2016 Season general discussion

[lawgrad91]

With Sirk injured and redshirt freshman Daniel Jones slated to start, I am not sure what to expect from the passing game. I know we will utilize Jela Duncan and Shaun Wilson to lean on the running game, but the passing game...perhaps we should bone up on some terminology:

Screen pass: bubble screen, tunnel screen, jailbreak screen, slow screen and shovel pass.

The good news is those wide receiver screens rely on speed and team speed is much better these days.

In other words, no difference in the offense from the last several years. Good running game, lots of extremely short passes.

[Bob Green]

On Twitter, Steve Wiseman is reporting Sirk's injury as significant:

BREAKING: Tests show another significant injury for Duke QB Thomas Sirk. Season likely over.

[CameronBornAndBred]

On Twitter, Steve Wiseman is reporting Sirk's injury as significant:

BREAKING: Tests show another significant injury for Duke QB Thomas Sirk. Season likely over.

I don't see him starting at Duke again, not with both Jones and Boehme getting a season of playing time under their belts and Sears waiting in the wings.

[Bob Green]

A quick tutorial on screen passes.

The bubble screen is a quick pass thrown to a RB or WR moving away from the quarterback. The objective is to get the ball to a receiver who can quickly move up the field outside the defense:

Bubble Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kER5Ds_fqnE

The wide receiver screen also know as the tunnel screen, alley screen or jailbreak screen, is thrown to a wide receiver moving back toward the quarterback. The objective is to create a tunnel or alley for the receiver to run through the middle of the defense:

Tunnel Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDF0mxqv2Q

There is a lot of techno mumbo jumbo in this last video clip but it explains how a single play can be a bubble screen (they call it a swing screen) to one side and a tunnel screen to the other side with the quarterback making a read to decide which side to throw the ball. The end result is Oregon throwing a tunnel screen for a touchdown against Virginia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SefpvdkrgjQ

[devildeac]

A quick tutorial on screen passes.

The bubble screen is a quick pass thrown to a RB or WR moving away from the quarterback. The objective is to get the ball to a receiver who can quickly move up the field outside the defense:

Bubble Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kER5Ds_fqnE

The wide receiver screen also know as the tunnel screen, alley screen or jailbreak screen, is thrown to a wide receiver moving back toward the quarterback. The objective is to create a tunnel or alley for the receiver to run through the middle of the defense:

Tunnel Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDF0mxqv2Q

There is a lot of techno mumbo jumbo in this last video clip but it explains how a single play can be a bubble screen (they call it a swing screen) to one side and a tunnel screen to the other side with the quarterback making a read to decide which side to throw the ball. The end result is Oregon throwing a tunnel screen for a touchdown against Virginia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SefpvdkrgjQ

Good stuff, Bob. Thanks!