For everyone calling for Oliver to be the starter....
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ee8384
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Too soon.
smokey_wasp
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Eh. Trying to do what we can. We dont have a complete QB. But Oliver cant be the answer from here on out.
midatlantech
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He should have been the starter. It’s worse with the throwing QB’s. But I agree that we should throw it more.
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That was a nice pass. You guys need to not be so reactionary.
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NO OFFENSIVE LINE! Give him a break
midatlantech
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Actually I am starting to believe that we have no faith in our receivers.
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Here's what I think happened.
Why start TO last night? Against the top team in the country as you radically change your offense?
What do you do if none of your quarterbacks are ready for the challenge?
You put in the guy who has the most game experience.
You put in the guy who has the most toughness...
... mentally so they don't fall apart and the team does not fall apart under adversity
... physically so you don't fumble the ball every other play when you get hammered
How did it work? About as expected. He had the same number of interceptions as Lawrence.
What you also do if you are a smart coach is give your other two quarterbacks a taste of action. That way they have the jitters out of the way when you face your next opponent.
I don't know who will start next game. I imagine it will depend on who takes their game experience and builds on it during practice.
Why start TO last night? Against the top team in the country as you radically change your offense?
What do you do if none of your quarterbacks are ready for the challenge?
You put in the guy who has the most game experience.
You put in the guy who has the most toughness...
... mentally so they don't fall apart and the team does not fall apart under adversity
... physically so you don't fumble the ball every other play when you get hammered
How did it work? About as expected. He had the same number of interceptions as Lawrence.
What you also do if you are a smart coach is give your other two quarterbacks a taste of action. That way they have the jitters out of the way when you face your next opponent.
I don't know who will start next game. I imagine it will depend on who takes their game experience and builds on it during practice.
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I hope TO was the sacrificial lamb, and we've got a big surprise for USF, but i'm not sold. We'll find out next Saturday for sure, so I won't waste bandwidth on it.
But I do have a problem with the optics of what we chose to do. We very much chose to not throw the football. TO threw it, what, 9 shaky times and was in there a ton. 70/30 run was the play call mix, and 2/3 of the runs are designed QB keeps or option keeps. As others have said in so many more words, it was a homeless man's gutless shotgun CPJ imitation. Sig that.
Our identity is already known: pro-style offense, passing included. So let's just courageously try to be that regardless of how bad we're going to suck at it early on. That doesn't mean no RPO and no QB's running; those are acknowledged strengths of the personnel. It just can't be half of the offense.
But I do have a problem with the optics of what we chose to do. We very much chose to not throw the football. TO threw it, what, 9 shaky times and was in there a ton. 70/30 run was the play call mix, and 2/3 of the runs are designed QB keeps or option keeps. As others have said in so many more words, it was a homeless man's gutless shotgun CPJ imitation. Sig that.
Our identity is already known: pro-style offense, passing included. So let's just courageously try to be that regardless of how bad we're going to suck at it early on. That doesn't mean no RPO and no QB's running; those are acknowledged strengths of the personnel. It just can't be half of the offense.