re: Fromm Didn't Take Us Anywhere Last Year

Fromm doesn’t have anyone to catch the high throws like he did with Wims.

Fromm has regressed in accuracy on his back shoulder passes.

Fromm is overthrowing streaking open receivers at about the same rate as last year.

The first 2 were what he did well last year. The first is non existent right now because he doesn’t have a Wims type. The second is all him. He has lost a lot of accuracy on the back shoulder pass for whatever reason. In between he is throwing crossing patterns and check downs at receivers feet or behind them a bit. And then sometimes he makes some solid throws. He is just very inconsistent right now. Sophomore slump maybe.

We will learn a lot more on Saturday.

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Eason had a bad supporting cast, and he lacked mobility. He was the focal point of our o.

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How was the cast different from what Fromm had last year? We returned almost the entire Oline, the key pieces at WR.

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Patterson was going for a redshirt and was suddenly thrown into the fire late in the season. He was the focal point of their o.

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You mean similarly to what you want to do with Fields?
Either way it doesn't change how he played. And, he didn't play that well his sophomore season, either. He did okay, but Ole Miss fans were ready for Ta'amu, and Ta'amu took over iirc.

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Neither of them had a great situation like Fromm did last year and like fields would have had this year. Fromm was able to be a game manager working off a strong run game.

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Yet you somehow think this is a great situation? We lost a NFL OT, starting RG is injured and we have a new RT. As much as I like our RBs, they are not as good as Chubb and Michel.

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Patterson was going for a redshirt and was suddenly thrown into the fire late in the season. He was the focal point of their o.

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Insert Fields and this gets real funny

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It was very different. Not one 2016 positional group was close to as good as the 2017 or 2018 ones.

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The players were essentially the same, were they not?
There were a lot of factors that made those positional groups better. Experience. Coaches. The QB being able to hit open receivers instead of overthrowing them. A lot of the problems Eason had were of his own making.

Of course, if you want to make the excuse that Eason should get a pass, then you should be giving Fromm a pass as well this year. You can't have it both ways. Fromm is playing with a group of inexperienced players in different positions. he lost 6 players that are on NFL rosters this year, including 2 first rounders, and one early second.

Essentially the same?

OL: We replaced 3 senior OL with better OL.

WR: Our best wr went from a 5’7 punt returner to a 6’4 jump baller. Hardman was on defense. Chigbu and Stanley were dropping passes all over.

RB: Nick Chubb was only a year removed from his injury. Swift was in high school.

Strategy: It involved much more passing. 53 attempts vs mizzou?

The point is the situation that Eason played with wasn’t close to as good as the situations of 2017 or 2018. Saying so doesn’t make me an eason lover.

It all depended on our strategy choice. Would we have gone with the same conservative run first approach or used the whole playbook just because we didn’t have a freshman qb?

You guys still going on about this? I’m as argumentative as anyone but this horse is dead. We will see what happens tomorrow.

BTW, I finally finished the Fromm vs. LSU video.

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