Stylist: After Spring Fizzle, UVa Confident Its Big-play Passing Game Will Be There In The Fall토토사이트 검증
As they skipped through an exhausting parking garage at nightfall outside Scott Stadium, a couple of youthful fans analyzed their takes from the Virginia football crew's post-spring game signature meeting.
"I got Wicks," one yelled, holding up a marked football as they attempted to stay up with their folks, moving rapidly to the vehicle 15-20 speeds in front of them.
"Armstrong," answered the second, more seasoned kid, whirling an UVa shirt.
Dontayvion Wicks and Brennan Armstrong — the wide beneficiary and the quarterback who drove a dangerous offense for UVa that found the middle value of just shy of five scores a game.
Saturday, at the spring game, that offense looked undeniably less powerful — however quite a bit of that was by plan. First-year mentor Tony Elliott needed to zero in on developing a conventional running match-up, something that has been deficient with regards to the beyond three seasons for the Cavaliers.
With an end goal to become, more adjusted obnoxiously, yet more reciprocal as an all out group, Armstrong told an assault content to toss under and in the center — taking what UVa's new-look protection gave it — instead of the great flying aeronautical attack of a year prior, one that regularly struck restricting guards over the top.
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That speedy strike, large play potential — anyway — is still there, Armstrong, Wicks and Elliott all guaranteed.
"Undoubtedly," said Wicks. "Every one of the weapons we got, every one individuals we got that can make plays, it will must be [there]."
Armstrong, quarterbacking both the Blue and White groups, went 23-for-42 for 218 yards, all in the main half, yet didn't interface for a score pass. His longest fulfillments came on tosses over the center to tight closures — a 27-yarder to senior Grant Misch and a 19-yard association with sophomore Sackett Wood Jr.
"I know Coach Elliott discussed a ton of mid-reach to short game stuff," said Armstrong. "Man, we will have shots in ultimately. It's the spring game. We're not showing everything."
Last season, Armstrong and UVa's passing assault associated on 26 pass plays of 30 yards or more, the fifth most in the ACC. Armstrong found the middle value of 13.6 yards per finish, and Wicks ripped off 21.1 yards per gathering.
Factor in Keytaon Thompson, Billy Kemp IV, Malachi Fields, Demick Starling and Lavel Davis Jr. — as yet working his direction back from a knee injury — and it's conspicuous why Armstrong is positive about the Cavaliers' large play capacity come the fall.
That, UVa trusts, can help make up for the question marks in all out attack mode line. The offense might have to include additional moving pockets, planned roll outs and faster, short throws to keep strain off Armstrong.
Yet, Elliott, a previous hostile organizer at Clemson, dreams enormous plays can emerge out of that methodology, too.
"It will not need to essentially be your customary toss the blur down the field," said Elliott. "We'll have the option to toss the ball not really 40 yards in the air but rather we can put it 20 and afterward they can run it 20, which is exactly the same thing."