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Florida QB 2016?
Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:24 am
Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:24 am
What is the latest about who will contend and start at QB for Florida? Type of offense? Pro? HUNH? Spread-play action? Spread-run heavy? Move the pile? Ball control? Throw it 50 times? Thanks.
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Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:37 am to Jacknola
I'd guess Pro Style Spread Mix with more formations than almost any system in the country but not a huge number of plays-- similar to what McElwain ran at CSU-- the one real coaching (not recruiting) knock Mac last season was that he didn't adapt his offense at all after losing Grier, despite Treon being a horrible dropback passer and a serviceable spread option guy, so I doubt he will now.
QB will almost certainly be Luke Del Rio, how good he is anyone's guess, I'd think he will probably look a lot like another Mac QB- AJ McCarron- middling talent, can lose a game if its put too heavily on him but smart and capable of surprising and can hit the open man.
Basically if the offense gives Del Rio the looks it gave Treon and Grier we'll win 9-10, if on the other hand Del Rio has to throw people open we win 6-7.
QB will almost certainly be Luke Del Rio, how good he is anyone's guess, I'd think he will probably look a lot like another Mac QB- AJ McCarron- middling talent, can lose a game if its put too heavily on him but smart and capable of surprising and can hit the open man.
Basically if the offense gives Del Rio the looks it gave Treon and Grier we'll win 9-10, if on the other hand Del Rio has to throw people open we win 6-7.
This post was edited on 7/21/16 at 9:39 am
Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:53 am to Jacknola
Mac's offense requires a QB that can make good decisions.
It's not an offense that requires a cannon for an arm.
Del Rio is a talented QB - he was in Elite 11 in High school, and is ridiculously underrated, mostly because people don't know his story.
I won't tell it again here, you can look it up if you really want to.
The fact is, he has been in the offense for 2 years, he knows it well enough to throw to a spot, and the team respects him.
The offense will look exactly like it did in the last 9 quarters - UT, OM, and Missouri before Grier got suspended. That's the kind of offense UF wants to run, but with more running if the OL is good enough to allow it.
If you watch those games, you won't notice a lot of difficult throws. The key is timing and good decision making. Grier struggled with the timing and decision making in his first three games. He sort of hit is stride after UT. I think the learning curve will be smaller for Del Rio.
It's not an offense that requires a cannon for an arm.
Del Rio is a talented QB - he was in Elite 11 in High school, and is ridiculously underrated, mostly because people don't know his story.
I won't tell it again here, you can look it up if you really want to.
The fact is, he has been in the offense for 2 years, he knows it well enough to throw to a spot, and the team respects him.
The offense will look exactly like it did in the last 9 quarters - UT, OM, and Missouri before Grier got suspended. That's the kind of offense UF wants to run, but with more running if the OL is good enough to allow it.
If you watch those games, you won't notice a lot of difficult throws. The key is timing and good decision making. Grier struggled with the timing and decision making in his first three games. He sort of hit is stride after UT. I think the learning curve will be smaller for Del Rio.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 1:03 pm to Jacknola
It appears that Del Rio has the upper hand but don't count out Appleby. Offense should be balanced, passing game will be better as well as the run game. O line is improved. Receivers still a question mark. After last years offense, post Grier, anything will be an improvement.
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