This is the weekly Lincoln Keinholz clip. An absolute dime to the back pylon with the perfect amount of pace and the perfect placement.
Here is another sign of Kenholz growing as a passer. There are multiple impressive things about this play, but I really love how clean his dropback is, right into his throw. His timing is perfect, and his feet are excellent as he explodes at the top of his drop to step into this throw over the middle of the field. He needs to put pace on this ball, and he does so
with ease because of how clean his drop is.
As for the throw, he anticipates this route coming open, and he delivers a perfect ball over and around the linebacker and in front of the closing safety. He puts the ball up so that Tre Richardson can protect himself as well. Getting this ball inside of the linebacker is all about the anticipation. This wasn’t a big play, but what he shows here is very important as he develops his game.
Georgia Tech fired their defensive coordinator after this game, and it was very clear to see why as I clipped plays for these film reviews. They did not do a good job of handling much of anything UofL threw at them, and his guys were not prepared at all for Louisville to attack the edges.
With that being said, this was a fun play to watch unfold. It reminded me of the Ole Miss game where only one player on the field recognized the play. That player on this play is the guy in man coverage on Richardson, but he runs into the safety, who doesn’t diagnose the play until he regains his balance after running into the only player on the field with a chance to stop this play.
It’s third and long, and Louisville is in a shell zone coverage. Jabari Mack shows here that soft coverage is not the same as playing soft. I’m hopeful that there was a message that finally got through this past week, because it felt like there was a genuine change in how these guys played and how the game was called.
Louisville saw something in their scout that led them to utilize motion in the way that they did. GT passed off coverage, as we see on this play where the defender to the bottom of the screen doesn’t follow Tre Richardson all the way across the field. He passes him to the slot defender at the top of the screen, and that creates natural separation because of how far the defender is off the ball. This happened a handful of times in this game.
Lincoln Keinholz takes advantage of the space right off the snap and makes the easy throw to Tre Richardson on the quick in route. Richardson makes a really nice catch on a high throw before he makes one of the cleanest moves I can remember from a UofL receiver. He breaks back against the grain to the outside while contorting his body to avoid the reach of the defender. This is his second “that’s why they brought him in” play of this post.
Isaac Brown made a bad play here before turning it into a good play. This is a basic stretch run to the right with Justyn Reid in motion as a lead blocker. Brody Foley has a defender to his outside, who gets upfield to set the edge. Foley holds the point of attack because Isaac should be following Reid right through the seam that is clearly open as Cason Henry seals off the defensive end. Instead, he bounces this play outside.
Isaac does a good job of keeping his balance and making some guys miss, but Foley really deserves some credit for his effort on this play. He tracks the play and gets ahead of Isaac and just throws his body into the mix. Foley came in with high expectations after being a big-time pass catcher at Tulsa. He’s giving this type of effort even as his senior year has not gone as I’m sure he expected it to. Love to see it.
Sometimes the other team makes a good play. It’s something I hope everyone realizes while they watch games. Tayon Holloway is in perfect coverage here, but he barely misses the ball as he swats at it. The GT receiver contorts his body around to make this catch, and he just happens to create a nice little pocket for the ball to fall into. It’s an impressive play, and at times you just tip your cap. I’ll take these types of plays a million times over a receiver running freely behind the defense.
