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At this point, I would be ecstatic with a 9-4 season...
So Jerrod Heard was the number 1 dual threat qb coming out of high school and does anyone know who the number 2 dual threat was that same year? Well he has won a natty and is in the NFL now.....what went wrong there.....
I saw an interview with MB not too long ago where he said he would still be starting Jerod Heard. If he's not on a stretcher at this point, we would be better off today if he were the starting QB. Point being, we have to stop overreacting and stick with something otherwise we become Tennessee.
Posters on this thread are focused on offensive issues...it is the QB...it is the OL....it is the play calling.....but the defense gave up 50% more points than on average last year and gave up more points than UT’s offense averaged last year.
Any thoughts about the defense contributing to this loss?
Any thoughts about the defense contributing to this loss?
Not being able to stop a jet sweep for an entire game is alarming
Uh, they stopped it before the end of the half and then it was irrelevant.
Dropped INTs, busted coverage is what did the defense in.
Exactly right. The less experienced replacements will gain experience and get better but there are a lot of tough games before that likely happens.
The same one we got a safety on? The same one that was thwarted multiple times.
I mean ****, offensive plays get yards sometimes.
You and I both know they got the best of us on those sweeps. It took us midway through the 2nd quarter before adjustments were made. Up until then it was 5 yards a pop. Hell, we were biting so hard on it they hit us with the fake and scored on that too.
They ran it out of multiple sets with multiple motions...it was a terrific scheme by Canada. It is a staple of their offense. Acting like no adjustment was made until the 2nd quarter is a bad thing is lunacy.
Is nobody else wondering what would have been with Heard? I honestly think Herman's biggest mistake to date is not keeping him at QB.
I know he struggled in 2016, but goddamn, could an experienced Heard have been better than a freshman Sam last year? Surely he could, and at least he'd have made bigger plays with his feet.
Now this year, Jerrod would be an experienced senior. Surely to god you could've trained him well enough by now to be better than Sam. then you have Sam learning for two years, and who knows, maybe he doesn't look completely lost next year?
I just don't get it. Jerrod should still be QB.
EDIT: on a positive note, was anybody else FINALLY not nervous on extra point attempts? I think we finally have a kicker.
I know he struggled in 2016, but goddamn, could an experienced Heard have been better than a freshman Sam last year? Surely he could, and at least he'd have made bigger plays with his feet.
Now this year, Jerrod would be an experienced senior. Surely to god you could've trained him well enough by now to be better than Sam. then you have Sam learning for two years, and who knows, maybe he doesn't look completely lost next year?
I just don't get it. Jerrod should still be QB.
EDIT: on a positive note, was anybody else FINALLY not nervous on extra point attempts? I think we finally have a kicker.
He turned Greg Ward until a pretty good college QB. I’ve always wondered what could’ve been with Heard.
Neither can Sam, and Hesrd is a far superior runner.
And btw that couldn't be taught? In two years? Goddamn I could teach my sister to read defenses in two years. It's really not rocket science.
JT was the year before. That’s right.
Still though, not sure your point. 15/20 in that year aren’t worth a shit
My point is Heard was the number 1 qb coming out of high school for a reason and now look he is just another player on the field now....while Watson is in the second year of his NFL career and starting....almost seems like we buried his career
Man, I know college coaches that can't read a defense right every time. There are times when I look at DBs and think "well...... it looks like they are trying to be in a cover two but they might be in quarters just trying to hide that it's cover two.... noooooopppppeee...... ".
It happens. Which is why when you get a qb that read the D, you hang onto him. (colt)
Yeah it's a guessing game, and yeah sometimes you guess wrong. it happens, but it's not that hard to get the basics. "Ok that could turn into double coverage, I'm going to have to be ready to look to my 2nd and third options quick." "Looks like that LB is gonna blitz, if he does I know my slot will see it and I'll hit him right where the LB was." Stuff like that shouldn't be hard, but I guess it is. Haven't seen it done right consistently since Colt.
It won’t.
A very small pct of the top 20 QBs ever even start a game at the game they sign with
Year 3 he should be winning. I don’t like our quarterbacks at all. Until 1 of those arrive it could be more. However, he is in charge of getting one of those too.
Not weak, realistic. Year 1..week 2. Number 2 team in the country. Herman, year 2..still early no doubt and time to turn it around, but still soft as hell. No excuse for Maryland 2 years in a row..none.
I agree with you on giving him time but it’s the way Texas has played would have me concerned. They are soft as hell. They should be able to line up and punch it down ANYONES throat. Far more talent than anyone they will play except OU. Defense has been gashed and blown off the ball. If Herman can’t teach toughness he won’t win no matter who the quarterback is.
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