Cleaning up mistakes during bye week critical for Miami Hurricanes
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for a ten yard gain to get the Miami Hurricanes closer. The delay of game penalty on the field goal attempt cut the gain in half. The second sack pushed Miami back from second and six to third and 17. An eight-yard run by DeeJay Dallas gave punter
some breathing room.
The first drive of the second quarter was plagued by unnecessary Miami penalties. The Hurricanes gained six yards on the drive, but two false starts and an illegal participation penalty totaled 15 yards. Those are the kind of penalties a more experienced line might avoid. None of the Miami offensive linemen started at their position before Saturday night.
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— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 24, 2019
The Miami Hurricanes added another false start penalty and a holding call later in the second quarter. Two of the five Miami penalties were by John Campbell who was making the first start in the fifth game of his collegiate career. The 10 sacks allowed were equally as big an issue as the penalties.
The penalties and lost yards on sacks total 185 yards. When the offense is moving backward and you are adding yards to an opponents drives on defense it is providing too much help to the opponent. Pro Football Focus examined Miami’s struggles on the offensive line.
"“MIAMI’S OFFENSIVE LINE STRUGGLES The Miami offensive line was arguably their biggest weakness on paper entering the season opener against Florida. The Hurricanes’ front five allowed a total of 18 pressures on the team’s 48 dropbacks. True freshman left tackle Zion Nelson really saw the brunt end of the struggles, allowing seven pressures himself and a lowly pass-blocking grade. If there was a shining moment in the Miami trenches, it was left guard Nevaughn Donaldson, who did not allow a pressure on his 48 snaps in pass protection.”"