2024 Spring Practice Notes - Quarterbacks

[whateveritis1224]

7 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

His only really bad throw was the INT, and that was only because he broke a cardinal rule of Quarterbacking on top of staring down the receiver he was throwing to. His major downfall is that he's not Dylan.

[RedDenver]

24 minutes ago, MacReady said:

I completely agree. Everything is theoretical and football is impossible to predict. But for the sake of off-season message board banter, what do you imagine to be more likely to happen? Dylan starts next year and craps the bed so tragically that we’re all reminded of Jeff Sims, or Dylan starts and our offense takes a big step forward? 

I'm totally fine with the off season koolaid and optimism. I just think HH still has a large part to play this season.

[brophog]

One thing  I'd like to highlight as a difference to last year is how wide our offense was this weekend. Everything played very narrow last year and it led to stacked boxes and defenders jumping routes.

 

One play I think highlights how good Dylan is was his first TD to Bonner. Bonner is playing in "big slot' role as the 3rd receiver to that side. He runs a corner route with the two outside receivers running double ins which against man coverage are designed to hold the safety in the middle of the field. Bonner runs a really good route to create separation and Raiola throws a perfect ball with anticipation and placement so the defender has no chance.

 

I think this is one of those plays that Raiola almost hurts his own hype because he makes that throw look so easy. He's on about the 23 yard line  throwing to the right pylon....from the left hash mark. That's a very difficult throw to make and far more difficult than it is at the pro level because the narrow hash marks effectively make the field play narrower at the pro level.

 

Lastly, other than being a great throw, why do I choose this play, in particular, as someone that is excited about what I saw this spring? Because last year we threw picks with this play. In particular, it's the play that cost us the Maryland game. Now, I didn't love the play call in that situation because we're on the 7, throwing to the short side of the field so everything is more condensed and that helps the CB drop off his man to intercept the pass. But the biggest culprit is we ran that route a little too flat and Purdy drastically under threw the ball. If he throws that ball more towards the back corner it's either a TD or we're attempting a chip shot for the lead.

 

Not only did we see that same play, executed and called so much better in the spring game, but we saw that same scenario. Dylan threw two passes in a row towards the end zone on a drive where it was either our ball or no ones. We missed the FG attempt, unfortunately, but we gave ourselves the chance that we so often didn't last year.

 

I hope anybody that thinks the spring game doesn't matter will read this and see how we're taking the same scenarios, even the same plays, that cost us games last year and executing at a much higher level this year. 

[BaytownHusker]

8 hours ago, brophog said:

One thing  I'd like to highlight as a difference to last year is how wide our offense was this weekend. Everything played very narrow last year and it led to stacked boxes and defenders jumping routes.

 

One play I think highlights how good Dylan is was his first TD to Bonner. Bonner is playing in "big slot' role as the 3rd receiver to that side. He runs a corner route with the two outside receivers running double ins which against man coverage are designed to hold the safety in the middle of the field. Bonner runs a really good route to create separation and Raiola throws a perfect ball with anticipation and placement so the defender has no chance.

 

I think this is one of those plays that Raiola almost hurts his own hype because he makes that throw look so easy. He's on about the 23 yard line  throwing to the right pylon....from the left hash mark. That's a very difficult throw to make and far more difficult than it is at the pro level because the narrow hash marks effectively make the field play narrower at the pro level.

 

Lastly, other than being a great throw, why do I choose this play, in particular, as someone that is excited about what I saw this spring? Because last year we threw picks with this play. In particular, it's the play that cost us the Maryland game. Now, I didn't love the play call in that situation because we're on the 7, throwing to the short side of the field so everything is more condensed and that helps the CB drop off his man to intercept the pass. But the biggest culprit is we ran that route a little too flat and Purdy drastically under threw the ball. If he throws that ball more towards the back corner it's either a TD or we're attempting a chip shot for the lead.

 

Not only did we see that same play, executed and called so much better in the spring game, but we saw that same scenario. Dylan threw two passes in a row towards the end zone on a drive where it was either our ball or no ones. We missed the FG attempt, unfortunately, but we gave ourselves the chance that we so often didn't last year.

 

I hope anybody that thinks the spring game doesn't matter will read this and see how we're taking the same scenarios, even the same plays, that cost us games last year and executing at a much higher level this year. 

 

Agreed,  Also the 2 point conversion play.

 

I think DR will make alot of things look easy but will also make some of those head scratching mistake that freshman make.

 

The INT he through was 10% his fault. Hit the wr in his hands and went right through them. Yeah he was a little behind but Could have easily ben caught. 

[Archy1221]

12 hours ago, RedDenver said:

It'd be awesome if they stayed healthy, but we've had 3 starting QB's for at least the last 5 seasons, maybe longer.

When the run offense revolves around the QB, these kinds of things will tend to happen in today’s game.  Combine that with a porous OL and that’s how we get multiple QB’s hurt each year 

[RedDenver]

2 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

When the run offense revolves around the QB, these kinds of things will tend to happen in today’s game.  Combine that with a porous OL and that’s how we get multiple QB’s hurt each year 

Casey Thompson got hurt, so it's happened even with a QB that didn't run. (I think Tanner Lee also got hurt but not sure on that one). OL play was getting better last year, so hopefully that helps, but I just don't think the starting QB makes it through the whole season without us needing the backup for some games - and maybe the 3rd string as well.