I've been relatively quiet this year on the Brandon Allen side of things. I felt like I really hammered the kid a season ago. I took a step back at the start of this season and gave him the benefit of the doubt, considering everyone I knew close to the program, everyone you heard on any radio show, praised Allen and continued to give him a pass because of injury. Well, everyone besides on person though. This person is involved daily with the program and I respect his opinion more than any other person.

We both agreed last year Arkansas would be a max 5 win team with Allen back at QB. As the season got upon us, I let everyone else talking, persuade me into thinking Allen may be a viable option at QB for us.

Well, he is not. He is not what this offense needs at QB.

I know I bagged on Chaney last year very early. Ive laid off of him this year, because I can see mostly what he is trying to do. It all comes back to Allen and his inability to complete passes when we need them. The inability to will the team to victory. The ability to make mental mistakes at the most critical of times. The ability to still, stare down only one WR or TE and then simply throw the ball away if one person is not open.

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There seems to be some critical thinking towards Chaney on why we don't line up in the shotgun more when we need to pass. Ive seen websites of ours critical of our OC, asking why do we pass with Allen under center?

Its simple. Allen cant handle that many WRs or TEs running routes at once. It confuses him and gives him too many options.

Think about this for a second....Everyone praised Tyler Wilson in 2011 when we went 11-2. I was skeptical of Wilson. Mainly because he could not read a defense. This was shown by our offense changing what we did at the LOS under Mallett. Our Mallett led offense would never look to the sideline for a play change. Fast forward to Wilson, and the entire offense began to look at the sideline for play changes. Wilson was never able to read a defense on his own. He had to rely on Petrino and company to get them into the right play. Thus, Wilson has had not much of a pro career.

Now, with Allen. Not only can Allen not comprehend some of the simplest defensive reads, he cannot follow more than 2-3 WRs on pass routes. This is why we pass quite a bit out of the I formation with him being under center. It limits his thought process. Go back and look at film and break down how many passes he throws away out of bounds. Now dissect which offense we are in when he makes those throws out of bounds.

Being in the shotgun with 4-5 WRs or TEs is too much for Allen to handle. Even at the end of the game against State, he focused on one player mainly. Henry, luckily made some fantastic catches in traffic. This gave us a false hope going down the field late. Everyone knew an interception was coming.

My point is, Chaney is having to make the passing game as simple as possible for Allen. Not too many options in the passing game, or this confuses Allen. Unfortunately for us, Allen is the best we have that is game ready. He is the best option to hand off right now.

Ive got more to say, but Im tired of typing....I hope this all makes sense