Coach DeBoer on why Ryan Williams wasn't thrown to in Iron Bowl

[BamaMoon]

I couldn't make heads or tails out of what DeBoer said about Williams not being targeted. Maybe I can't understand plain English.

Basically, I think he's saying it was not intentional OR (as some thought) a result of him being disciplined.

The passing game sometimes targets a specific player to get him touches (he mentioned a screen play) but often the play is dictated by the defense and/or the QB's progression to who's open.

What it might mean is that RW isn't getting the separation that Ty feels comfortable throwing to!

 

[bamajas]

Behind a paywall. Care to summarize?

Really ambiguous ... "We don't call plays for specific players often; that's not how the system works, but for whatever reason we didn't get him the ball ... we could be more intentional at times, but because he didn't get the ball it opened up more for other guys like Horton" ... it didn't read like he was blaming either RW or TS directly

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

RW might be dealing with an injury and being used more as a decoy. If that’s the case, hopefully he’ll get back to full strength during this stretch run toward the National Championship.

 

[Ledsteplin]

They want to use Ryan for the long passes. And there just wasn't many, if any, long balls. The pass rush and blitzing kinda stopped those. They find a way for better pass protection, and we'll see Ryan catch a few.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Basically, I think he's saying it was not intentional OR (as some thought) a result of him being disciplined.

The passing game sometimes targets a specific player to get him touches (he mentioned a screen play) but often the play is dictated by the defense and/or the QB's progression to who's open.

What it might mean is that RW isn't getting the separation that Ty feels comfortable throwing to!

That would be a result of running sloppy routes...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

They want to use Ryan for the long passes. And there just wasn't many, if any, long balls. The pass rush and blitzing kinda stopped those. They find a way for better pass protection, and we'll see Ryan catch a few.

If he's in the slot, then he needs to be crossing over towards the outside and downfield.

 

[JustNeedMe81]

It was a bad move for him to reclassify and miss that last year of high school.

Has nothing to do with that.

 

[JustNeedMe81]

Either way, we'll see Williams having a big game tomorrow.

 

[Con]

Either way, we'll see Williams having a big game tomorrow.

I hope you are correct.

 

[Saban4Ever]

1. He has been dealing with a hamstring injury for awhile
2. He plays better outside, not in the slot. Ty has not been great with the deep ball and barely has time to throw deep since he is getting blitzed a lot.
3. I hope Grubb has been saving some plays for Ryan to catch UGA off guard a little bit since he hasn't really done a lot the past month or so.