09-28-2016, 03:17 PM
Quote:On the penultimate play, it was Lloyd on Walker who was run right past. Hoffpaiur was on Massington and seemed to have pretty decent coverage. Palma was in no-man's land in the middle of the field which seems a surprising assignment under the circumstances. Reid almost made a mistake, trying for the interception instead of simply knocking away the ball. Fortunately his shoulder hit the ball after he missed the INT completely - he did do a good job positioning himself as a deep center fielder on the play.
Yeah, I knew it was Lloyd in coverage on Walker; not sure why he would even be in the game if the situation called for man coverage on spread formation (which I still question; why not go Cover Two?). I just was wondering why Hoff was out there at all given the other safeties we have and the distance UCLA needed; it seems he's better than Lloyd in man coverage, but not much. But I hear you above when you say that Hoff is better in coverage that I am giving him credit for; I hope you are right. Palma is also not good in man coverage, but he really served no purpose in that defensive formation when UCLA needed big chunks of yardage, unless he was spying Rosen, which may have been the case.
-m.
