gtrower
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I don't think it's an agenda-based comment on our offense being dangerous to QB's. Just because a house in the floodplain didn't get flood damage last year doesn't mean it's not at greater flooding risk, and just because we've not had a big QB injury since Nesbitt's arm doesn't mean we're not at greater risk.
Look at a bigger picture than our offense. It's fairly common knowledge that scrambler-type QB's get hurt more as a result of taking more hits. Maybe that's a myth (it might be), but you need to pull more results than just the last 7 years at Tech to prove it, and it's still not a myth about our O in particular.
Eh, you're kind of doing the same thing I'm accusing other fans/teams/coaches/media of doing. I wish I had more stats from other teams to back up the QB injury assertion - I don't so it's more speculation on my part. I'd think 7 years and almost 100 games is a pretty large sample size to draw from regarding this offense. JT does a fantastic job of not taking hits. He gets down, side-steps out of bounds, or takes it to the house. The only play I can really remember him putting himself in a bad situation the whole season was our first TD in Blacksburg where he dove from 4 yards out between 3 defenders.
Our QBs rarely take hits from defenders they don't see coming due to our schemed passing. And 4+ years without missing a drive (that I can remember) is a pretty telling stat IMHO. Where is the evidence that option QBs get hurt more often?