The Good, the Bad and the Ugly…. Badger Style:

[RollTide_HTTR]

For those interested. Here are some of the stats on Milroe's depth of target.

Like everyone has said he barely throws intermediate depth throws.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

And here is the chart so you can see what side of the field he is throwing to

 

[jjv0004]

Nice win on the road but Wisconsin is not good.

Good: convincing win on the road
Bad: too many 3 and outs and defense shaky and will get exposed against Georgia/Tennessee
Ugly: injuries

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

For those interested. Here are some of the stats on Milroe's depth of target.

Like everyone has said he barley throws intermediate depth throws.

So 43% of his passes are 0-19 yards. 63% passes are behind the LOS - 19 yards.

 

[crimsonaudio]

So 43% of his passes are 0-19 yards. 63% passes are behind the LOS - 19 yards.

I mean, I'm no mathematician, but...

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I mean, I'm no mathematician, but...

For Three games that looks looks pretty good from 0 -19 yards. He's 18 of 23 from 0-19 yards for 78% Completion.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

...Like everyone has said he barley throws intermediate depth throws.

If he could mix in some hops, he might be onto something...

 

[gtgilbert]

I mean, I'm no mathematician, but...

So 43% of his passes are 0-19 yards. 63% passes are behind the LOS - 19 yards.

well, since 26.4, 13.2, 30.2 and 20.8 only adds up to 90.6, I'm not sure I'd trust this analysis. Not sure if the % numbers were just calc'ed wrong or if there is something amiss with the attempts and completions... ESPN says he's attempted 52 total passes but this chart only has 48 so I'd guess that's the issue and that some attempts are missing from somewhere. Completions is right at 35.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

well, since 26.4, 13.2, 30.2 and 20.8 only adds up to 90.6, I'm not sure I'd trust this analysis. Not sure if the % numbers were just calc'ed wrong or if there is something amiss with the attempts and completions... ESPN says he's attempted 52 total passes but this chart only has 48 so I'd guess that's the issue and that some attempts are missing from somewhere. Completions is right at 35.

I'm only get 48.7 attempts with a slide rule!

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

well, since 26.4, 13.2, 30.2 and 20.8 only adds up to 90.6, I'm not sure I'd trust this analysis. Not sure if the % numbers were just calc'ed wrong or if there is something amiss with the attempts and completions... ESPN says he's attempted 52 total passes but this chart only has 48 so I'd guess that's the issue and that some attempts are missing from somewhere. Completions is right at 35.

That is weird actually didn't see that ESPN had him at more attempts. It's from PFF . At first I thought the remainder was sacks/scrambles

 

[Bamabuzzard]

For those interested. Here are some of the stats on Milroe's depth of target.

Like everyone has said he barley throws intermediate depth throws.

Yeah, it's a very noticeable difference. Hopefully with more film study, practice, and coaching, we can change that stat for the better. I don't expect it to be perfect, but I'd like to see that stat get better.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Yeah, it's a very noticeable difference. Hopefully with more film study, practice, and coaching, we can change that stat for the better. I don't expect it to be perfect, but I'd like to see that stat get better.

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The other thing I found interesting is they have his time to throw on those 10-19 yard attempts at 3.53 seconds. His deep attempts only at 2.89 and 0-9 yards at 2.56.
(Assuming these are right because as gtg pointed out some attempts are missing)

 

[92tide]

We'll know in 2 weeks what one of the better defensive minds in the game will do to try and shut us down.

Won't be 2 spies on every play, I'd bet he brings a lot more pressure this time.

UGA was missing 3 defensive linemen vs Kentucky from what I heard on the broadcast. Kentucky didn't have the horses to take advantage.

A few things I noticed vs Wisconsin that were much better:
1. Milroe's reads of the DE on the zone reads. If that continues to improve, that's a huge deal.
2. Milroe hit those 2 nice deep TD's. The timing on those two throws were better than anything I've seen from him before.
3. Having a healthy starting 5 on the OL was huge.

Not having an intermediate passing game though....makes it easier for a team like UGA to defend simply because we aren't using the whole field to force them to defend the whole field.

that td throw to cuevas (sp?) was pretty nice too, as was the catch

 

[Cruloc]

Yeah, it's a very noticeable difference. Hopefully with more film study, practice, and coaching, we can change that stat for the better. I don't expect it to be perfect, but I'd like to see that stat get better.

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Exactly....doesn't have to be perfect, but imagine having that in the repertoire....just to keep a D honest. Opens up everything at that point because now the D has to cover the entire field.

Just hitting something a few times in that range would make the D adjust....loosens up the run D, loosens the coverage on deep throws.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

For Three games that looks looks pretty good from 0 -19 yards. He's 18 of 23 from 0-19 yards for 78% Completion.

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But that's not how passing evaluations are broken down and analyzed. You're lumping two categories together that in the football realm, both NFL and college, are evaluated separately and for good reason.

Jalen played very good this past weekend, but the intermediate passing game is something he is going to have to continue to work on and get better at because we will get into games where we will need to make throws in that area of the field to win.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

that td throw to cuevas (sp?) was pretty nice too, as was the catch

Agreed. That and the TD to Bernard were my 2 favorite plays of the game I think

 

[theballguy]

The Greatest:

Lank taketh and he giveth. A more reckless Jalen Hurts but somehow has gotten the job mostly done.

 

[gtgilbert]

The other thing I found interesting is they have his time to throw on those 10-19 yard attempts at 3.53 seconds. His deep attempts only at 2.89 and 0-9 yards at 2.56.
(Assuming these are right because as gtg pointed out some attempts are missing)

Very interesting - that means he's not hitting any (or at least many) of those as initial reads. It's kinda like the pass to Law in the first game. Didn't see the initial intermediate oppties (or at least didn't pull the trigger), then didn't like any deep options, then had to sandlot it. Thankfully we out-athlete a lot of these teams so sandlot can work. Doesn't work when the rush gets home.

 

[Ledsteplin]

The Good - Big win. Strong offense, defense, and special teams.

The Bad - Mistakes, several bad plays.

The Ugly - Injuries, allowing them too many first downs.

Another Good - Jalen Milroe selected SEC Co-offensive player of the week.