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I'm still hopeful
Posted on 9/13/15 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 9/13/15 at 12:52 pm
Despite some significant evidence suggesting one should abandon hope, I'm still holding on. Defense looks very different with Lawson out there. If he and Matthews come back and stay healthy it should help dramatically. The corners are still going to be average and kris frost will continue to be a mystery, but we should be decent.
Offensively, I think Gus can figure it out. JJs only real problem is predetermining his throws. If he can get out of this habit, which he should be able to, he still had a chance to be a good qb. Also, the Oline should continue to improve. Gus is due for a good game play calling as well.
I'm typically more on the negabarner end of the spectrum, but as all of the super posibarners have shifted to super negabarner, I remain hopeful.
Offensively, I think Gus can figure it out. JJs only real problem is predetermining his throws. If he can get out of this habit, which he should be able to, he still had a chance to be a good qb. Also, the Oline should continue to improve. Gus is due for a good game play calling as well.
I'm typically more on the negabarner end of the spectrum, but as all of the super posibarners have shifted to super negabarner, I remain hopeful.
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 12:54 pm to WDE24
Same here. The team looks good. Malzahn needs to pull his head out of arse and realize JJ needs a lot of work.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 12:55 pm to WDE24
It usually takes Gus several games to figure out what he has on O. If JJ can cut down on the picks, business will pick up, IMO.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 12:59 pm to WDE24
We really need to get the running game going. Everything is so predicable right now. Gus needs to whatever he can to make Johnson at least somewhat of a threat on the ground if he won't adjust elsewhere.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:04 pm to Smoke7024
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Gus needs to whatever he can to make Johnson at least somewhat of a threat on the ground if he won't adjust elsewhere.
Not sure if that is possible. He is a lot slower than I thought he was. I think he can go up the gut for a few yards, but he doesn't have the speed, or quickness, to get outside.
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:05 pm to WDE24
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JJs only real problem is predetermining his throws. If he can get out of this habit, which he should be able to, he still had a chance to be a good qb.
I tend to think this is not something he can fix, else he would have already. It's a mental issue.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:06 pm to Rhino5
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The team looks good.
No. The team looks bad. The team looks really, really bad.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:07 pm to MrAUTigers
I tend to agree. He definitely doesn't have quickness, but maybe he can run some between the tackles. It looks like we're still running the ball out of the same sets as last year without the threat of a running QB.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:08 pm to WDE24
I'm pretty sure planned parenthood is selling pieces of that game yesterday.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:08 pm to rbWarEagle
How? Other than Johnson
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:11 pm to rbWarEagle
Johnson is pretty soft for his size too.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:11 pm to Rhino5
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How? Other than Johnson
Overtime to Jax St bad.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:14 pm to rbWarEagle
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No. The team looks bad. The team looks really, really bad.
yeah I'm kinda wondering what team these people watched
a few players looked good
the team looked like a pile of shite
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:15 pm to threedog79
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I'm pretty sure planned parenthood is selling pieces of that game yesterday.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:17 pm to Rhino5
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How? Other than Johnson
Where to fricking begin...
The o-line is average, at best. The WRs are slightly above average overall, but JJ can't get the ball to them outside of the occasional miracle or screen. Peyton Barber is legit, Roc could be eventually, and Jovon hasn't played a meaningful down. The H-backs are young and inexperienced. JJ telegraphs every throw he makes and is erratic as hell. I hold my breath every time he throws, which reminds me of Frazier.
The defensive line can be good, but we don't contain running QBs for shite. The LBs are mediocre, the whole backfield is average with a bright spot coming from Ford and Matthews.
But hey, our fricking special teams is fantastic.
Posted on 9/13/15 at 1:17 pm to MrAUTigers
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It usually takes Gus several games to figure out what he has on O.
This is such a lame excuse for stubborn playcalling and bad execution.
Gus has a relatively experienced offensive line, a stable of running backs and a true pocket passer at QB. What's there to figure out?
It's not hard to see that regardless of what Gus says publicly, his confidence in Johnson has decreased dramatically. We turned into Bubble Screen U yesterday. They never pushed the ball down the field, and two of the intermediate throws were picked off.
You also know that regardless of what the opposing defense is running, we're going to run the ball more than half the time. I think some of that right now again has to do with not wanting put the ball in JJ's hands as much, but we ran straight into a ton of run blitzes yesterday with no safeties in the middle of the field. Would be nice for an "offensive genius" like Gus to be able to see that pre-snap and check out of it every once in a while.
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