Upon Further Review: Oregon State
Each weekend, or at least most, following Purdue football games, GoldandBlack.com will take a detailed look back at the contest in hopes of illuminating some of its finer points and overlooked moments. Today, the Boilermakers’ 38-21 loss at Oregon State.
PDF: Purdue-Oregon State statistics
Unfortunately, this game being broadcast on gas-pump TV denies us full-game video, so we are working with what we have here.
CRITICAL PURDUE OFFENSIVE FAILS
Granted, the defense couldn’t get the ball enough for the offense to get a normal game’s worth of opportunities, but the offense did have some really impactful breakdowns/failures.
• The red-zone fumble.
This looks like a clunky exchange here between Hudson Card and Devin Mockobee on a play they haven’t run much, but the real issue here is the pulling lead blocker, Max Klare, engaging his block straight into the ball. Needed more push there to create space.
• The Kick-Six.
First off, this is a total fluke, just a wild bounce off the back of Reggie Love‘s foot. You couldn’t recreate this if you tried. But again, a blocking issue.
The important part of these passing plays is those ends have to get taken off their feet, so you cut block. Whether Marcus Mbow misses this block or the defender makes a superior play to keep his feet, that’s in the eye of the beholder, but that disruption creates this disaster.
But still this play is nuts.
I don’t have video of the blown fourth down or the third-down drop, but the latter is what it is. Jaron Tibbs just dropped it.
DEFENSIVE ISSUES
Again, the perimeter run was really a problem for Purdue.
Let’s take a look at some of the busts. Again, I only have so much video.
This is really hideous, starting with Purdue’s defensive end getting blown off the line back into pursuing linebacker Kydran Jenkins, taking him out of the play. Again, an inability to hold the edge.
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Then, Dillon Thieneman misses in space, a disturbing trend for Purdue through three games. Kudos here to Joseph Jefferson for hustling to pursue. You’ve seen a bit of an issue for Purdue of guys seemingly assuming a tackle is going to be made and not running through the play themselves.
Later, though, Jefferson’s inexperience shows a bit on this bad angle he takes here, but this has been a defense-wide issue.
Now here, Purdue has the pitch man covered, but the quarterback is not strung out — Damarjhe Lewis is heading upfield and Will Heldt is pushed out of involvement — and can easily turn inside the outside containment.
This quick-hitting jet sweep really hurt Purdue, with the initial misdirection getting the back end defenders leaning the wrong way. Purdue again caught leaning inside on the edge.
Here, this is just Tom-and-Jerry stuff in the backfield, as Shitta Sillah comes free but his shoulders are turned inside and he gets caught flat-footed, allowing the QB an easy escape hatch and wide-open swath of field.
This was a good defensive call, blitzing Yanni Karlaftis inside the rush end, because it created a 2-on-1 advantage against the pass protection, so someone was going to come free. But it blows up if you don’t make the play in the backfield.
OK, I think you’ve had enough.
