It was a rock fight on Saturday afternoon in Lane Stadium as Virginia Tech had arguably their worst offensive performance of the season. Despite that, the Hokies still cruised to a 21-6 victory where the Hokies never allowed Georgia Tech to get inside their 15, holding the Yellow Jackets to 4.4 yards per play to cover up the 3.7 yards per play for VT's offense.
So with that said, let's dive into my offensive takeaways from the Hokies' 21-6 victory over Georgia Tech.
1. The Offensive Line Remains an Issue
Georgia Tech had only nine sacks through their first eight games entering Saturday's matchup, yet it didn't look like that in what was a pass blocking disaster for the Hokies, while the run blocking wasn't much better.
Kyron Drones was under pressures on 14 of his 31 dropbacks in this game and ranks in the top 10 in the country of quarterbacks who have faced the most pressure on designed passes this season. Somehow, yesterday was only the third worst pressures allowed performance with Miami (62.2%) and Marshall (53.6%) being worse, and Stanford being just barely fourth at 45%.
On the season, Drones has been under pressure on 40.5% of his dropbacks which is up from 35.8% last season. If you want to know why Virginia Tech's passing attack hasn't been able to make the strides they hoped to make this year, it starts with a regression in pass blocking.
Meanwhile, Bhayshul Tuten was held to only 79 rushing yards on 17 carries with 41 of those yards coming on one carry. This wasn't because a lack of Tuten fighting through contact or breaking tackles as he had 78 yards after contact and eight missed tackles. His eight missed tackles and his 4.59 yards after contact were his best single game performances in those respective stats on the season.
