In Reply to: A few thoughts on a Monday morning. posted by mh on October 20, 2025 at 09:40:38
I'd like to see more Frias. He seems to have a little more deceptiveness than Berger (that's a low bar). And, a bounces it outside on a higher % of his runs - which we desperately need.
Since we don't have any designed runs that go outside the tackle that I've seen, we get smothered in the middle. I stopped the recording on one of our second half first downs. By the time Berger had taken a step, the Terps had 7 guys on the LOS going from tackle to tackle, and an LB or DB was coming hard and met Berger at the line. That's hard for us to beat.
Stopped it a possession or two later, on first down they had 6 guys in the box and it was a 5 yard gain. We could run when we kept them honest.
I'd like to see us run outside, but Berger and Frias aren't very fast. W/o Woods or Javian .... it is what it is.
Screens would be nice. It's my impression that tall QB's can struggle w/ touch on screens? Did Mazzone run any screens when he was here before? It's my recollection that he did not.
This is where the rubber hits the road for Jerry and Noel. We will probably struggle against the IUD. I don't see us pulling one out. And, if we don't come up with some new plays, it'll be bad.