If Quinn has a great year, he's likely gone to the NFL..
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (What does Arch in 2024 mean for 2023?)
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Agreed. Ewers is either gonna ball out next year and go pro, or he will continue to have mental mistakes that lead to Arch taking over in 2024 or even late 2023 like Cade did at Clemson…
Considering he just announced he will be back next year I think it is a 100% given that he plays
How many times does the site have to tell you that. Winning has not been a priority for a good while now. The last 3 coaching hires should tell you that in spades although the jury is still out on Sark.
Yep. In a lot of ways he’s in the same spot DJ Ukulele was in a year ago.
This is a huge point. Part of what Ewers is currently deeling with is defined by how his season played out in terms of sequencing. His mid to late season struggles are being used to define his entire 2022 campaign. But, I'd argue his topsy turvy season was in some ways predictable by schedule and opponents. Are we over-selling his short comings, given the following?
- Ewers played in 9 games
- Starting with OSU - where he clearly was dealing with some sort of hand / finger issue and was not comfortable - he had a four game stretch where he did not throw the ball well at all.
- Three of those four games were on the road and the fourth was against a playoff team who sacked him 5 times
- In the other five games including the bookend at home against Baylor, Quinn threw the ball well and averaged a QB rating of 170.2, which in context is better than Williams or Duggan averaged in 2022
- Our young OL was great at times but also was wildly inconsistent in pass protection, particularly down the stretch. Ewers was sacked 13 times in the last 3 games. Some of those sacks are on the QB, and he did not consistently handle the pressure well.
This was a better OL by far than Sam Ehlinger ever enjoyed, along with a better RB room and TE room. Quinn made a lot of poor decisions and a lot of poor passes, even when not under pressure.
I have high hopes for him, but he needs to buckle down and get better. That includes everything: fundamentals & footwork, throwing mechanics, understanding the offense better, getting on the same page as his receivers, going through his progressions, and reading defenses.
If what we saw this year was any indication of Ewers' ceiling, he is toast. I think he can be a lot better, but the first requirement for that to happen is that he (and everyone else) need to quit looking for excuses. His 2022 season has been pretty poor.
The supporting cast was almost as good as you could hope for, which is why I think the coaches were so frustrated.
I love Bijan, but the hardest argument in today's college football, with the advent of the true dual threat QB, with the crazy amount of passing yards that get put up nowadays, is for the great RB. As great as Bijan is, he accounted for around 2k yards and 20 TDs and some change. Caleb Williams accounted for around 4,500 yards total offense, and 47 TDs. They're just not playing in the same stratosphere of production any longer, and there are no grind the clock rum teams that dominate because of the run game. Now, maybe we could have and should have this season, but we didn't. Bijan is unbelievable, but he won't win any POY awards that aren't specific to running backs. And that's a shame, because I do think he is the best overall player. But even I don't know how to articulate that....
While I shudder to consider what 8-4 in year 3 would feel like (and I think we will be much better), the Big 12, top to bottom, this season, was the best Power 5 conference.
I don't race anywhere at my age.you "raced" to get that zinger out, didja?
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