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Throw it to the tight ends more, Texas Tech football fans demanded, after Tyler Shough targeted Mason Tharp and Baylor Cupp a total of once in the Red Raiders’ season opener. In the two games since, Tech’s thrown it to Tharp 10 times and he’s caught seven passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
Give it to Tahj Brooks more, Tech fans pleaded, after the Red Raiders’ top running back carried seven times in week two against Oregon. Voila, Brooks ran it 19 times for 158 yards, both career highs, last week in a 41-3 victory against Tarleton State.
No, Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire and offensive coordinator Zach Kittley don’t crowd source play-calling and personnel — as far as we know. If they did, Behren Morton might have been starting since the beginning of last season. On Saturday, the mere sight of the young quarterback going into the game brought a rousing ovation from the crowd at Jones AT&T Stadium.
McGuire made it clear afterward that who starts, Shough or Morton, won’t be settled by show of hands from the home crowd.
A little more interesting stuff came out Monday. The anti-Shough crowd got some fuel when Pro Football Focus graded Morton’s performance Saturday at 80.2 and Shough’s at 54.7. PFF’s grades are interesting to look at, but their assessments are largely guesswork.
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Whoever does the grading doesn’t know what plays are called, the specifics of any player’s assignment and what any individual player or unit is coached to do. Example: Last week, PFF graded inside linebacker Ben Roberts at 53.6. Tech coaches graded him 84.
Both Tech quarterbacks graded well Saturday, according to Kittley, whose analysis was…
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Publish date : 2023-09-19 08:06:18
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