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re: Down 7pts next week at the half
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:04 pm to Peter Buck
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:04 pm to Peter Buck
improvise. And his maturity to not give up the ball trying to win it for us. Lean on defense, special teams and run game while he develops.
Dude, do NOT bring logic into this scenario.
Here's my thing. Ohio state is now the standard in CFb like we used to be. They are loaded with talent like we have been very recently. Their only real deficiency is a true freshman at QB. Do you think OSU is having their freshman QB hand off and throw screens only? No, he's cutting it loose and letting it fly. Come playoff time he's going to be a seasoned vet meanwhile were probably hoping our upperclassman that's been in the program for years can find an open man 15 yards down field.
I'm not a downer, I'm really not. But I'm terrified of what we've seen from gunner so far. If he can't throw it past 10 yards in Knoxville then we might as well just give it to pugs since we aren't winning anything substantial
Dude, do NOT bring logic into this scenario.
Here's my thing. Ohio state is now the standard in CFb like we used to be. They are loaded with talent like we have been very recently. Their only real deficiency is a true freshman at QB. Do you think OSU is having their freshman QB hand off and throw screens only? No, he's cutting it loose and letting it fly. Come playoff time he's going to be a seasoned vet meanwhile were probably hoping our upperclassman that's been in the program for years can find an open man 15 yards down field.
I'm not a downer, I'm really not. But I'm terrified of what we've seen from gunner so far. If he can't throw it past 10 yards in Knoxville then we might as well just give it to pugs since we aren't winning anything substantial
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Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:10 pm to Bradb5291
Some betters must be taking UGA -7. They probably haven't been paying attention.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 8:13 pm to WG_Dawg
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Do you think OSU is having their freshman QB hand off and throw screens only? No, he's cutting it loose and letting it fly. Come playoff time he's going to be a seasoned vet meanwhile were probably hoping our upperclassman that's been in the program for years can find an open man 15 yards down field.
Yep. Eventually, Gunner is going to have to rip one down the field into traffic to make critical 3rd and long against a good team. The fact that he hasn’t been willing to do so yet against bad teams doesn’t mean he can’t, but it isn’t exactly encouraging.
This post was edited on 9/8/25 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 9/8/25 at 8:34 pm to Crowknowsbest
The weird thing is he did it last year against a great Notre Dame defense.
Almost like they have coached him too hard to be risk adverse. Or maybe the soft coverage has really thrown him for a loop? Got to find a way to adjust to that quickly
Almost like they have coached him too hard to be risk adverse. Or maybe the soft coverage has really thrown him for a loop? Got to find a way to adjust to that quickly
Posted on 9/8/25 at 8:42 pm to WG_Dawg
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But I'm terrified of what we've seen from gunner so far.
Amazingly, Peter thinks he has been good, if not better than good.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 7:19 am to djsdawg
Is that so?
Posted on 9/9/25 at 9:42 am to BillysIsland
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Got to find a way to adjust to that quickly
Is that even possible? He seems like an overly cautious player and coach pleaser.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 9:47 am to WG_Dawg
Watched Brooks breakdown last night and although Gunner did miss some opportunities AP was dropping a ton of dudes into coverage leaving the check downs wide open. I feel better now because if they’re just going to give you the short passes why try to force the ball downfield?
Posted on 9/9/25 at 9:49 am to Dawg4Life47
The rest of us understood exactly what you meant.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 9:59 am to SquatchDawg
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I feel better now because if they’re just going to give you the short passes why try to force the ball downfield?
true, but my concern is that up to now we don't even know if GS CAN throw downfield. I mean physiclaly obviously he can but we hvaen't seen him do it really in a game.
I'm sure Tennessee knows this and will probably force us to try to throw deep. With half our OL being banged up and questions about downfield passing, I'm expecting UT to load the box and play tight man coverage and dare us to throw long.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 10:10 am to WG_Dawg
Colby Young says he can absolutely throw down field and is extremely explosive. I trust the guy catching his passes more than our knuckle dragging fan base.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 10:41 am to lewis and herschel
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Colby Young says he can absolutely throw down field
well that settles it
kirby says he can throw it downfield. By all accounts he does it just fine in practice. Thus far he hasnt' done it at all in games, which is what matters.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 11:18 am to WG_Dawg
Not really, it was Marshall and a wet track vs Austin Peay.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 11:23 am to WG_Dawg
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kirby says he can throw it downfield. By all accounts he does it just fine in practice. Thus far he hasnt' done it at all in games, which is what matters.
Being a live target in games is a big mental hurdle for QB's. Some adjust to that quicker than others, I guess.
On another tangent, one thing I've noticed about Gunner's release is that he has a trigger to initiate his throwing motion; he slaps or pats the ball with his left hand immediately before he takes it back to throw. If you have a decent monitor screen and slow the videos on youtube down to quarter speed, you can see him do it on a high percentage of passes where his left hand is visible. He doesn't do it when he knows where the pass is going before the snap, but most other throws he does. Usually pats it once, occasionally twice. He'll even do it with a pass rusher bearing down in his face, or a receiver 5-10 yards away waiting for the football.
I'm not an expert, but from watching every pass of the first two games I believe the extra fraction of a second to remove his left hand and slap the football has kept Gunner from getting some passes off cleanly, and has also allowed some DB's to converge on the receiver. Also If a lineman or rusher sees that slap, it gives them an early hint that it's time to jump or put their hands up.
This post was edited on 9/9/25 at 11:49 am
Posted on 9/9/25 at 11:57 am to wdhalgren
He threw it downfield just fine against TX and ND
Posted on 9/9/25 at 11:59 am to WG_Dawg
It's doesn't matter though. Not really. What matters is winning and so far they have done. So many people on the board get down on ugly wins. So much so they start to act there's been a loss before there has been. Do yall only enjoy uga football after a natty or a 40pt blow out win?
Posted on 9/9/25 at 12:11 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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He threw it downfield just fine against TX and ND
Kirby's been saying Gunner needs to play with confidence, which I took to mean that he thinks Gunner has been tentative in the first couple of games of 2025. We have some receivers who should be able to battle for the football.
Personally, I think the bar for Gunner in 2025 is set higher than what he did vs Texas and ND. He was an inexperienced backup last year who had never practiced as the starting qb until December. He played as well as could be expected under tough circumstances. This season against a slate of tough games, there will be times he needs to carry the offense.
This post was edited on 9/9/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 9/9/25 at 12:49 pm to HypersonicDawg
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It's doesn't matter though. Not really. What matters is winning and so far they have done
obviously
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So many people on the board get down on ugly wins. So much so they start to act there's been a loss before there has been.
I think people at the moment are more so grumbling because of the troubling fact that one of the things you absolutely need your QB to do to win big games these days, he hasn't shown an ability to do yet. People aren't mad that we're winning, people (or myself I guess, I can't speak for all) are very worried that if this doesn't improve and quickly we could lose quite a few games.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 12:53 pm to WG_Dawg
At his presser, Coach Smart said that he felt we need to see Practice Gunner perform similarly in a live game. I took that to mean that he's slinging it around the yard in practice, making the long throws, keeping the ball catchable for the WRs, etc. but when Saturday gets here, he's playing a little closer to the vest than anyone would prefer.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 12:57 pm to VoxDawg
But he also said it wasn’t just him but the whole as they practiced
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