Is this going to be a thing every game?
idiot, no one is questioning who QB 1 is. I didn't see who threw the last pass, but looking at the box score I didn't see Sawyer with any throws, so wanted to verify that. Every back up is important, but the back up QB is the most important. The response that we may have been trying to get Will 400 yards is perfectly acceptable and I have not problem with it.
And I’m sure Leach is aware of that and is developing the backup as much as he can. But throwing him into garbage time situations isn’t going to make a bit of difference in how ready he is if he’s needed. When he’s ready to play, he’ll play.
Leach knows much more than any of us about developing football players, my curiosity was why have Will throw that pass at that time, with time running down and the game well in hand. Getting 400 yards is a good explanation. I remember Mullen did not let a RB who had 197 or so yards get 200 (Josh Robinson?), and I don't think it sat well with the RB.
Garbage time throws won’t prepare him to step into a hostile stadium while trailing in the middle of the second quarter. Making fans happy is certainly part of head coaching success but this is an issue that probably needs to be laid to rest.
No doubt, but it was classic a-hole Mullen. 2014 Tiger Stadium. Josh is from Louisian but they did not recruit him at all. Josh had 197 yards rushing, by about the end of the 3rd quarter, I think. He wants to get to 200. Mullen says he should’ve run harder with his previous carries if he wanted 200. This is all internet rumor from that time.
"Petulant? Petulant Becky? Too bad they didn't teach you the meaning of that back east in that big school"***
I've been wondering why we don't get Sawyer some valuable game reps in our blowouts. We've had games well in hand and Sawyer didn't come on until the last drive, maybe 2 drives.
I kind of remember this, but I also remember there being an exchange from Robinson to Mullen on the sideline holding up 3 fingers to show he only needed 3 more yards and Mullen basically saying "if you really want it, I'll call one in", but I think they ended up just taking a knee.
Wait, what? You're smarter than that. Any and all reps, practice, mental, garbage time, etc., help. There's a ton on QBs, getting the play in, communicating, making adjustments, reading defenses, getting the offense set, putting receivers in motion, etc. Any real game action, including, passing, handing off and even kneeling down to run out the clock helps a great deal. I had no idea of the complexities of the position until I coached pee wee football with a former college QB. I knew there was a lot to playing QB, but it was much more to it than I thought I knew.
It was Kentucky later that year. Mullen did a wonderful job motivating the kid if that was his intention... he sucked balls after that. Think he scored maybe 1 TD after having a huge first half of the season. It was like someone flipped a switch off after the KY game
Sawyer is not playing. Get over it.
In 2018, Minshew threw for nearly 4800 yards and 38 TDs. His backups had 15 pass attempts TOTAL for the season.
The following year, Anthony Gordon who had 5 of those pass attempts the previous year, had better numbers than Minshew. He threw for 5579 yards and 48 TDs. His backups that season? 17 pass attempts.
Those 5 passes in 2018 propelled him to a monster 2019!!!
Bryce Young’s backups had 24 pass attempts last season. Do you remember Burrow’s backup playing “meaningful” snaps? CJ Stroud has more passing TDs than Will. He’s not sitting to get some backup scrub meaningful snaps.
This. Sawyer coming in during a blowout throwing passes would not be unsportsmanlike as it would be common knowledge Leach would only be making sure he has a reliable backup if Will goes down. I'm sure Leach knows more about this than me but I, as a fan, would feel more comfortable knowing we have a reliable backup should that become neccessary. Anybody on the inside know if Sawyer is getting good reps and looking reliable in practice these days? Is he a QB that could throw in an additional element with legs that could give us some QB rushing yards?
From his first appearance, at least we have now learned that if Will goes down we punt immediately so that the Texan can start on 1st down.***
Is somebody arguing for Sawyer to get meaningful snaps? I don't think anybody is arguing that Will should be benched before garbage time. I'm not even arguing that he should be benched in garbage time. I just noted that I'm surprised that more coaches at the college level don't think it's worth getting key backups experience; but that's not only not just a Leach thing, it's not even just a football thing, which is why I referenced basketball.
I was trying to be nice to Robinson, since he is one of my favorite Bulldogs. I'll use a'hole next time.
