His stats suggest he’s a good QB, not great. He’s a game manager. He’s not going to light teams up on a consistent basis. The reason we struggled with K State is because we turned the ball over. This is what Ewers does best, but let’s stop pretending that he’s this generational or even great player because he’s not.
I think his stats (and results) show he's better than good. And I think you're underselling what he's done.
I’m not underselling anything. His stats are a good but not great player. You keep mentioning Murphy in his second start with limited reps, which I understand, but Ewers had some awful games a year ago (OSU game). Ewers does enough for this team to win but he’s not a great player. Idk why you can’t see that. He’s not being talked about as a first or even second rounder. He’s not special. Btw, Worthy wasn’t going to come close to breaking 1k yards with Ewers. These players are elite, but they aren’t putting up amazing numbers with the exception of Brooks, which Ewers has nothing to do with.
He hasn't remotely showed that he can consistently hit those throws.
And those two were huge--at huge moments. Those weren't the only two he's hit--he had a couple against ou as I recall.
I never said he was a great QB--you said I said that--I never did. But I think he's very good and getting better as a college quarterback. You don't go into Tuscaloosa--smack 4&5 star players around who are coached by the greatest coach in history, and who haven't lost since, without having something. Not even this year--look what he did to them last year. Very few QBs have done that. That counts for something
I agree about the wow throw aspect, but I made the comparison because they are both game managers.
You are taking one game where he was very good and making it seem like he has played at that same level for the entire season, which he has not. He turned the ball over three times against Oklahoma and that is why we lost. So, you can’t take any one game and generalize their performance.
What round do you think ewers would be drafted? It’s a loaded Qb draft class, I think he could easily fall to 3rd-4th round.
LSU was leading college football in total offense and points scored entering the game (they are now 3rd in scoring).
Limas Sweed had his best season in 06, so I’d say he got better due to Colt. Jermichael Finley was pretty damn good in 07. We all know Colt made Cosby and Shipley better. Do you confidently believe that if Ewers stays another year that he will be at the same level as Colt in 08?
Both receivers and Ewers share credit for those plays--those were perfectly placed balls--can't take that away from him.
No, I'm not just taking one game--he's actually played pretty well all season, if you look at his numbers (which you haven't) you'd see that.
By perfectly thrown up into the air so that his receivers had to make incredible mid-air adjustments on them to make the catches over their shoulders.... sure.
And that was due to Colt McCoy?
I can only give you stats. I believe Colt did in fact make him better. I also believe Colt made Cosby and Shipley better as evidenced by their stats. Ewers hasn’t made anybody better, because that’s not who he is, and that’s fine. We don’t need a great QB this year in order to win, but the next couple of years will be different because our competition will be better.
I can't give Colt McCoy credit for making players better.
Ewers makes players better if you throw Jermichael Finley in this argument. JT Sanders comes to mind last year when Quinn was out and this year Sanders is almost forgotten with out Quinn. JT sanders and Xavier Worthy are missing Quinn.
