⚡ CFB Dashboard

- QB/DL: Sure but Clemson doesn't get credit for smothering Georgia Southern.

- QB/DL: Clemson settling in up front and establishing a running game would make life so much easier on everyone - OC, QB, DC/DL/LB.

- Injury: Unfortunately, I dont think a ton can be fixed this late.

- Clemson's Tait Reynolds is set for his first start after a difficult opening two games. The article's PFF pressure sample is especially concerning: six sacks on 15 pressured snaps and 1-of-6 passing for one yard. Against Georgia Southern he was 16-of-27 for 178 yards with 38 rushing yards on 14 attempts; the small sample does not establish his ceiling. - UNC's Melkart Abou Jaoude is questionable, leaving Jaylen Harvey's alignment in play after he moved across the front during the absence. Harvey has seven pressures through two games. If he returns to attacking right tackle, Clemson's Collin Sadler is the projected matchup; Sadler has allowed one pressure and carries a 72.6 PFF pass-blocking grade. - Clemson's Will Heldt leads the Tigers with five pressures, two sacks and four tackles for loss, primarily attacking the offense's left side. UNC left tackle Jordan Hall has started both games and allowed one pressure in each, with a 59.9 PFF pass-blocking grade. The preview identifies this as Hall's strongest test so far, not a repeat of last year's protection result. - UNC has gained 98 rushing yards off left end at 8.9 per carry; Benjamin Hall accounts for 53 on five carries there. Hall leads UNC with 85 yards on 15 carries and a 78.4 PFF pass-blocking grade among its backs. Clemson's Heldt has a 58.2 run-defense grade, making that edge an area the preview sees as exploitable, not a guaranteed repeat of those rushing averages. - Clemson receiver TJ Moore leads the Tigers with 11 catches for 134 yards despite the offense's struggles. UNC's Jaiden Patterson has allowed four catches on six targets for 32 yards and forced one incompletion, with a 67.6 PFF coverage grade. The preview expects Patterson to handle Moore; that assignment is a projected matchup, not a confirmed every-snap shadow plan.

- QB: far Venables fatal flaw has been not getting the offense into the rights hands.

- DL/LB: I have to wonder how much better our DL would have been in the first two games if Shuler, Kelly and Burley had been available.

- DL: "I've got to motivate these guys and really evaluate myself — what I'm doing, how I'm coaching, how I'm teaching and become a better teacher, a better coach.

- Defense: London Merritt drops into coverage and nearly catches the ball on third down.

- QB/OL: Support staffers and coaches combined are making $36 mn/year.

- Defense: The main reason we cannot run the ball is we NEVER block the linebackers.

- OL/RB: Who would be an alpha on the o-line.

- QB/RB: It’s not just the quarterback it’s all the other issues besides the main one.

- Pick/market: Week-to-week improvement on OL, QB, and DL will make or break getting to a bowl game.

- QB/TE: Jet motion going away from the play can force either the LB to widen or prevent end from crashing.

- OL: Offensive line is a mess.