Meet the 2019 Miami, same as the old Miami. Lots of athletes, lots of personal fouls. New HC Manny Diaz was their DC for a spell, and he grew up in Miami as the mayor’s son (though interestingly he’s an FSU grad.) He seems to fit, so far, with his preseason highlights including showing up to a booster party in a yacht and also (allegedly) crashing an FSU coaching clinic.

Offense

Diaz hired Dan Enos to be his OC. Enos brings a pro-spread style from Alabama. Miami still uses lots of spread-gun, 11-personnel looks, but there’s a big emphasis on tight ends, the conventional running game, and play-action passing. On first down and in short-yardage situations expect them to go under center in the I-formation. Whoever plays Backer and Whip/Nickel will need to have their eyes open when they’re aligned to the weakside because they might be getting a blast of fullback one snap and a dragging TE the next.

They also run all the spread-bubble stuff; based on how Tech handled it last week, they might be tempted to try more. From Tech’s perspective, blitzing deep linebackers against the play-action might be useful; Florida devoured Miami with these calls, and I think Ashby could do well at it.

Despite N’kosi Perry’s experience and Tate Martell’s media coverage, redshirt freshman QB Jarren Williams (#15) has been the guy so far. He’s had an up-and-down season, though overall he’s been better than Perry, who started this game last year. As you’d expect, he’s not being asked to win games on his own. He can get the ball up for deep throws, but he hasn’t been accurate with the few opportunities he’s had. He seems much more comfortable with the short and intermediate throws; he’s hitting over 70% of his passes, and it’s a legit number that isn’t bumped up by a ton of screens and such. He didn’t escape from the backfield very well, but when he hits his stride out of the pocket he’s a good runner.

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