I am wondering about which is first the chicken or the egg. Jay Hill seamed to pick up on either Brewers struggle to handle pressure or the OL’s ability to pickup pressure. Either way, he chose pressure and lots. It did not help that Utah TEs and RB was often released rather than used to pick up the blitz.
Next, the Y and SDSU continued to use pressure to key their defensive game plan. The OL struggled with LBs, even with TEs blocking struggled. Sometimes they struggled when outnumbered. The play calling did not seem to be used to remedy the situation. The only thing that has worked over the last 2 games was calling on Rising. Even with 6 and 7 man rushes Rising was able to make quick passes, avoid the rush and move the ball.
Looking forward, I expect even Brewer thought it is more productive to use Rising than any of the other possible changes. I think Rising gives us the only chance I see to attack the blitz and get defenses to return to using their base defense much. It is likely we would not return to Brewer unless Rising gets injured and in that event defenses would return to stunting and blitzing. It is always disappointing when players will not accept any roll other than starter.
For play in the Pac, I expect Rising will be less vulnerable to the blitz. If drives are sustained the play book can open up more. Next it is best to get QB2 snaps so it will be interesting to see how that happens.
We have a good group of QBs in the program and lined up. If there is an interesting QB in the portal we need to look away.
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