since taking over as the starter, HH has accounted for 70% of our total yards
True, and it scares the hell out me. If he goes down......
The narrative on the O line stinking has been over blown. We are NEVER going to see ever again the kind of O lines we had with Boyd running the S&C program unless we quit testing for PEDs.
What? Nobody is screaming for Boyd lines. People are screaming for a power 5 line. We haven't seen that for years. They have to be better
don't mind DingleFauc
And Austin paid for that by losing his job. Reports on Raiola’s first O line recruiting class have been good but they’re babies. If he can get the patchwork group of youngsters through the next few weeks he should get a raise.
Yeah we can win with this offense if we take care of the ball. HH doesn’t need to be Vince Ferragamo. Gerry Gdowski or Jeff Quinn would be nice though.
It would also be nice if he did not throw two awful interceptions in the first half of the first quarter within our 30. It would be nice too if he could actually see open receivers. He doesn’t need to be Ferragamo. But he also needs to stop imitating Sims.
Emmett is going to be fun to watch along side Kewan Lacey. The future is bright for sure. But we all knew this season was going to be a tough grind and just doing anything possible to churn out some wins. I’m happy with the results so far. I had very low expectations for the new staff given only 1 winning season the last 8 years. They’ve done a great job IMO.
Who said anything about expecting that kind of dominance? Competence would be nice. Not getting run-stuffed by awful defenses. Our line is clearly below average in all metrics. And now it is decimated by injuries. Yikes. Combine that with a QB who is very inconsistent and inexperience at WR and RB, and you have a recipe for a lousy offense. Defense gonna have to score points and get turnovers.
It’s why I keep thinking one of our backups who have similar athletic ability but have played more college football might deserve another shot. I didn’t call for HH to be benched but it sure crossed my mind last weekend. He looked like a true freshman backup at times who got run out because of an in game injury to the starter.
Other teams have P5 players and Illinois for instance has 2 D linemen that Lovie recruited who everybody says are going to play in the NFL. NW schemed to stop our run game and that’s why we were seeing so many open receivers down the middle of the field. We have to pose a pass threat and if we don’t we’re going to continue to get stuffed on a lot of run plays.
Purdy has played less college football snaps than HH at this point, so there goes the “experience” argument.
Nice resume (at least better that Riolas) can he recruit?
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HH needs to pitch the ball on those option sweeps. There was a play last Saturday where he was stopped for a short loss when the trailing Johnson would have made 3 yards. Not much, but it gets the defenders to think a little bit. If I were playing HH on option plays, I would always go right at him because he rarely gives up the ball. I don't know if he lacks vision, does not trust his ability to pitch the ball or if he doesn't trust the runner.
I don't believe HH ran much if any option prior to getting here. certainly none under center.
I'll take a Barney Cotton line. Hell, I'd take the 2016 Oline.
And then there goes your argument that Purdy could never improve. I’ve posted multiple times and you agreed that Heinrich not only could but should improve. You can’t have it both ways.
Jenkins looks good. He’ll start for us multiple years.
I have never argued that purdy could improve and never will
I disagree. I have no doubt that KK is bipolar.
Perfect response when you can't debate him on actual facts. I love how all you dorks just assume that Rhule is a dumbass and is refusing to play someone that has more potential than Haarberg. I simply don't believe that. Rhule has seen what he needs to see and is playing Haarberg. End of story. Either that or you just want Kong to be wrong so bad you can taste it.
