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Tnphil
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« on: September 10, 2019, 07:44:38 EDT » |
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WOW on Gitmo!
< 50 = Backup
50-59 = Below average starter
60-69 = Average starter
70-79 = Above average starter
80-89 = Very good
90-99 = Elite
With that … the PFF data Tennessee-BYU advanced stats…
OFFENSIVE GRADES
RB Eric Gray (74.7)
WR Jauan Jennings (74.5)
WR Josh Palmer (68.0)
RG Riley Locklear (67.6)
TE Austin Pope (66.6)
RB Ty Chandler (65.7)
C Brandon Kennedy (65.2)
LG Trey Smith (61.9)
WR Marquez Callaway (57.7)
LG Ryan Johnson (54.4)
LT Marcus Tatum (52.5)
LT/LG Wanya Morris (51.5)
LT Jahmir Johnson (51.3)
TE Dominick Wood-Anderson (50.5)
QB Jarrett Guarantano (46.7)
Darnell Wright (37.3) had a rough Week 2, seeing just 14 snaps after botching a couple pass protections in the first half. In my review piece, I noted Tennessee's run tendency when Ramel Keyton (58.2) and Cedric Tillman (59.6) — and I was off by one snap. Keyton was in on one pass play, the other nine snaps were runs. Backup wideout Brandon Johnson (55.1) saw 11 snaps, while Andrew Craig, Tyler Byrd, Jacob Warren and Jacquez Jones each played just a single snap.
Let’s start with Guarantano, who graded out as the team’s least productive offensive starter Saturday. Against BYU, Guarantano really struggled on throws between the numbers, going 9 of 18 for 113 yards with two touchdowns — both tipped passes — an interception and a dropped interception. On throws outside the hashes, Guarantano was 8 of 8 for 65 yards. He also had two "throw aways." The stats show the difficult dilemma for Jim Chaney, as Jauan Jennings has been fantastic so far this season but he does all his best work between the numbers where Guarantano is really struggling right now.
What’s particularly concerning is Guarantano had time to throw more often than not Saturday. He only faced pressure on seven of his 26 drop-backs. He was sacked once, although PFF actually registered it as a tackle for loss, and hurried another nine times — meaning when protection broke down it was really bad with more than one guy getting beat. Tatum (4 hurries), Wright (2 hurries) and Jahmir Johnson (2 hurries) were the biggest offenders while Kennedy was flagged for a holding penalty on another hurry.
On 19 drop-backs with no pressure, Guarantano was 13 of 19 for 143 yards, two touchdowns (again both passes that could’ve been intercepted) and his pick. Among SEC starting quarterbacks in Week 2, only Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond, Auburn’s Bo Nix and Kentucky’s Terry Wilson (who didn’t finish the game due to injury) were worse than Guarantano operating in a “clean pocket.”
Notably, 55% percent of Gurantano’s drop-backs came off play-action. That’s smart, in my opinion. However, for the third straight game (dating back to 2018 Vanderbilt), he struggled on those throws (7 of 16). His completion percentage dropped 33.2 percent and he averaged just 2.4 yards per attempt off play-action. That’s concerning.
A week after rushing for just 129 total yards as a team against Georgia State, Ty Chandler (78) and Eric Gray (56) combined for 142 yards after contact Saturday. Ryan Johnson graded out as the worst run-blocker on the OL (51.0), but Tennessee did spring its biggest run to the right thanks to some strong blocking by Austin Pope and Dominick Wood-Anderson, who was otherwise very subpar Saturday. In all, Chandler “avoided tackles” seven times, with Gray recording five.
With BYU’s 3-3-5 defense, Tennessee was in 12 personnel (1 back, 2 tight ends) more than 61 percent of the time Saturday. Pope played a career-high 51 snaps, with the Vols running the ball 91 percent of the time he was in the game.
DEFENSIVE GRADES
OLB Darrell Taylor (71.4)
DE Latrell Bumphus (68.6)
S Theo Jackson (68.6)
DE Darel Middleton (66.6)
MLB Henry To’oto’o (63.3)
OLB Kivon Bennett (60.6)
MLB Will Ignont (60.7)
DL Aubrey Solomon (58.1)
CB Shawn Shamburger (57.3)
FS Nigel Warrior (56.6)
DT Greg Emerson (53.3)
CB Alontae Taylor (48.8)
CB Warren Burrell (46.5)
A week after playing 25 guys on defense against Georgia State, 23 players saw action against BYU, with several guys getting their snaps cut dramatically. After starting Week 1, Deandre Johnson played just two snaps Saturday. Starting safety Trevon Flowers (65.4) was benched in favor of Theo Jackson and played just 13 snaps in Tennessee’s dime defense. Jeremy Banks played just two snaps. Shanon Reid didn’t play at all. Quavaris Crouch (60.6) saw 16 snaps and Roman Harrison (57.1) made his collegiate debut with 12 snaps.
With seven snaps apiece, Savion Williams (83.0) and Matthew Butler (79.1) graded out as the team’s best defensive players vs BYU. Again, extremely small sample size there.
Elsewhere, John Mincey (8 snaps) and Ja’Quain Blakely (4 snaps) saw minimal action, while Kurott Garland had his playing time cut in half (14 snaps vs. BYU).
Tennessee was much more aggressive defensively in Week 2, something Pruitt noted on Monday. The Vols sent extra pressure early and often, resulting in 23 total pressures — nearly double what they had against GSU (12).
Darrell Taylor was effective with four total pressures (3 hurries and a sack), while freshman linebackers Henry To’oto’o (two quarterback hits, two hurries) and Quavaris Crouch (two hurries) were effective, too.
Kivon Bennett earned the start over Deandre Johnson and was effective at times, with three pressures (one quarterback hit, two hurries).
Notably though, nearly all of Tennessee’s pressures came from the linebackers. Some of that is scheme but there’s ineffectiveness from the defensive line tossed in there, too.
I thought PFF was generous in its missed-tackle rate for Tennessee in Week 1, and per their data, the Vols actually missed more tackles against BYU. To’oto’o and Will Ignont both missed a pair of stops, while everyone in the secondary who played — sans Theo Jackson — also had a missed tackle.
The Vols did a nice job limiting BYU tight end Matt Bushman on Saturday. The Cougars didn’t target him much, but outside of Theo Jackson’s lone bust on the day (a 27-yard catch and run), Bushman wasn’t a big factor in the passing game. The two other completions Jackson allowed Saturday went for a total of three yards.
Conversely, both of Tennessee’s young cornerbacks had issues with BYU’s RPO game. Taylor allowed the first touchdown in overtime, while Burrell was targeted six times Saturday — allowing five receptions for 43 yards (and three first downs) plus committing a pass interference penalty. Burrell does have some talent but he’s a freshman who isn’t playing with much confidence right now.”
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