The new Drew Allar has arrived... Penn State's offense impressed vs. West Virginia

Allard did everything that you asked him to did not turn the football over anytime you see like okay I think he missed one there was one a errant throw more or less toari Evans behind him Evans didn't catch it it was an incompletion Drew Aller is very selective with his passes if you think ah Drew Aller just he he just chucked that one away he's inaccurate he Garrick Green's inacurate everybody saw that game 53 completion percentage uh from a season ago that there there's a reason for that but Drew Aller when he makes those mistakes and you're like what was that throw you're qu you're questioning it drew Aller is in a sense throwing it away he's making an inaccurate pass to a point where hey if my receiver can make a play on this he can get it I'm he so Drew Aller is going from the mindset of I will put this football where only my receiver can get it the odds are still low that he does end up catching it but only my receiver can get to it I keeping it away from the linebacker the defensive back I think Drew had one or two throws where it was like okay the ball was In Harm's Way that could have been intercepted uh or it it was behind Amari Evans and that was just hey it it inaccuracies happened he's not perfect but he's a very good quarterback and I think he can be the number one overall pick and then you see that dual threat element of his game I was not kidding when I said that all on the show for months all's going to run more you're going to see a different version of Drew Aller where there's going to be read option plays he's going to run uh triple option plays where it's a fake to one halfback and then rolls out and he's either going to keep it or he's going to pitch the football and he's just going to be tougher to bring down he already had good pocket mobility and then losing that weight just allows him to be a little more Nimble you saw it West Virginia was chasing him that's a 6'5 235b quarterback and they were just they were chasing him he was dancing around and was able to extend the play allow receivers to break away from coverage that's what losing seven lbs can do for you it adds three four five seconds to an offensive play to generate a completion and Aller doesn't get rattled when there's pressure in his I thought I thought he handled West Virginia brought pressure handled it very well let's I I also want to talk about Bo perul in this conversation so Aller the one quarterback Andy cotal Nicki was was not afraid to bring his full system over and make that two quarterback system Bo fora I I don't think had the best game in the world you know almost had a fumble his his shin ended up being down uh in the in the replay and it could have been it was a 50/50 it could have been overturned it could have and it's a good it would have swung momentum so fortunate for pen state that they kept the football there but that is also a work in progress on its own how to use those plays timely how to use them effectively how to get both perula in the best situations and he wasn't utilized a lot last year so it's one thing to do it in practice and to say that oh Bo can do it but will he be able to do it that's the offense I'm surprised they even showed that in this game and then we talked to to Steve to get that Insider looking it's like he's like you're going to see all of it I thought it was going to be progressively worked in you know okay so you'll see Drew Aller up front you'll see some more read option triple option types of plays but maybe they'll save the B prula Wildcat package for later Andy cotal Nikki basically rolled out a lot a lot of what there what is going to be the bread and butter of this season did he show the entire hand did he show the entire Playbook absolutely not we got a very limited version but we got basically a small sample size of everything we didn't just get one intensive part of the Playbook we got a little bit of everything but not but not everything is my point there so both I mean hey you know it's a dominant Victory when both your backs throw a touchdown pass both of your running backs get a touchdown Nicholas Singleton had the big rushing touchdown and KRON Allen had the receiving touchdown and Tyler Warren Gets involved Trey Wallace had two touchdowns right right I I mean that's that's what domination looks like when both of your quarterbacks get a touchdown pass both your running backs your starting running backs get a touchdown in the game and then you're able to distribute the football to everybody going to the running backs lik what I saw out of Nicholas single and KRON Allen not the best day for him 10 carries 20 yards uh but effective in the passing game effective in the passing game had that took a simple dump off pass took the check down and took it 20 yards for a touchdown that's what I meant the running backs are going to be utilized more in the passing game as well it wasn't as intense because Penn State didn't need to open up the passing attack but Penn State was able to to again work with what West Virginia was giving them and I haven't really brought up West Virginia a lot in this conversation because they really they really disappointed in this game defensively they offensively too but defensively they went at it from the mindset of we are going to try to shut down the run and that did not work for the second year in a row and I understand that Nicholas Singleton and KRON Allen are guys that you want to emphasize in your game plan I understand that when you're an opposing defense but you allowed Drew Aller for the second year in a row to just torture secondary parts so that's Penn State was able to capitalize on the mistakes coaching schematic mistakes of West Virginia as well Penn State was able to execute but West Virginia gave them a lot of easy opportunities to move up and down the field with those explosive place so that's that's why I started off the show the way I did is that Penn State's not exactly in that Elite category yet because West Virginia still has a good amount of shortcomings whereas Penn State is a college football playoff team inside of the top 10 and hopefully closer to that top four than the than the bottom four there I think I think they host a playoff game I I truly do but West Virginia I I really don't know that Neil Brown and the rest of that that that staff are are and and West Virginia people who cover West Virginia pivoted pretty quickly on how they felt about this team going into the rest of the season I don't think you're playing a a top 10 team in Elite in Elite from the standpoint of they are one of the best in the country they're in that top 10 conversation West Virginia I to to totally sell out here I just I just think there's kind of levels to it and everything but Penn State capitalized on what West West Virginia couldn't take anything away because of how talented Penn State was and how well coached they were overall and they just capitalized on the mistakes that West Virginia gave them again selling out for the run and just leaving defensive backs on I they just didn't help them out they didn't do anything to help that secondary out and that's why Drew Aller and Trey Wallace and Amari Evans had as much success as they did in the passing game today so on the wide receivers and the tight ends Dre Wallace is your clearcut number one five receptions 117 yards two touchdowns Amari Evans gave you that big play ability I think he will absolutely average I I was talking to Dylan from Penn State rivals some of you may remember him as a guest on this show I was talking to him the other day and he said I don't know if Evans would be a player that would average over 20 yards per catch and I said absolutely absolutely he would because he is that home run threat I look around the wide receiver room and and Trey Wallace is your number one do everything all around wide receiver but a Julian Fleming a Kaden Saunders or aam Clifford guys who were were not involved period they were on the football field but they didn't get involved in the game today and that's fine you didn't need them to but they're possession receivers they're short to medium distance receivers they can't take a top off off the defense Amari Evans and to an extent Trey Wallace Trey Wallace can as you saw today with two touchdowns but Amari Evans is your is your speed home run threat if Penn State wants to make this offense from good to Great to Elite they need to unlock the potential of Amari Evans Amari Evans is The X Factor he is the key to taking this offense to a whole another level I I mean that that's a lot of responsibility on one player who is in the third year uh with this program but that's what Evans can do for you and he has abilities that not a lot of other players on this offense have he's one of the three fastest players overall on this team and I think he will absolutely average over 20 plus yards per catch because he is going to be your home run threat and frankly at the moment he's your only one so Amari Evans is a lot more valuable than people are giving him credit for within this offense finish up with the offensive line before we take another break and go to the defense Penn State's offensive line impressed me but I've been very critical of West Virginia's front 7 and again schematically they blitzed but they didn't really get home I mean Aller was able to dance out of some you know some pressure here and there but there wasn't a lot it's not like West Virginia was in was in Drew all's face mask every single play West Virginia just didn't offer a lot of pressure and that you know again holds back the secondary because they can only cover for so long it it's it's a yin and yang it's consequential you know right down the down the the the chain of command there if your front seven isn't going to be able to do its job and I I don't care that West Virginia led the Big 12 in Sachs West Virginia when you look at pro football focuses analytics from a season ago was a bottom 20 group in terms of getting a effective pass rushes So eventually so the secondary last season actually would bail out West Virginia's defensive line quite a bit because they would hold coverage and they did that against frankly weaker competition Cincinnati was a pretty rough team a UCF a Baylor just to kind of name a few I don't need to get into West Virginia and how they match up with other Big 12 teams but my point is that the offensive line look good I still have my questions about them I think that there's obviously room for improvement because they strugg l in the ground game a little bit again West Virginia's front seven other than Nicholas Singleton breaking off that big run they did they held KRON Allen in check it's not like Penn State had this dominant day on the ground they did well they did they did enough to get the job done but they didn't dominate there they dominated other places they didn't dominate there and the offensive line I think needs to establish that I think they need to get you know a little tougher up front initially and and again West Virginia sold out for the run so that's understandable pass blocking I think gets a B plus I think they did very well I I think they shattered expectations there but part of that has to do with the matchup West Virginia's defensive line is not is not that good when it comes to getting after the quarterback and the analytics back that up and you saw it they did not pass the they passed the eye test in that category of yeah the the num the numbers don't lie and you saw it today as well so I need a tougher test for the offensive line and you're not going to get that for some time it's not going to be there against a Bowling Green a Kent State probably not in Illinois either Illinois lost a lot from from its front seven we'll see as we go as we dive deeper into Illinois when that game rolls around but I I don't I don't and and then there's UCLA I I don't know if Penn State's offensive line is really going to get that that true barometer litmus test where until it's USC and that's not the game that you want because that's your turning point in the season that's the heart that's the beginning of the heart of your schedule so we'll see offensive line did its job today very impressed for what it's worth but I need I need a tougher test for them to to be more confident