He was also usually running for his life or trying to get the pass off before being pancaked. Maybe a decent O-line makes a difference?
Ewers will start, whether it’s in Game 1 or by Game 3 after Bama. If that doesn’t happen, outside of an injury, I’ll be shocked. That is, unless Card beats Bama, which would be an even bigger shocker. Sark understands that he made a mistake last year starting Card over Thompson, because Card was apparently the better “practice” player. He won’t make the same mistake this year.
In practice last year he didn’t face much pressure from our d-line. When the pass-pro went to **** during games, Card was exposed.
On the 25 yard line, I want to see throws to the sideline near the EZ, throws to middle of field at 10 yard line, or handoff to Bijan. A defense cannot defend all 3 options at once.
He had 1 other issue...hanging on to the ball too long. The O.L. struggled mightily to give the QB 3 seconds in the pocket. Card frequently held the ball 3-3+ seconds, meaning he was about to / was being / had been hit when he released the ball. I could be wrong, but that's how I remember it.
I summarized that as it looked like the game was moving too fast for him which is common with young players. Hopefully he learned and it's slowed down some for him.
In my opinion, for Card, it’s all pass protection. Snap, play action, drop back, look at first WR option—oh no, LB jumped the route—look for second option—oops, too late you just got blindsided. So maybe the coach says, hang in there, that’s not your fault; keep looking downfield and we are going to get that fixed. Repeat situation 7 times. Now either the player or coach or both start to say, well, I guess you’ll realistically have to spend half your drop back watching the OL unraveling while you peek downfield and hope to see a WR that might be open. Dance a bit, buy a half second, give up your footwork if necessary to avoid taking another sack. Oh wait, amazing! You just saw a streaking WR open 40 yards downfield, and even though you haven’t been able to track him with your eyes to gauge speed and distance, and you are off balance, hell, just throw it because this may be your only chance. Oh, incomplete. This guy sucks at long passes.
VY, I am hoping that Sark realizes the physical attributes of Mayor - his 4.4 speed and the highest vertical leap I recall at Texas with the possible exception of James Lott and uses that ability to go up and get errant throws. That said, the only thing I would add to your observation is that I hope Sark has been able to help Card read defenses.
Well, this is what I am not in a position to know. Maybe if he could read defenses better, he would naturally be looking at the most likely open receiver first, and get the ball out before the rapid sack. Seems like the defense is to quick rush or blitz, jump the short route, and assume the 2nd and third options, or double moves never materialize. Anyway, all I’m saying is that Card can physically throw a very accurate deep ball, but all these other issues are why he hasn’t. Swing passes to Bijan were supposed to keep the defenses honest, but I don’t even remember why that didn’t work.
The Arkansas game proved that we don't have the quickness in lateral movement... particularly on the OL. Guys were getting blown by and there wasn't even time to set up a semi-meaningful swing pass. And by the time Casey came in, it was way too late. If we had to do that one over again, Brewer and Davis/Helm would be lined up at H and we use more misdirection. We needed all the help we could get, and all Sark would do is look dumbfounded at Card taking sacks and throwing the ball away. The bigger problem was giving up 7 ypc, but I'll put that on Coach K and the bend-but-also-break D.
Moon, Once again Anybody, is there another coach in America you would rather have here right now and for the future of UT?
On3@On3sports Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced today that Saturday's spring game will be a 100-play scrimmage with no score kept due to concerns with offensive line depth, via @josephcook89. Get the latest HERE: https://on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/steve-sarkisian-provides-grim-update-on-spring-game-offensive-line-depth-texas-longhorns-injury-update/… 11:45 AM · Apr 21, 2022 --------------------------- Surprise surprise.
We did well in the transfer portal...but mostly skill positions again. We sure could have used a couple experienced trench guys on offense to bridge us until next year. They just dont grow on trees. I hope those dudes get coached up...and stay healthy. You saw what just one injury on the oline did last year when Okafor went down. For the record, only about 5 or 6 schools in the NCAA have steong, talented oline depth, so... But.. if we want to change the world.. Better start our days with talent and depth at oline. (And I believe they are moving in the right direction..we'll see)
