Purdy.....
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I’m sure they’re just as surprised as we are that he’s being used as a game manager. Not his best utilization, and has led him to regress
I think it's fair to say the line hasn't been good enough to facilitate a fair shot at being a 'game manager'. I also am not sure we will be able to get him outside the pocket regularly if we aren't using more gap blocking and misdirection. Teams are making us one dimensional and predictable with their schemes. We need to counter back.
I'm not sure we can really say that with certainty. We don't know if he's making audibles for blitzes or if its being overruled by Newell. There's a lot that can happen but he certainly is holding the ball too long for timed routes.
I don't like the way they're utilizing him at all
I wonder how the coaches would vote four games in?
Brock's been a special player, but elite QBs can't fumble with the game on the line.
Trying to keep him healthy I guess.
We need him to be more of the guy in which we say “that play doesn’t work if not for a great play by Purdy”. We had more of those his freshman year. That’s not trying to make him a more mobile Kempt.
Seems like we got fooled into thinking we could win with our bully ball against a defense that’s defending that. We’re not horrible at it, thanks to Breece, but we’re not top-20 with it and all the other mistakes CMC teams tend to make (ST). A little more (positive) playmaking from Purdy and just being ******* average on ST would make this team top 10. So frustrating
I don't disagree with anything you said. The whole average arm or whatever nonsense that gets spewed is just dumb though. He has elite accuracy and that can't be denied and it's not like he's throwing simple bubble screens that our past QBs couldn't even place right
He doesn’t have elite accuracy on all throws though.
Well who does lol?
He hit Scates at over 50 yards Saturday and he dropped it. He overthrew another deep ball Saturday and that's about it that I can think of. The crossing route to Hutchinson got tipped and Breece should have caught that dump off
Past QBs?? I beg your pardon, Sam Richardson could more than hold his own vs Brock, sir.
You lost it with the Breece should’ve caught that line. Breece couldn’t see it coming around an arm because he whipped it to the side when he threw it. All Brock had to do was float it over the top and he has all sorts od daylight.
Watching the QBs consistently throw bubble screens behind the WRs under Herman still gives me nightmares
He had a guy right in his face. It was impressive Purdy even got it to him IMO
Which wasn’t your point. You said Breece should’ve caught it not he had a guy in his face.
I still think he should have but I expect greatness out of him
Its not all his fault but I get the feeling sometimes that its almost positioned as none of it is his fault... and he plays quarterback.
For better, for worse - if the quarterback gets credit for setting records and winning and doing well ( none of which is entirely on him, because just like when things break bad, he needs the OL to pass block and the ball to be caught)
then when things don't get well, the quarterback gets - at times unfairly but at times justified IMO - take the blame. Heck, look at Daniel Jones with the Giants. They've scored 1 touchdown this year he didn't contribute pass or rush for, has not thrown an INT thus far and leads them by far in average per rush and leads in yards rushing - and yet most seem to think he's the problem. He's been the only fully functioning member of that offense and he's the problem. Just as an example of the life of a quarterback.
as for balls off the receivers hands... that's a tough one because the simple answer is yes, the quarterback shouldn't be blamed....
but there are always other factors. did was is it to one side where the receiver could only get one hand on it etc. Did the receiver get crunched by the safety right after the ball hit his hands?
Just like with the total # of interceptions there being other factors at play for quarterbacks - there are different levels of balls of a receivers hands that are intercepted. If its a good ball and hits them in stride I agree that's unfair to the quarterback. But if its high, and behind the receiver and he gets his hands on it but can't catch it - that's on both of them and the QB to me in that situation deserves the INT because he put the receiver in a bad position and the receiver maybe should have caught it but it would have been a great catch.
as for Dekkers.... I have no idea what his leadership or mental make up is but I have been very impressed with the raw talent he possesses. There's more to being a QB than just raw talent but the talent part he certainly seems to have in good quality
