re: Texas A&M 13 @ Georgia 19 Final - CBS

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Fromm clearly struggled for the 3rd straight game. Idk why you are trying to defend him but he has been terrible this year. I do agree that the coaching has been poor on the offensive side of the ball this year, but Fromm looks like he has regressed.

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You don't think Coley and an entirely new set of receivers has anything to do with how Fromm has looked this season compared to the past two? For three years, we've heard all about how Fromm is a work horse and a film rat. He doesn't show signs of nerves, he is frequently praised for putting our offense in the right places in terms of protections etc., and he protects the ball the ball (he's only got one INT credited to a mistake on his part this season) yet I'm supposed to believe that Fromm is a mediocre QB who couldn't throw his way out of a paper bag? That's a little too much for me to believe considering how much I've been following him the past few years.

On the contrary. I have been watching his film very closely. I make a weekly video of all his plays, after all. I've seen each play two, three, four times, or more. There is a drastic difference between this year and last, and it isn't Fromm. Our lack of play makers at WR and TE and our vanilla play calling for most of the year has made our offense mostly one-dimensional. Our WRs don't get consistent separation, which forces Fromm to either throw the ball away, check it down to a RB for a couple yards, or to try to hit a low-percentage throw to someone matched up man-on-man.

Cager has been the only consistent target to come down with the ball on those situations and he's been injured for a good part of the season. While Fromm generally has good protection, it's only good for a few seconds. He's got enough time to go through his progressions and then throw the ball somewhere. He doesn't have enough time to wait for someone to get open, so if he checks a target and they aren't open, he'll move on, so if they get open later, that won't matter.

So no, I don't personally think Fromm has regressed. I think the supporting cast has regressed which has made Fromm less successful.