PennLive actually has an interesting breakdown -- with video -- of all 10 sacks. From re-watching the video several times, my own personal opinion is that at least half of those sacks were on Hackenberg. At least 5 of the 10 sacks were simply on an OL getting beat way too quickly. But I'd say about 5 of them appeared to be Hack holding onto the ball too long or showing no pocket awareness. Remember, a QB has to be able to slide forward and side to side inside a pocket to buy extra time. There were times when only one Temple defender created pressure, Hack could have shuffled sideways or forward to avoid that defender and he did nothing but actually appeared to freeze and become a sitting target.
> What is very interesting to me is that PRE-snap Hackenberg now does his best Peyton Manning / Tom Brady impersonation. He does all the hand gestures, the finger wagging, the jockeying back & forth up to the line of scrimmage, you can see him barking out signals as he appears to be identifying defenders & defensive packages ...... and then POST-snap he shows absolutely zero awareness or ability to hit the hot receiver or check down to a receiver running a quicker route.
This is one issue I am starting to believe the more I think about Hack under OB, and Hack the last 14 games. In his FR season, under OB, Hack did not do all the pre-snap stuff. Under OB, we hurried up to the line of scrimmage, Hack simply got ready, signaled for the snap and bam we ran the play. The importance to OB was to get the play off as quickly as possible. Maybe because he was a freshman, or maybe because OB valued the hurry-up offense, but under OB there was no wasting 20 seconds PRE-snap doing Peyton Manning impersonations. Maybe Hack is not ready to make complicated pre-snap reads? In fairness Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are 15-year NFL vets and they are very special players. Heck, most NFL quarterbacks in the league 5-10 years can not make the pre-snap reads those guys have mastered.
Maybe we'd be better off with 1 simple fix. Instead of giving Hack the duties of signaling all of the pre-snap reads at the line of scrimmage, go back to the O'Brien NASCAR Offense where the ball was snapped quickly. In his FR season Hack showed the ability to hit check down routes during a play. Each play has a hot receiver, a check down receiver and often a 3rd option. For a freshman, Hack showed maturity in going thru his play progressions. This would also keep the defenses on their heels and not allow the defenses time to signal more complicated blitz packages.
> What is very interesting to me is that PRE-snap Hackenberg now does his best Peyton Manning / Tom Brady impersonation. He does all the hand gestures, the finger wagging, the jockeying back & forth up to the line of scrimmage, you can see him barking out signals as he appears to be identifying defenders & defensive packages ...... and then POST-snap he shows absolutely zero awareness or ability to hit the hot receiver or check down to a receiver running a quicker route.
This is one issue I am starting to believe the more I think about Hack under OB, and Hack the last 14 games. In his FR season, under OB, Hack did not do all the pre-snap stuff. Under OB, we hurried up to the line of scrimmage, Hack simply got ready, signaled for the snap and bam we ran the play. The importance to OB was to get the play off as quickly as possible. Maybe because he was a freshman, or maybe because OB valued the hurry-up offense, but under OB there was no wasting 20 seconds PRE-snap doing Peyton Manning impersonations. Maybe Hack is not ready to make complicated pre-snap reads? In fairness Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are 15-year NFL vets and they are very special players. Heck, most NFL quarterbacks in the league 5-10 years can not make the pre-snap reads those guys have mastered.
Maybe we'd be better off with 1 simple fix. Instead of giving Hack the duties of signaling all of the pre-snap reads at the line of scrimmage, go back to the O'Brien NASCAR Offense where the ball was snapped quickly. In his FR season Hack showed the ability to hit check down routes during a play. Each play has a hot receiver, a check down receiver and often a 3rd option. For a freshman, Hack showed maturity in going thru his play progressions. This would also keep the defenses on their heels and not allow the defenses time to signal more complicated blitz packages.
