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Skill Player Snap Counts and Game-by-Game Percentages of Offensive Snaps (2020 Regular Season)
Tight End Total Snap Counts and Alignment Data (2020 Regular Season)
Deep Dig OL Grading Scale (each snap by each player is graded as its own independent event)
OL Grades (UTEP)
LT Sam Cosmi - 57 snaps
No disruption allowed
1 pin
DEEP DIG GRADE: 82.32
LG Junior Angilau - 57 snaps
1 QB hit allowed
1 holding penalty
DEEP DIG GRADE: 76.23
C Derek Kerstetter - 57 snaps
1 run-stuff allowed
1 holding penalty, 1 false-start penalty
3 knockdowns
DEEP DIG GRADE: 77.46
RG Denzel Okafor - 57 snaps
1 QB hit, 2 run-stuffs allowed
1 knockdown
DEEP DIG GRADE: 76.58
RT Christian Jones - 57 snaps
1 QB hit allowed
DEEP DIG GRADE: 77.63
Reserves (no disruption allowed among reserves)
LT Andrej Karic - 14 snaps
LG Rafiti Ghirmai - 14 snaps
C Jake Majors - 14 snaps
RG Tope Imade - 14 snaps
RT Isaiah Hookfin - 14 snaps
OL Grades by Week (2020)
OL Snaps per Disruption Allowed (2020)
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Quick Hits and Thoughts
- Even once backup QB Casey Thompson entered the game, the Texas offense seemed like a plug-and-play success under new OC Mike Yurcich.
- The absence of Jake Smith actually means a great deal to this offense. We saw Jordan Whittington get the start at the slot WR in his place (and look terrific) before again getting hurt. It seems like the two things you can guarantee yourself thus far with Whittington is that he's going to look good and he's going to get hurt. The second part of that equation needs to change for the first part to be at all meaningful.
- With no Whittington, the next slot WR in line was walk-on Kai Money, who made the most of his opportunities. Through the game, though, we saw the absence of a player Texas was comfortable using there manifested in getting a guy like Al'Vonte Woodard -- who won't play the slot again all season barring injuries to others -- lining up inside. It also led to just a really, really, heavy game for TE usage.
- As much as we've complained in the past about lining up TEs lining up out wide as slot receivers, we'll say two things here about why you won't hear any complaints from us today: 1) Texas kicked UTEP's ass and won the game convincingly. That's all anyone on the Texas staff needs to do to keep the various mouths in the peanut gallery shut around here; and 2) Yurcich was scheming them open. They were actually used in the passing game.
- Half the time a TE was on the field versus UTEP, he was used in an alignment that was split out wide or flexed off the line of scrimmage into the slot. That is at a 15% higher clip than 2019 (35%), but this likely had to do with the slot conundrum outlined above and also the fact that Texas didn't seem as focused on getting the run game going as you would have figured. Herman said at his Monday press availability that the name of the game versus UTEP was indeed to get the passing game going and to get more comfortable in that aspect of the game plan.
- Before we move on to the OL, one more note on TEs -- Malcolm Epps, regardless of what you think of him, has a right to be unhappy with his current role on the team. He's well behind Cade Brewer and Jared Wiley (Texas' clear top 2 TEs by usage in Week 1) but he's also apparently behind Brayden Liebrock. Once Brewer and Wiley were put on ice, Liebrock and Epps were inserted when Texas went with two-TE sets or 12 personnel (which, as predicted by Anwar, was MUCH more frequent than we have seen in the recent past -- 39.6%(!) of the time). But, even once Liebrock got pulled, Epps grinded out the game's final ticks of the clock with all the walk-ons and deep backups. That has to be disappointing for a guy that was likely given a more rosy picture of how a position switch from WR might look for him prior to the 2020 spring that wasn't.
- LT Sam Cosmi looked great as usual on the offensive line and can be thought of as the tide that rises all boats with that group. Of course it was against really downgraded competition, but it was, with little fanfare and only by a smidge, his highest graded game at the Deep Dig yet, edging out last year's 82.13 he scored versus West Virginia. He's great and there's really not much else to write about him. No disruption, no penalties, a really clean game from a really clean prospect.
- The rest of the OL in its entirety was a concern in varying ways. We'll give it to you straight: Texas fans should brace for the likelihood that the unit will not be as good to start the 2020 season as it was in the 2019 and that could last the entire season if development doesn't occur in all non-Cosmi aspects.
- LG Junior Angilau at times looked like he was playing half-speed and going through the motions. We think he could maybe be a little banged up, but that is just a guess. We know it is an inferior opponent, but he needs to get his pad level back down and his eyes more active in looking for work. When Texas comes into the game with a more run-heavy approach, better days will be ahead for him, and he's one of the players on the OL that we're least concerned about despite a bad performance versus UTEP. This game graded out worse than only three last season and it was against scrubs.
- C Derek Kerstetter very simply needs to play better. He was called once for holding, but could have been called more often than that. Very handsy in a game where he should have been putting d***s in the dirt. He scored fine and played reasonably well in a vacuum, but when you add the necessary context of the opponent being UTEP, you'd like to see a guy that some are assigning future NFL potential to to be much more dominant.
- From the center to the left, we have little worry about the unit overall despite slight disappointment that we didn't get an epic pancake factory out of the season-opener in a spirit similar to the way the defensive big boys dominated the trenches on the other side of the ball, but those guys played reasonably well. So did the right side, but some of the peripherals bubbling under the surface were concerning.
- RG Denzel Okafor still looks like Denzel Okafor which is good and bad. He's strong as an ox and can move bodies once he's on you, but he's stiff, doesn't have active eyes in pass protection and he, like his counterpart on the right side, has trouble working second level off of double-teams in inside zone.
- New starter Christian Jones at RT started the game out very rough and we were convinced we could be heading for disaster. As things stand, we're a little surprised his grade turned out as high as it did which is clearly a good thing. Herman noted that it took a while for Jones to get his feet wet and get moving, so we'll be fine to go along with that narrative. If you watched only the first couple of series, you might have thought that Texas was back in the bad old days of having to start Kennedy Estelle or Marcus Hutchins, etc. over at right tackle. After a rocky start, though, Jones played out a solid rest-of-game with the starters, not necessarily wowing anyone, but only grading negatively on three total snaps after the second series.
- It feels like, by now, we know who the rest of the offensive line is: Cosmi is Cosmi. Angilau and Kerstetter are good but they played down to their competition in this game. Denzel Okafor is Denzel Okafor for better or for worse. Call it the Kent Perkins phenomenon, we've seen it before. We still have no idea who Christian Jones is.
For this reason, regarding Jones, we remain equal parts encouraged and concerned.
Onward to a rare in-season bye week.
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Skill Player Snap Counts and Game-by-Game Percentages of Offensive Snaps (2020 Regular Season)
Tight End Total Snap Counts and Alignment Data (2020 Regular Season)
Deep Dig OL Grading Scale (each snap by each player is graded as its own independent event)
OL Grades (UTEP)
LT Sam Cosmi - 57 snaps
No disruption allowed
1 pin
DEEP DIG GRADE: 82.32
LG Junior Angilau - 57 snaps
1 QB hit allowed
1 holding penalty
DEEP DIG GRADE: 76.23
C Derek Kerstetter - 57 snaps
1 run-stuff allowed
1 holding penalty, 1 false-start penalty
3 knockdowns
DEEP DIG GRADE: 77.46
RG Denzel Okafor - 57 snaps
1 QB hit, 2 run-stuffs allowed
1 knockdown
DEEP DIG GRADE: 76.58
RT Christian Jones - 57 snaps
1 QB hit allowed
DEEP DIG GRADE: 77.63
Reserves (no disruption allowed among reserves)
LT Andrej Karic - 14 snaps
LG Rafiti Ghirmai - 14 snaps
C Jake Majors - 14 snaps
RG Tope Imade - 14 snaps
RT Isaiah Hookfin - 14 snaps
OL Grades by Week (2020)
OL Snaps per Disruption Allowed (2020)
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Quick Hits and Thoughts
- Even once backup QB Casey Thompson entered the game, the Texas offense seemed like a plug-and-play success under new OC Mike Yurcich.
- The absence of Jake Smith actually means a great deal to this offense. We saw Jordan Whittington get the start at the slot WR in his place (and look terrific) before again getting hurt. It seems like the two things you can guarantee yourself thus far with Whittington is that he's going to look good and he's going to get hurt. The second part of that equation needs to change for the first part to be at all meaningful.
- With no Whittington, the next slot WR in line was walk-on Kai Money, who made the most of his opportunities. Through the game, though, we saw the absence of a player Texas was comfortable using there manifested in getting a guy like Al'Vonte Woodard -- who won't play the slot again all season barring injuries to others -- lining up inside. It also led to just a really, really, heavy game for TE usage.
- As much as we've complained in the past about lining up TEs lining up out wide as slot receivers, we'll say two things here about why you won't hear any complaints from us today: 1) Texas kicked UTEP's ass and won the game convincingly. That's all anyone on the Texas staff needs to do to keep the various mouths in the peanut gallery shut around here; and 2) Yurcich was scheming them open. They were actually used in the passing game.
- Half the time a TE was on the field versus UTEP, he was used in an alignment that was split out wide or flexed off the line of scrimmage into the slot. That is at a 15% higher clip than 2019 (35%), but this likely had to do with the slot conundrum outlined above and also the fact that Texas didn't seem as focused on getting the run game going as you would have figured. Herman said at his Monday press availability that the name of the game versus UTEP was indeed to get the passing game going and to get more comfortable in that aspect of the game plan.
- Before we move on to the OL, one more note on TEs -- Malcolm Epps, regardless of what you think of him, has a right to be unhappy with his current role on the team. He's well behind Cade Brewer and Jared Wiley (Texas' clear top 2 TEs by usage in Week 1) but he's also apparently behind Brayden Liebrock. Once Brewer and Wiley were put on ice, Liebrock and Epps were inserted when Texas went with two-TE sets or 12 personnel (which, as predicted by Anwar, was MUCH more frequent than we have seen in the recent past -- 39.6%(!) of the time). But, even once Liebrock got pulled, Epps grinded out the game's final ticks of the clock with all the walk-ons and deep backups. That has to be disappointing for a guy that was likely given a more rosy picture of how a position switch from WR might look for him prior to the 2020 spring that wasn't.
- LT Sam Cosmi looked great as usual on the offensive line and can be thought of as the tide that rises all boats with that group. Of course it was against really downgraded competition, but it was, with little fanfare and only by a smidge, his highest graded game at the Deep Dig yet, edging out last year's 82.13 he scored versus West Virginia. He's great and there's really not much else to write about him. No disruption, no penalties, a really clean game from a really clean prospect.
- The rest of the OL in its entirety was a concern in varying ways. We'll give it to you straight: Texas fans should brace for the likelihood that the unit will not be as good to start the 2020 season as it was in the 2019 and that could last the entire season if development doesn't occur in all non-Cosmi aspects.
- LG Junior Angilau at times looked like he was playing half-speed and going through the motions. We think he could maybe be a little banged up, but that is just a guess. We know it is an inferior opponent, but he needs to get his pad level back down and his eyes more active in looking for work. When Texas comes into the game with a more run-heavy approach, better days will be ahead for him, and he's one of the players on the OL that we're least concerned about despite a bad performance versus UTEP. This game graded out worse than only three last season and it was against scrubs.
- C Derek Kerstetter very simply needs to play better. He was called once for holding, but could have been called more often than that. Very handsy in a game where he should have been putting d***s in the dirt. He scored fine and played reasonably well in a vacuum, but when you add the necessary context of the opponent being UTEP, you'd like to see a guy that some are assigning future NFL potential to to be much more dominant.
- From the center to the left, we have little worry about the unit overall despite slight disappointment that we didn't get an epic pancake factory out of the season-opener in a spirit similar to the way the defensive big boys dominated the trenches on the other side of the ball, but those guys played reasonably well. So did the right side, but some of the peripherals bubbling under the surface were concerning.
- RG Denzel Okafor still looks like Denzel Okafor which is good and bad. He's strong as an ox and can move bodies once he's on you, but he's stiff, doesn't have active eyes in pass protection and he, like his counterpart on the right side, has trouble working second level off of double-teams in inside zone.
- New starter Christian Jones at RT started the game out very rough and we were convinced we could be heading for disaster. As things stand, we're a little surprised his grade turned out as high as it did which is clearly a good thing. Herman noted that it took a while for Jones to get his feet wet and get moving, so we'll be fine to go along with that narrative. If you watched only the first couple of series, you might have thought that Texas was back in the bad old days of having to start Kennedy Estelle or Marcus Hutchins, etc. over at right tackle. After a rocky start, though, Jones played out a solid rest-of-game with the starters, not necessarily wowing anyone, but only grading negatively on three total snaps after the second series.
- It feels like, by now, we know who the rest of the offensive line is: Cosmi is Cosmi. Angilau and Kerstetter are good but they played down to their competition in this game. Denzel Okafor is Denzel Okafor for better or for worse. Call it the Kent Perkins phenomenon, we've seen it before. We still have no idea who Christian Jones is.
For this reason, regarding Jones, we remain equal parts encouraged and concerned.
*****
Onward to a rare in-season bye week.
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