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Sims Surprised Me But I'm Still Not Happy
Posted on 8/30/14 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 8/30/14 at 9:13 pm
I'm gonna start with saying that Sims impressed me, and for Coker to not get any playing time says a lot, but I'm still not on the Sims band wagon. I think he's serviceable but not the type of QB to take control and lean on when needing a game winning drive. You can point to the 73% completions and 250+ yards all you want but when you nickel and dime down the field against an unranked team it's not that difficult. How many passes were past 15 yards? The deep ball to Jones (which should have been caught) was under thrown and would have had a good chance of being intercepted by a better D. Jones had to turn around and stop to try and make a catch. How many of you would feel comfortable with having Sims leading a come from behind win like AJ did against LSU in '12? Again I'm not trying to take away from his performance. He did much better than I thought he would do, but I don't think he's capable to take us the distance.
This post was edited on 8/30/14 at 9:14 pm
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Posted on 8/30/14 at 9:17 pm to GAFF
I agree he is a step back from AJ but suspect he's the best we have. Also suspect he's good enough (how good did GMAC or AJ look their first start?) to lead us to a champ if the D can get it together
Posted on 8/30/14 at 9:18 pm to GAFF
Yeah, kinda agree. Feel shitty for not being more excited when Sims exceeded expectations. But, just get the feeling he's not "the guy".
Posted on 8/30/14 at 9:36 pm to GAFF
Im not the biggest Blake Sims fan, but thank God he is not Anthony Jefferson 
Posted on 8/30/14 at 10:35 pm to GAFF
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The deep ball to Jones (which should have been caught) was under thrown and would have had a good chance of being intercepted by a better D. Jones had to turn around and stop to try and make a catch.
You do realize that ball was lofted like that on purpose, right? When a receiver is that wide open downfield the typical pass will have air under it and usually it'll be underthrown as well to insure that the reciever will be able to get his hands on it. If he was facing better defense that throw wouldn't have happened. I agree that Sims is no AJ (though that's an extremely unfair comparison), but I feel like he could certainly manage a game like McElroy did his first year.
Posted on 8/30/14 at 10:43 pm to GAFF
I think we lose at least 3 games if Sims starts. I was completely unimpressed and saw just a little improvement since the spring. It baffled me that with 3 years to prepare someone to take over for AJ, how Sims is our best option.
Posted on 8/30/14 at 10:51 pm to GAFF
All I gotta say is we can sit back and relax the next 2 games and watch Coker grow and the defense shake the rust off. Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey need to get some work in as well. Sylve is just god damn turrible.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 7:32 am to GAFF
If by "exceeded expectaitons" you guys mean he looked like a capable MAC starter, than yes, he exceeded expectations. I am still praying Coker wins the job somehow.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:15 am to GAFF
did not read entire thread but when we play the great defenses we will have to be able to stretch the field vertically and Sims does not do that.
Coker will have to be the one. If we cant stretch it vertically then UF will put so many in the box that even the running game wont get untracked
Coker will have to be the one. If we cant stretch it vertically then UF will put so many in the box that even the running game wont get untracked
Posted on 8/31/14 at 9:17 am to GAFF
its his first start no matter how many years he has been in the program. This one game sold me on Kiffin with what he has done with Sims at qb. He spun out of multiple sacks extended the play and kept his eyes downfield. A couple of runs when he was getting a little rattled but all in all I was happy with his play today.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 9:34 am to GAFF
Let's talk about this word "stretch" for a moment.
I've seen the phrases "stretch the field" and "stretch the pocket" used in this thread.
Seems like we have to pick one. Do you want a guy who can stretch the field or the pocket? Because realistically, you can't have both.
Could McCarron stretch the field? Sure. Could he stretch the pocket? Hell no. McCarron had 387 yards passing against Oklahoma. He also lost about 50 yards on seven sacks and gave up a touchdown on a fumble return. Are sacks always the QBs fault? No, but that's irrelevant in this discussion. The point is, how well can the QB escape and then make a sound decision when he's running for his life.
The bottom line is that Sims is what he is. The reality is that he probably isn't going to get much better, and, let's face it...maybe Coker won't either. I wished for three years that we had a kicker that could make a clutch field goal from distance with the game on the line, and we didn't get one of those until just now. So really, there's lots to be positive about.
But our CB play sure as hell isn't one of them.
I've seen the phrases "stretch the field" and "stretch the pocket" used in this thread.
Seems like we have to pick one. Do you want a guy who can stretch the field or the pocket? Because realistically, you can't have both.
Could McCarron stretch the field? Sure. Could he stretch the pocket? Hell no. McCarron had 387 yards passing against Oklahoma. He also lost about 50 yards on seven sacks and gave up a touchdown on a fumble return. Are sacks always the QBs fault? No, but that's irrelevant in this discussion. The point is, how well can the QB escape and then make a sound decision when he's running for his life.
The bottom line is that Sims is what he is. The reality is that he probably isn't going to get much better, and, let's face it...maybe Coker won't either. I wished for three years that we had a kicker that could make a clutch field goal from distance with the game on the line, and we didn't get one of those until just now. So really, there's lots to be positive about.
But our CB play sure as hell isn't one of them.
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