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Clearly the threat of Milroe running the ball opened up BIG lanes for Gibbs. He didn't have close to that much room to run in any other game this season.

Or it could be the fact that Arkansas had the #123 ranked defense in college football this year. There were only 8 teams in all FBS that were worse. They ranked #104 in rush defense. Regardless of who was running the ball we were going to gauge them.

I find it concerning that he could only generate 64 yards passing against the #118 ranked pass defense.

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So you are pinging Milroe because the defense sucked? interesting.

No, I'm dinging him because he struggled to keep up with a team that only scored 26 points. That's not a huge hurdle in today's game. And we know with Golding at DC there are going to be lapses and teams are going to score points. If he would have been the starter we end up in a dogfight with a very, very bad football team just like the A&M game.

Look, totally agree that the guy is total athletic freak, and I really do wish him all the success in the world. Problem is that he is currently so limited, not just passing, but seeing the field, reading defenses and running an offense that even a monumental leap in development, he'll still barely be serviceable as a passer. And if you can't at least threaten a team with the pass, those rushing yards will quickly disappear, especially once some team get film on you.

Believe me, I'd love to be wrong and will happily eat crow if he does develop, but a big part of my concern now, is who's on staff that can develop him? I don't have faith that we're necessarily competent on that front.

This post was edited on 12/16/22 at 10:57 am