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Blocker Analysis: Virginia/Season

timujian

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I reviewed every offensive play from the Virginia game in slow motion and stop action. For each OL I determined if the block they were attempting was effective or ineffective. Generally speaking, if the defender gets off the attempted block quickly, I consider it to be ineffective. If no attempt is made to block a defender, I make no notation. I do not keep statistics for games against non division one opponents. I include FBs and TEs. I include performances which have been nullified by penalty.

This analysis is not an attempt to grade the OL which would take into consideration many more aspects of an OL’s performance.

I express the results in ratios. For instance, a 3.0:1 ratio means that the OL had 3 effective blocks for every 1 ineffective block. Obviously, the higher the ratio, the better the performance.

In an attempt to give greater coherence to the data, I have created three categories: clearly good, mediocre, and clearly bad. The delineation of these categories is solely based on past, Miami, OL performance and they have been modified from time to time.

Run Blocking:

Less than 3.3:1=clearly bad

Between 3.3:1 - 5.0:1=mediocre

More than 5.0:1=clearly good

Pass Blocking:

Less than 5.7:1=clearly bad

Between 5.7:1 - 9.5:1=mediocre

More than 9.5:1=clearly good

I also keep track of good key blocks and bad key blocks. The categories are self explanatory, but, since all effective pass blocks are good key blocks, I do not bother to include them. But ineffective pass blocks can qualify as bad key blocks.

Virginia

Run Blocking

Clearly Good (>5.0:1)

1. Milo was effective on both attempts.
1. Mahoney was effective on both attempts.
1. Knighton was effective on both attempts.
4. Williams 6.5:1

Mediocre (3.3:1 - 5.0:1)

5. Gall 4.6:1
6. Njoku 4.0:1
7. McDermott 3.3:1

Clearly Bad (<3.3:1)

8. St Louis 2.6:1
9. Herndon 2.5:1
10. Isidora 2.1:1
11. Jones 2.0:1
12. Gauthier 1.8:1

Season

Clearly Good (>5.0:1)

1. Mahoney has been effective on all 7 attempts.
3. Chickillo has been effective on both attempts.
3. Milo has been effective on both attempts.
4. Williams 7.7:1

Mediocre (3.3:1 - 5.0:1)

5. Knighton 5.0:1
7. Darling 4.5:1
7. Dobard 4.5:1
8. Njoku 4.1:1
9. Isidora 3.6:1
12. Herndon 3.4:1
12. Odogwu 3.4:1
12. McDermott 3.4:1
13. Gall 3.3:1

Clearly Bad (<3.3:1)

14. Linder 3.0:1
15. St Louis 2.4:1
16. Gauthier 2.1:1
17. Jones 2.0:1
18. Irvin 1.0:1

Pass Blocking

Virginia

Clearly Good (>9.5)

1. Williams was effective on his only attempt.
3. Isidora 21.0:1
3. McDermott 21.0:1
4. Gall 11.0:1

Mediocre (5.7:1 - 9.5:1)

5. Gauthier 6.0:1
6. St Louis 5.8:1

Clearly Bad (<5.7:1)

7. Herndon 3.0:1
8. Njoku was ineffective on his only attempt.

Season

Clearly Good (>9.5)

1, Williams has been effective on all 14 attempts.
5. Mahoney has been effective on his only attempt.
5. Dobard has been effective on his only attempt.
5. Knighton has been effective on his only attempt.
5. Chickillo has been effective on his only attempt.
6. Isidora 11.0:1

Mediocre (5.7:1 - 9.5:1)

8. Linder 8.5:1
8. Njoku 8.5:1
9. Gall 7.2:1
10. McDermott 7.1:1
11. Gauthier 7.0:1

Clearly Bad (<5.7:1)

12. St Louis 5.5:1
13. Odogwu 5.4:1
14. Herndon 4.3:1
15. Darling 3.4:1

Key Blocks (Good)

Virginia

1. Gall 12
2. Isidora 10
3. St Louis 9
4. Williams 8
6. Gauthier 5
6. Herndon 5
7. Njoku 3
9. McDermott 2
9. Knighton 2
10. Jones 1

Season

1. Isidora 61
2. Linder 55
3. McDermott 50
4. Darling 43
5. Herndon 30
6. St Louis 23
7. Gall 22
8. Williams 21
9. Njoku 18
10. Odogwu 13
11. Gauthier 8
12. Knighton 3
13. Dobard 2
15. Chickillo 1
15. Jones 1

Key Blocks (Bad)

Virginia

1. Gall 7
3. Isidora 6
3. Gauthier 6
5. McDermott 3
5. Njoku 3
6. Williams 2
8. St Louis 1
8. Herndon 1

Season

1. McDermott 47
3. Darling 41
3. Linder 41
4. Isidora 36
5. St Louis 22
6. Odogwu 17
7. Gall 15
8. Njoku 11
9. Herndon 10
10. Gauthier 6
11. Williams 5
12. Knighton 1

General Observations:
1. Miami kept their TEs in to pass block against Virginia far less than previously.
2. Williams is by far our best blocker. If you want to run the ball or protect your QB, he needs to be in the game.
3. Last season, McDermott played a lot of LT early in the year and he was awful in pass protection.
So I was pleasantly surprised at his superb performance protecting Kaaya against Virginia.
4. We had 3 OLs playing new positions against Virginia. Gall replaced Linder at OC and his performance was markedly better than Linder's had been during this season. McDermott replaced Darling at OT. McDermott's pass blocker was much better than Darling's has been, but he wasn't nearly as good a run blocker. Gauthier replaced McDermott at OG. He was a little worse at pass blocking, but much worse at run blocking. If Darling is healthy next week, do we go back to the old lineup? I would be tempted to put Darling at OG and keep McDermott at OT.
5. Against power 5 opponents, this was the best performance in pass protect.
6. This is the first time that this late in the season, not one starting OL is in the clearly good category for run blocking.
 
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