re: Fromm vs Eason

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So tight coverage causes you to throw the ball 3 feet over a receivers head, in the dirt or 5 yds ahead of them?

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It can

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He would have started for every metro school save 2 or 3

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Please, tell us what 2 or 3 metro ATL schools the Rivals Junior of the year, All American, and Gatorade Player of the Year would have ridden the bench.

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It can

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So those throws and his sub 50 completion rate were Eason wisely missing the target to avoid an interception. Got it.

This argument is truly based on parameters that are ridiculously skewed.

The Red and Black game is not balanced at all:
First off, our first string Defense is much better then our second string, especially in the secondary.

Secondly, No chubb or Michel, which when in the I formation would change ANY defenses' formation. You must respect them, and with out them, its much easier to play defense.

Thirdly, the playbook was so vanilla the shite needed sprinkles. It was about as lame as a game plan as you can get, and was on purpose.

Did Eason make some bad throws? Yes, he did, in particular the dump to Chubb over the middle where he threw it behind him. He has got to fricking work on his accuracy, and I don't think there is any argument there...however, Fromm had a lot of advantages in this game. He made some pretty throws though and seemed more at home in the pocket. I also didn't see much pressure on him, unlike Eason, who was under duress a lot.

The oline...thats a whole diff discussion as I think ti will continue to cause us problems this year, but comparing these two this early is just stupid. Let's see how Eason does when its balls to the walls with the best RB duo in the country toting the rock against worse defenses (m make no mistake, ours will be a top 10 d this year, imo) before we start worshipping Fromm.

My 2 cents

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The Red and Black game is not balanced at all:

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Fromm played against a secondary that had one player on scholarship

Can't take away from Fromm for executing against the competition that he faced, but it wasn't an equal playing field between him and Eason.

Who cares if Eason can simply make throws Fromm can't. Anyone here think Tom Brady has a better arm than Eason?

Timing and accuracy are better than arm talent. I hope I'm wrong, but I predicted Eason might be the next Christian Hackenberg a while ago on this board. Let's see if he steps up this season because the leash might not be so long this time around.

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I predicted Eason might be the next Christian Hackenberg a while ago on this board.

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amazing what you can deduce by nothing more than a guy's true freshman season

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I think this is the year that we'll see if Eason is the second coming of Matt Stafford or is he another highly rated HS kid that just can't pull it all together.

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When did stafford become stafford? His junior season, so why not give Eason until his junior season as well?

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Eason regularly misses open receivers ten yards away. Being unable to make the easy passes is a fast ticket to the bench.

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I did not see this on a regular basis. He missed some deep throws, and in fact, at times looked awful on the deep throws. however, I don't recall him missing a lot of 10 yard throws.

Timing needs work and accuracy. but he is still very, very young, and I think we will see big strides this year.