More Fromm Love?

I just don't want to go through our 5th starting QB in 5 years...

Can we get some continuity at the position FFS?

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Can we get some continuity at the position FFS?

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we are, since eason is undoubtedly starting and would take an absolute disaster to not keep starting.

Backup QB is always the most popular player on the team.

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Of the three very highly ranked qb's we've had in the last 10 years, Stafford, Murray, and Eason, I thought Eason showed the least progress during his first season.

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He progressed quite nicely actually.

Eason's first 6 games:

-Averaged 51.5% completion percentage
-Averaged 170 yards per game
-Averaged 118.3 passer rating
-Threw 8 total TDs and 5 total Int

Eason's last 7 games:

-Averaged 58.5% completion percentage
-Averaged 201 yards per game
-Averaged 129.3 passer rating
-Threw 8 total TDs and 3 total Int


FR season totals:

Stafford (TFr)
52.7%, 1,749 yards, 7 TD, 13 INT

Murray (RFr)
61.1%, 3,049 yards, 24 TD, 8 INT

Eason (TFr)
55.1%, 2,430 yards, 16 TD, 8 INT

Few notes:
-Murray clearly blew the others away, be he was also a redshirt and had a full extra year of development
-Murray had mediocre RBs but had AJ Green, Kris Durham, Tavarres King, Marlon Brown, and Orson Charles to throw to. That is miles and miles better than what both Stafford and Eason had
-All 3 OLs were bad so that's essentially a wash, although 2016's was the worst of the bunch
-Stafford and Murray both had Bobo as OC. Eason had Chaney..
-Murray and Stafford came from powerhouse football areas while Eason did not.

I'd say Eason did pretty darn well all things considered. If he makes even marginal improvement as expected (which just about all of our multi-year starters have) he'll be perfectly fine. The alternative is starting another True Freshman and being in the same boat at QB as we were last year.

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He progressed quite nicely actually.

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Most of the positive thoughts on Stafford's freshman season are selective memory from the Auburn game.

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it does make you think about Eason's work ethic behind the scenes

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I think anyone on campus last year could probably tell you that Eason spent more than his fair share of time downtown last spring when he got here, and all that weight he put on was definitely not muscle.

But Eason definitely improved during the season and I'm sure he's being pushed but Fromm. I'm guessing the comparison is Fromm is working harder now than Eason did when he first got on campus.

And the last drive against GT. And 2nd half Virginia tech. But yes. First half of season was ugly

This is posturing on the part of Smart. You want coach to toot your horn? Play like the starter you're supposed to be and lead your team

Statistics are a funny thing. Put the Vanderbilt game in the first group, compare first 7 to last 6 and the numbers are virtually identical. Completion percent 54.3% (first half) vs 56.1% (second half). 195 (1st) vs 177 ypg (2nd), 6.6 vs 6.6 ypa, TD/Int 9/5 vs 7/3. In other words, no statistical improvement.

Small sample sizes mean that the stats are heavily influenced by changing group selection, or changing variables between the two groups, or just random distribution of data. For example, Eason had three games in an opponent's stadium in the first 6 (Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina), 1 game in an opponent's stadium (Kentucky) in the last 6. Playing in an opponent's stadium could be expected to adversely influence a freshman qb, so that would be a negative factor in the first 6 games. I'm sure you can find some skewed variable for the second half if so inclined, but it just proves that the stats don't tell the whole story.

So instead of relying on stats, I just watched him play the games. What I saw was very little improvement in accuracy, mechanics, vision, decision making, etc. His pocket presence did seem to get a little better, getting sacked by linebackers will do that. But, overall, if you think he progressed quite nicely, we'll have to disagree.

As for Fromm, I'm not advocating for him at all, just noting that I didn't see Eason improve in 2016.

WG bringin' da heat. Pretty much exactly what I was going to post until I saw it already here. From an "eye test" perspective, I can see why people felt Eason wasn't improving, because there were just so many of the same errors (throwing off the back foot, sever under/over throws, throwing slightly behind the receiver on slant type routes leading to no YAC) but the reality is it's just more fresh in our minds... He had a good, not great freshman year and did show some improvement over the course of the year. Not quite as much as many of us might have hoped, but reasonable for a freshman. This year should tell us a lot more.