Re-watch thoughts

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1. Josh Robinson is going to be a good player for us. Violent pass rush moves. I don't believe for a second that he only weighs 235 lbs. Ivey continues to play well, Kennard, and Domineck were involved in a lot of plays as well. Lots of players rotating and contributing well at DT. Just all around great job this week by the DL.
2. Eley has changed our defense. He covers a lot of space, is sound in his assignments, and tackles well. I know there's been some posts where he's graded out poorly in previous games, but I really don't see it. I'm happy he transferred in and our LB crew has taken huge strides. Quez Jackson was all over the place as well.
3. I still think we have room for improvement on defense on second watch. Sam Howell is a great QB and their receivers played better than they did in Week 1 vs VT, but you can look at VT's defensive backfield in that game and compare against ours. We're improving, but still too many blown coverages and miscommunication back there. Our safeties are able to play a step faster than last year by rotating more (and obviously playing more cover 2) and I thought Wes Walker had a great game Week 1 as an example of growth from those younger guys, but UNC's receiving corps is mostly average and some of our guys got burned multiple times.
4. We have a QB controversy... uh oh Bill Lewis comparisons.... I doubt this devolves into a mess, but I hope neither of the guys transfers. Yates has a future in coaching if he wants it. Nothing that hasn't already been said about pros and cons of each and last night's result of Sims providing a spark that Yates can't was terribly predictable, but I'm sure @PressManCoverage can attest that it wasn't popular to openly speculate. There will be at least one game this year where we will regret not playing Yates because we'll lose because of turnovers. IIWII
5. I made a post in the other thread, but the zone read threat opens up our run game. UNC's defense is bad, but we were executing our running game much better this week even before Sims came in and then once he burned the defense once or twice, the whole dynamic changed. Definitely made UNC play everything a step slower.
6. OL must be ecstatic about the ball coming out so quick. Again, we'll struggle against better defensive fronts, but it was refreshing to see us do what opposing offenses have been doing to us for 10+ years.
 
It's certainly possible that Sims will have some games with turnover issues again. He's a young QB, and even future NFL QB Sam Howell had three turnovers last night. It happens. But I doubt there's a single head coach in the country who would prefer to go up against Sims rather than Yates.
 
gtfan088 said:
It's certainly possible that Sims will have some games with turnover issues again. He's a young QB, and even future NFL QB Sam Howell had three turnovers last night. It happens. But I doubt there's a single head coach in the country who would prefer to go up against Sims rather than Yates.
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Howell just doesn't look like an NFL prospect to me
 
Howell is the best QB we'll face all year. That 60-yard throw down the sideline was a thing of beauty. He has tremendous skill.
But ...
For the times i thought our secondary got lost, there were times where the coverage enabled the pass rush to get to Howell - a lot. The line played well but the secondary, on a few occasions, helped them get to Howell with coverage because you could see him hold on to the ball for way too long (for his sake, not ours).
 
I’m not blaming Sims for the turnovers last year. He was thrown in the deep end with a suspect OLine. The turnover theme regarding Sims lies at the feet of Collins and Patenaude. I’m not saying it was a bad decision, but Sims turnovers were a product of the position he was put in. Perhaps those mistakes will turn Sims into an absolute monster at QB.
 
JJacket said:
Howell just doesn't look like an NFL prospect to me
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There are 32 GMs and HCs

When you have Arm Talent like Howell, then combine that with a League where the QB is the only difference between Employment and unemployment for most GMs and HCs......

Then add in you only have to impress one set of GM-HC to get drafted high and give you a chance, then yeah he looks like a can't miss NFL guy to someone at the next Level

Compare him to Jalen Hurts from OU that went in the 2nd round

Compare him to Josh Allen from Wyoming when he was coming out

Compare him to Trey Lance from ND State, the 49ers gave up tons to move up and draft him

Compare him to Jordan Love from Nevada (?), the Packers traded back into the Late 1st Rnd to draft him

Tua is injured again , the Redskins are looking for a Franchise QB, Matt Ryan is approaching 37, Brady is 44, Rodgers is 38 or so, Ben Roethlisberger is close to 40

The NFL is QB driven league, for the foreseeable future, we'll see anywhere from 3 to 6 QBs go in the 1st Rnd, that's why guys like Howell are on the NFL's radar
 
PressManCoverage said:
There are 32 GMs and HCs

When you have Arm Talent like Howell, then combine that with a League where the QB is the only difference between Employment and unemployment for most GMs and HCs......

Then add in you only have to impress one set of GM-HC to get drafted high and give you a chance, then yeah he looks like a can't miss NFL guy to someone at the next Level

Compare him to Jalen Hurts from OU that went in the 2nd round

Compare him to Josh Allen from Wyoming when he was coming out

Compare him to Trey Lance from ND State, the 49ers gave up tons to move up and draft him

Compare him to Jordan Love from Nevada (?), the Packers traded back into the Late 1st Rnd to draft him

Tua is injured again , the Redskins are looking for a Franchise QB, Matt Ryan is approaching 37, Brady is 44, Rodgers is 38 or so, Ben Roethlisberger is close to 40

The NFL is QB driven league, for the foreseeable future, we'll see anywhere from 3 to 6 QBs go in the 1st Rnd, that's why guys like Howell are on the NFL's radar
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Sounds like Sims is going to be high on draft boards after next season
 
Techbert said:
The biggest takeaway from the rewatch is just how physical we played. Gotta love it.

We are not soft, and we will stand up to anybody.
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there was one play in particular where one of our DBs (?) just flung the stupid tarhole to the ground as he finished the 'tackle'. It was nice to see that kind of "I don't give AF - your ass is getting tossed" attitude coming FROM our side rather than against. It was prior to the whistle and clean - no penalty.
 
gtleviathan said:
I'll admit, I was questioning this after that first Howell TD run. The D obviously were rightly embarrassed by that and proved that was an anomaly the rest of the game. A very good sign.
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I'd kind of say that with how it turned out, that Howell TD can be a good thing for us. A good long clip to reinforce in the defense "dont do this thing".
 
gtleviathan said:
I'll admit, I was questioning this after that first Howell TD run. The D obviously were rightly embarrassed by that and proved that was an anomaly the rest of the game. A very good sign.
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I saw several "teaching moments" during the game where our defensive players were quickly doing a post mortem on a play to correct mistakes. We are a smart, physical team. I hope teams dread playing our defense going forward.
 
I hate to bring up the niu game again but I think it changed the team for the better. They played soft and were called out by the other teams coach. I think it lit a fire under their asses that needed to be lit. They have played hard and mean since then
 
The only thing I'd add about the defense is that we were definitely helped by some dropped balls that could have changed the momentum in the game. Granted, it's CFB, and receivers tend to drop the ball more frequently than in the pros. Defense is still the best I've seen in over a decade.
 
I think the focus is on whether Yates or Sims is better is missing the biggest factor which is that they compliment each other. Sims provided a spark to the offense in the UNC game and Yates provided it in the NIU game. I think the controversy will settle as the season continues.

edited to add:
Some fans are clearly overly invested in being right about 1 qb vs the other instead of letting the best player earn the start & play time.
 
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