I completely agree that our QB needs to be able to complete a higher percentage of passes and ones in key parts of games while also taking care of the ball. He and the center are the only players who touch the ball every play. You can't be successful when turning the ball over constantly. My thing in this thread is that some seem to think that that has to be tied to not having a QB who is also asked to run some option and designed QB runs. That just isn't true. In fact, three of the playoff teams have lived off of some form of option/designed QB runs and they have QBs who completed over 60% of their passes while not turning it over.i would hope we could get a true decent passing qb eventually, its not whether we run from a pro set or out of the gun or the spread........but most top teams have a kid who can first and foremost throw the ball for 60% or better and are good game managers........running qbs who are undependable passers and are not respected by the D's is what we have most recently put on the field.....say what you want, but that has to change......
There's a difference between a QB who is also an athlete and an athlete who is playing QB.It seems highly unusual to hear everyone jumping on this "we don't need no quarterback to run... They's useless anyways..." mentality.
Everyone does realize that since 2010, 4 of the 5 Heisman winners was a "dual threat" QB... Jameis is even borderline dual threat if not "mobile".
I'm not saying "dual threat" is the way to go. But the opposite is not the only answer. Especially considering that 3 of the 4 teams that participated in the past two National Championship games had option based attacks.
Jameis was so damn slow at the combines, he was a big sumbitch to tackle once he got moving in the open....not a true dual threat guy........he took what the D gave him by accident and seldom by design.There's a difference between a QB who is also an athlete and an athlete who is playing QB.It seems highly unusual to hear everyone jumping on this "we don't need no quarterback to run... They's useless anyways..." mentality.
Everyone does realize that since 2010, 4 of the 5 Heisman winners was a "dual threat" QB... Jameis is even borderline dual threat if not "mobile".
I'm not saying "dual threat" is the way to go. But the opposite is not the only answer. Especially considering that 3 of the 4 teams that participated in the past two National Championship games had option based attacks.
True. And that's great if success in the college game is all you ask in life.To me, I really don't care what is going on in the NFL. Ever since I started watching football, the college game has been completely different than the NFL. Success at one, does not mean success at the other. And, just because something doesn't work in the NFL doesn't mean it can't be extremely successful in the college game.