Nah. Luke is going to be great but he was too raw this year. Vedral knows the offense well but he just isn't the weapon Martinez is. Next year it will be an open competition and the best player will play I truly believe that just like this season. There is a good chance that is McCaffrey but I wouldn't rule out Martinez either. He has played pretty poorly this year but I do not subscribe to the notion that he is a bad player.
Frost also has specific packages for McCaffrey to help him succeed.....limited reads, etc.
At this point, limited reads would probably have benefited AM just as much as McCaffrey.
There may be some hindsight truth to that, but we can't limit the playbook that much.
Yeah, unfortunately that’s true. But I wonder if a “one read, then run” mentality would have brought back some of AM’s instinctual play, like last year.
Martinez was a known commodity by the time the Iowa game rolled around. Leads the B1G in turnovers. Mobility in question, not fluid East to West - Frost doesn't trust him in the passing game - Iowa wasn't gonna let him beat them with his legs. McCaffery showed flashes of potential in his time in the game (and last week). Ability to hit the open man, good decisions on RPO, home run threat in the running game. It's not that McCaffery would have for sure given Iowa fits, it's the fact Iowa had proved they had Martinez pegged and a switch up could have caught them with their pants down - give McCaffery another series and see where it goes.
Martinez looks bad to fans because he what is possibly the worst touchdown to turnover ratio in P5 football. He is also a 1 read QB which limits an offense’s possibilities. He needs to get drastically better or someone else needs to fill the spot. Another year of 2019 Martinez is a recipe for 5-7 or 6-6.
