twofittyonred
Special Teams Player
And..??
Dylan Raiola
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I'm glad you are, most would be very disappointed as we won't get to face a UCLA-level defense every week next season.
Worth noting, Dylan did not throw the ball downfield as often this season in large part due to the offensive line play and also the type of receivers we have on the roster. Not one regular receiver was considered a burner to allow him to unleash the downfield throws like we wanted. He had more of that his freshman year with Jaylen Lloyd beating the secondary routinely. If we had a burner last season, I think we would have utilized his arm to throw those homerun balls more often.
I think with a full spring and fall as well as a heavy dose of S&C , TJ will do well. BUT, will Dana call a game that allows for his mobility. I'm still not sold on Dana as OC. Then again folks can point to poor OL play, receivers who can't take the top off the D and 1 RB accounting for 83% of the touches and still have the 82nd ranked running game might also be a problem for any OC. But what did he do to counter that?
As noted above, Dylan wasn't exactly beating top tier teams. He did flip the one loss score narrative or was that an AA RB....
I'll be interested to see how healthy TJ will be come bowl time. He looked hobbled against Iowa for sure.
It's kind of silly to argue that DR didn't look very good since the OL couldn't give him 10 second clean pockets and he didn't have a receiver corp consisting of Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson and CeeDee Lamb...
He did have a starting guard from ND and a tackle from Bama, as well as an all big 10 running back, but that wasn't good enough I guess.
Weird how the OL only gave up one sack against the best 2 defenses they saw all season in the last two games with a rookie QB.
He did have a starting guard from ND and a tackle from Bama, as well as an all big 10 running back, but that wasn't good enough I guess.
Weird how the OL only gave up one sack against the best 2 defenses they saw all season in the last two games with a rookie QB.
this is a lot bigger loss than many fans are making it out to be.
we went toe to toe with michigan and usc with dylan as qb. i can't explain the minnesota beatdown, but overall dylan had the team going in the right direction.
i simply don't see lateef having much success with the upcoming schedule and current roster we have.
rhule will have to go crazy in the portal if we are going to have any chance to compete next year.
we went toe to toe with michigan and usc with dylan as qb. i can't explain the minnesota beatdown, but overall dylan had the team going in the right direction.
i simply don't see lateef having much success with the upcoming schedule and current roster we have.
rhule will have to go crazy in the portal if we are going to have any chance to compete next year.
I am I
All-Conference
bye
He was good but he was not great, even if he stayed here for 4 full years and the team around him got mildly better; we were not going to ever be 11-2, 10-3 type team with him as our QB1.
He’s too slow and he doesn’t have fast twitch in his lower body. He was fun to watch and brought a little stability for a couple years, but he did not do anything to really truly elevate our offense, let alone the whole team.
Kind of like our very own Joey Ganz. He just made plays and it was easier to excuse his mistakes because he was salty and a dude.
Good luck, I hope it works out. I’ll watch but won’t care. I hope TJ can prove something or we get just a flat out baller who has fun, plays fast and free and can pull the stick out of our programs a$$.
He was good but he was not great, even if he stayed here for 4 full years and the team around him got mildly better; we were not going to ever be 11-2, 10-3 type team with him as our QB1.
He’s too slow and he doesn’t have fast twitch in his lower body. He was fun to watch and brought a little stability for a couple years, but he did not do anything to really truly elevate our offense, let alone the whole team.
Kind of like our very own Joey Ganz. He just made plays and it was easier to excuse his mistakes because he was salty and a dude.
Good luck, I hope it works out. I’ll watch but won’t care. I hope TJ can prove something or we get just a flat out baller who has fun, plays fast and free and can pull the stick out of our programs a$$.
PasstheDamnBallGuy
Starter
Oh nice I bet he threw for a lot of yards in those 2 games where he only took one sack or at least threw for a single TD or even better I bet we scored lots of points.
Probably the same as DR would have done, except for at least 5 sacks a game.
HANC
All-Conference
Although you are correct, he “explored” entering last year and when he announced he wasn’t entering, most viewed him as a hero but some were ready to say good riddance. Now that this happened again, but he actually enters the portal, especially since the fan base is ultimately divided on their thoughts about DR…. I am sure the majority will not be so welcoming, even if he is our best option. So, with that said, I highly doubt this in in play.
Undone
All-American
Lot of hypotheticals in that post.
I was excited to see what junior year Dylan could do.
I just know that with a decent defense we beat Michigan. We had no linebacker presence in that game. But Raiola threw for 308 yards.
And we don’t know how USC ends if he doesn’t get hurt.
runningblind
All-American
Some good points in here, maybe we should be more worried about OL, WR and RB than we should about QB1 at this point. It may not matter who is throwing the ball if there isn't enough support.
krc1995
Heisman Trophy Winner
Satt was the TE coach when the portal opened last year.
admo
Heisman Trophy Winner
DR threw a pick-six and lost to UCLA. TJ beat them. But anyways....
twofittyonred
Special Teams Player
and..??
PasstheDamnBallGuy
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We averaged less than 4 when he was starting so another thing that only exists in your mind.