Damon Benning said on Big Red Wrap Up that the QB position is just handled differently; it just is. Doesn’t make it right or wrong, but head coaches are tied to their QBs. I trust what the coaches are seeing in practice and that H and Sims are our top 2 QBs
Are you ok with the line giving up 7 sacks and 12 tackles for loss? That’s a complete meltdown on offense including the o line
Should they all be benched too?
If Rhule makes a bowl without all the offensive weapons he’s missing that’s quite a feat, even in a down year.
Purdy? Come on now. It should say something that H and Sims are still ahead of him despite their inability to take care of the ball
I’ll bet that Purdy doesn’t give them the same physical run element. You think Purdy does?
That’s NU’s offense is the QB run game
Much respect to you Kak but I got to trust the coaches on this one
Great questions...allow me to respond.
I heard everything you said. Did the same coaches deem Sims was better than HH before the season started? How do you feel about that decision now? Is it possible they were wrong about Sims? Wrong about HH? Wrong about Purdy also? I'm just saying we see coaches get it wrong all the time don't we?
Do you think the OL is responsible for all those sacks on the QB? If so you arent watching the same game. Our QB is responsible for just as many of those sacks as the OL was. He has no pocket awareness. You don't have all day to sit in the pocket. Make a decision and either run or throw it. His pocket awareness is one of his biggest issues. Now the OL definitely wasn't great. Especially in the run game but pass pro was as much a QB problem as a OL problem.
Should the OL all be benched? Im gonna assume you are just using hyperbole. We know you can't do that as we don't even have the numbers. HOWEVER in a case where one has been particularly bad like Corcoran was before he got hurt ABSOLUTELY I was in favor of benching him and I'm sure many others were as well.
Agree completely about HCMR making a bowl this year. What he's done so far all things considered is amazing. I don't have a problem with him I overall. I think he's a great coach. But they make mistakes as well no?
You could be onto something as far as Purdy not being inserted yet. God knows the other two have been God awful at points. I'd have guessed the same about HH also before he was forced into playing tho. Who knows? FWIW I still wouldn't be against sticking Sims back in there.
I'm not sure I'd say Sims was a physical runner but he was fast. HH is or at least was physical early on. As far as a runner I don't think he's as physical as HH but he's plenty fast. He also has experience with zone read and some options. Ruhle has even mentioned his speed as a runner. Not sure where the myth that he's immobile came from (not saying you said it).
The NU offense is the QB run game with THIS QB. That's where I think you are missing the point. They aren't running this because they want to. They are running it because they have to. Again I'm not saying Purdy could throw it around the yard but if he could complete simple open passes this offense would change dramatically. Currently we can even tell how good our WRs are because we can't get them the ball in positions to do anything with it. So for me there is still the unknown (for fans) about Purdy. Many are simply tired of watching the same mistakes and messy football over and over. I don't think that's wrong.
Finally you mentioned first about DB saying they handle QBs different and that's very true. I understand that. It's always been that way with football. I'm not even saying it's wrong either. I guess my point is how much do you watch before you say "ok let's give someone else a try"? It may not be as easy as I'm making it sound but I think HH has shown them that at least they need to have someone else prepared to go into the game should his struggles continue? Is that fair?
Question for you . How do you feel about his overall play? Are you satisfied with what you have seen from him? How would you have felt if they pulled him yesterday? Do you think it's impossible to pull him? I'm curious...
Thanks for the well thought out questions brother. That's what I'm on here for.
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