens in the first preaseason outing. Behind an OL Zorn admitted going in he had concerns about in pass pro. Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valor, even in war metaphors.Mark "Om" Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977539052121255474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-55490666364772614842009-08-15T08:35:05.695-04:002009-08-15T08:35:05.695-04:00"Solid" and "acceptable"? Sur..."Solid" and "acceptable"? Sure, if you liked last year's offense. This team has no downfield offense. They should be practicing that with these "glorified scrimmages". But we're seeing dump-offs to running backs in the flat. We're seeing quick hits to receivers 5 yards downfield. <br /><br />You train as you fight. The corollary: don't expect your soldiers to fight differently than you trained them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-15490470561280014612009-08-15T03:08:37.628-04:002009-08-15T03:08:37.628-04:00Great writeup, Om.
I really don't think we s...Great writeup, Om. <br /><br />I really don't think we saw enough of Campbell to say one way or another whether he's taken "the step" forward. <br /><br />Hopefully next week, the team will actually throw the ball downfield.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876175752288388234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845486561905685878.post-32301348187217007372009-08-15T01:24:14.353-04:002009-08-15T01:24:14.353-04:00I don't know if I agree with your opinion on t...I don't know if I agree with your opinion on the Thomas throw. I think that was the perfect execution of a three step drop and delivery. Maybe he had other options, but Thomas could have had that catch and gotten some YAC on that. <br /><br />Otherwise good writeup.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116043731993061151noreply@blogger.com