Never like announcements or added pressure for any Player it just makes it tougher and target for the other as far as I am concern, Boyd is capable is just going out and playing his best game without any media notices or telling everyone what is happening and how will perform from it?
If Boyd just catches Passes & Touchdowns and that tells the public and shows his playing does his talking. This is the best way to do it, telling everyone what he will do just allows the other guys to figure out how to confuse him by doing things he publicly says he will do now? Just do it and no other pressures will be needed!
Virginia linebackers coach Mike Archer, a former Steelers assistant, eagerly is awaiting his return to Heinz Field on Saturday for the Cavaliers' ACC opener against Pitt. It will the first game there for the 39-year coaching veteran since the Steelers' last regular-season game of 2002.
But it's more than a homecoming for Archer. The game between Virginia and Pitt will feature his kind of football.
“The last time we played somebody in a huddle was Pitt last year,” Archer said of Virginia's 24-19 victory in Charlottesville, Va. “To me, it's real football. They huddle and try to run the football.”
Archer, 62, understands how college football has evolved, with spread, hurry-up offenses and quarterbacks throwing 40 to 50 passes a game.
“It sells tickets,” he said. “But I'm an old-school guy.”
Pitt likes to run the football and will need to do so to defeat Virginia. But the Panthers also must add some spice to their offense. Pitt is averaging 7.3 yards per pass attempt, down from 7.8 last year.
Even with All-American candidate Tyler Boyd at wide receiver, the highlight of Pitt's passing game is this: Tight ends J.P. Holtz and Scott Orndoff have scored four touchdowns among their modest total of 11 receptions.
Boyd, the active FBS career leader in receptions per game (6.52), has the ability to retrieve some of the spotlight for himself.
He said he hasn't seen much double coverage this season, and if that continues, he's confident he can make the defense pay. He doesn't mind that most opposing coaches have decided to handle him with one man.
“Once I see that one-on-one (coverage), I feel I'm going to win,” he said. “They think they have the defenders that can contain me, and we know that they can't. I trust myself that I can create an open window for my quarterback to get me the ball.”Through his three seasons at Pitt, Boyd has caught passes in traffic by using his leaping ability, but he also likes to run slant patterns and challenge defenders to keep up.“I like to go out there and route the guy up and have him really have to play defense against me and see how good they really are,” Boyd said. “I can finish the rest once I get the ball in my hands.
“They can still chase me down and try and tackle me, and that's not a real easy thing to do.”
Boyd is on the brink of setting two Pitt career records: receptions and yards. He has 189 catches and 2,709 yards. He needs 14 more receptions and 353 more yards to break the marks.
Before that, he can help Pitt (3-1, 1-0) improve to 4-1, a record it hasn't achieved since 2009. A victory also would make Pitt 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since joining the league in 2013.
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at jdipaola@tribweb.com or via Twitter @JDiPaola_Trib.
If Boyd just catches Passes & Touchdowns and that tells the public and shows his playing does his talking. This is the best way to do it, telling everyone what he will do just allows the other guys to figure out how to confuse him by doing things he publicly says he will do now? Just do it and no other pressures will be needed!
Virginia linebackers coach Mike Archer, a former Steelers assistant, eagerly is awaiting his return to Heinz Field on Saturday for the Cavaliers' ACC opener against Pitt. It will the first game there for the 39-year coaching veteran since the Steelers' last regular-season game of 2002.
But it's more than a homecoming for Archer. The game between Virginia and Pitt will feature his kind of football.
“The last time we played somebody in a huddle was Pitt last year,” Archer said of Virginia's 24-19 victory in Charlottesville, Va. “To me, it's real football. They huddle and try to run the football.”
Archer, 62, understands how college football has evolved, with spread, hurry-up offenses and quarterbacks throwing 40 to 50 passes a game.
“It sells tickets,” he said. “But I'm an old-school guy.”
Pitt likes to run the football and will need to do so to defeat Virginia. But the Panthers also must add some spice to their offense. Pitt is averaging 7.3 yards per pass attempt, down from 7.8 last year.
Even with All-American candidate Tyler Boyd at wide receiver, the highlight of Pitt's passing game is this: Tight ends J.P. Holtz and Scott Orndoff have scored four touchdowns among their modest total of 11 receptions.
Boyd, the active FBS career leader in receptions per game (6.52), has the ability to retrieve some of the spotlight for himself.
He said he hasn't seen much double coverage this season, and if that continues, he's confident he can make the defense pay. He doesn't mind that most opposing coaches have decided to handle him with one man.
“Once I see that one-on-one (coverage), I feel I'm going to win,” he said. “They think they have the defenders that can contain me, and we know that they can't. I trust myself that I can create an open window for my quarterback to get me the ball.”Through his three seasons at Pitt, Boyd has caught passes in traffic by using his leaping ability, but he also likes to run slant patterns and challenge defenders to keep up.“I like to go out there and route the guy up and have him really have to play defense against me and see how good they really are,” Boyd said. “I can finish the rest once I get the ball in my hands.
“They can still chase me down and try and tackle me, and that's not a real easy thing to do.”
Boyd is on the brink of setting two Pitt career records: receptions and yards. He has 189 catches and 2,709 yards. He needs 14 more receptions and 353 more yards to break the marks.
Before that, he can help Pitt (3-1, 1-0) improve to 4-1, a record it hasn't achieved since 2009. A victory also would make Pitt 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since joining the league in 2013.
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at jdipaola@tribweb.com or via Twitter @JDiPaola_Trib.
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