WDE Matty

9 hours ago, alexava said:

there is no gap. their ankles are interlocked.. he went over the centers helmet..

One of those fluke plays ...need to teach DCarlson to kick into him without getting hurt- kinda looked like he swung his leg left...I know that's an extremely valuable leg, but was 6 in from being roughing kicker

We need the Auburn team from 2 weeks ago to show up against UGA! Thx as always for the cold hard facts Stat!

The numbers never lie! Thanks Stat and WDE. Kick em in the butt Big Blue!

47 minutes ago, lionheartkc said:

I'm going with corch on this.  Since he would be an option for a hand-off on every play, that gives defenders a green light to tee-off on him.  The last thing we need is our back-up QB to go down. 

Use him, and hope it's lightning in a bottle. Jj is an adequate backup imho 

12 hours ago, StatTiger said:

John Franklin III

There is no doubt JF3 would bring an explosive element to the offense. Coach Rhett Lashlee commented on the topic this week...

"That's stuff we'll continue to look at," Lashlee said. "I feel like he's getting better each week. That's the challenge: You don't want to disrupt the rhythm of your offense and get into a quarterback shuffle, and we're not going to do that. But John is an explosive player for us. We'll just kind of take that week to week and see what we think we can do there."

IMO, Coach Lashlee's comment about not wanting to disrupt the rhythm of the offense is a valid and essential point. Some have suggested utilizing JF3 on the speed-sweep. I don't agree primarily because it is way too easy to defend the play and the moment he sets foot on the field and moves in motion, opposing defenses will sell out for the sweep option. There are few options from the jet-sweep, which is why I believe the "orbit" motion is the best option. The key is placing JF3 in space to take advantage of his speed. The orbit motion allows Auburn to utilize him as runner, receiver, QB and decoy.

Every time he orbits over the backfield...

• Defenses will be less likely to crash on the mesh-point because they must respect the end-around option. This opens up the inside running game. Think back to how Tennessee used this orbit motion against Auburn during the 2004 SECCG to break two long run plays between out tackles.
   
• When he takes the handoff on the end-around he has more space to maneuver than the jet-sweep because he is deeper in the backfield.
   
• There is a passing option off this play, and the orbit-player is often left open in the flat after the QB fakes the inside give to the RB and fakes the handoff to the orbit-player. Onterio McCalebb was often left open in the flat but Auburn rarely took advantage of it.
   
• There is a second passing option, where JF3 takes the handoff or lateral in the orbit-motion and sets up to pass himself.

Here is red zone play from 2014, utilizing the orbit motion with Ricardo Louis.

Auburn could runs 4-5 different plays on one series with JF3 in motion over the backfield on every play. The orbit-motion becomes more than "eye candy" because JF3 has to be accounted for, every time he motions over the backfield. You could still toss in the jet-sweep during the series, depending on how the defense is defending the edge.

Thoughts?

I've been missing this element of our offense for two years ! Fabulous insight and hope Lashlee reads this post! ?

Stat, the numbers never lie. Thanks for the truthful breakdown

Great insight JMR. Spot on