The Craig Way Show
Week 2 NFL Games
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So Sargs' thoughts on the pass rush through the first two games. It's been pretty good. We didn't get a ton of opportunities against Colorado State. It was kind of like they were going to run the ball or throw a screen, and then every once in a while, kind of throwing out route. So there wasn't a lot of great ops to just go rush the passer. I felt like last week, although Michigan, I think, had a game plan to try to run it and work the clock and keep our offense off the field, at some point they had a transition to start throwing it. I thought the pass rush was effective of moving the quarterback off the spot. We got the sack, we got a couple hits. I really think one of the interceptions was caused by a pass rush by Ethan Burke. It was kind of a high throw that Manny tips up, and Makuba gets the pick. But the one thing we need to improve upon is, yes, we're rushing the passer, and we're pinning our ears back, and we're going. We can't create these running lanes for these athletic quarterbacks, and I thought we saw that last week where the quarterback was able to get outside of the pocket, and now that puts a lot of stress on your secondary to try to guard people that long, and then ultimately kind of bid us there at the end. That was the touchdown that they throw at the end of the game was we had a great pass rush. I think we all would have wished we would have sacked him, we had a chance to, we didn't. He gets out of the pocket and then throws a touchdown pass there when we're in cover two, and guys are now plastering trying to guard him. So we've got to continue to rush, but we also got to continue to contain the quarterback and not give guys three, four, five, sometimes seven seconds to throw a ball. All right, question of the offensive line. Now already in the first three weeks, Kevin Banks has been honored. Cameron Williams has been honored. Jake Majors has been honored as well. There's been rotation at the right guard. DJ Campbell and Cole Hudson and Sark was asked about the rotation and how that's gone so far. Well, I just think we're honest with them. You know, I don't think anybody surprised, you know, I think as a staff, we try to really paint a picture for our players of how we're going to try to play them in each game. And they earn that playing time predicated on the way they practice and prepare and and doing things the right way. And hey, we're fortunate to have to have DJ and Cole that both been good players for us over the years and both playing football for us right now. And again, you know, I'm hopeful that we can maybe play a few more lineman, you know, because game experience is invaluable for these guys. And so, but the fact that we have two guys at that spot that are rotating, that it's a healthy competition, but they're always pulling for one another, I think is all just a byproduct of our culture, but also a byproduct of, you know, coach Flood really laying out the plan of how we're going to play guys in each game. Now, earlier, we heard Cam and also Roger Wallace talking about Gunner Helm. And Sark was asked about Gunner Helm's improvement and the message it might send to the younger guys. It's something that I brought up on Monday morning in the team meeting. You know, when we were we were doing our good, bad, nugly, I was pointing out a play that Gunner was involved in. And I really stopped the meeting to praise him because he was a guy that came in our first year, one of three tight ends. And, you know, he was not the five-star guy that J.T. Sanders was. And over those three years, Gunner has just continued to work. And not every day has been easy. There's been tough days and long days and injuries and all the stuff that happens to you throughout your career, but he stayed the course and he developed the calluses needed. He developed the mental toughness and he showed a ton of resiliency. And now that here's his senior year, you could argue he's playing as good as football's anybody on our team right now. I mean, through the first two games. And so, been super impressed. You know, he's been player of the game for us, two games in a row, because of what he's doing in the run game, but also in the passing game. And I think it just serves to all of our guys. You know, we live in this world right now of instant gratification of, you know, everybody's getting, you know, there's 19 different recruiting websites that are going to rank players. And somewhere in there, everybody's a four star. So everybody comes into our program, either four or five stars and they want, they want to start in day one. And that, and not everybody can start, you know, and then there's work to be done. And just because you're not a front line starter in year one, or even in year two, doesn't mean your career is a wash. You can continue to work at your craft and get better and get better and get better and then reap the benefits of it in the back end. And Gunner isn't the only one in that boat. Vernon Broughton had the best game he's had as a Longhorn Saturday, last Saturday. He had a heck of a football game. You know, there he is. He's, there's a senior who, you know, three years ago, you're talking about Coburn and Moro, sweat and Murphy. Then we were talking about Alfred and Vernon. Now, all of a sudden it's Alfred and Vernon's time. And they're, and they're playing that way for us. And so there's a lot of guys that are in that boat. And I'm proud of those guys because they believed in the process of the development that, that we were trying to get them to do. And finally, one other thing from SARC, they do have an opponent this week. We talked about it last night when we were recording a Longhorn weekly, you'll hear him talk about it. In fact, we always lift that segment out the opposing segment, opposing team segment. You'll hear it tomorrow in the program. You'll hear the program in its entirety coming up here in just a few minutes at the top of the hour. And in that, we did talk about UTSA, but he was also asked on this Zoom, you know, where does UTSA present challenges to his team? Well, I think they're really good upfront defensively. They've got length, they've got size. Their two interior guys are big people. And, you know, a couple of years ago, we had a hard time kind of running the ball early and then Bijon kind of got, kind of got himself going there. But these guys got a good scheme. And, but it all starts with the way they play upfront. And, you know, we've got to do, we've got to do a better job this year around trying to block them. All right, there it is. Comments from Sartre from the media availability. We'll be back to wrap up today's edition of the program here on Sports Radio AM 13 under the zone of the iHeartRadio app. It's time for today's Luckyland horoscope with Victoria Cash. Life's gotten mundane, so shake up the daily routine and be adventurous with a trip to Luckyland. You know what they say. Your chance to win starts with a spin. So go to luckylandslots.com to play over a hundred social casino style games for free for your chance to redeem some serious prizes. Get lucky today at luckylandslots.com. No purchase necessary. VGW group void were prohibited by law 18 plus terms of condition supply. Owning a rental property sounds like a dream until you realize how much work goes into getting it ready. 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