Was Clifford hurt today or just sick?

[blion72]

Yeah, he is a tough tough kid, I really like Clifford. I think if we had a little more stability on the Offensive coaching side of the ball and tried to make Clifford more of a pocket guy and less of a running threat his career would have gone differently. After Trace, we were focused on turning our QB's into whatever Trace was, running back/ back yard ball slinger, suck the defense up, throw over the top. Trace was special at that, but even he was physically broken and unsure mentally by his senior year. I'll never forget him just running out of bounce on 4th down against Michigan State at home when we were trailing...he was just done. I suspect the same future awaits CV9 and Allar unless something philosophically changes on the offensive side of the ball. I like our tempo early in the year and we really had CLifford going through progressions and keeping his eyes downfield, as the season has worn on we have reverted back to QB draws(crazy against Michigan with a clearly hurt QB) and letting defenses dictate to our offense. A competent running game sure would help, there should be no world in which Sean Clifford should lead the teams in carries like last year.

I think you hit on the key point. Since JF has been here (with 5 OC's) having a running QB was a difference. much of the difference between 2015 with Hack and 2016 with Trace was mobile QB = not taking sacks and getting more planned runs. Anytime we had to wind the QB running back, our OFF became anemic. This year we started out trying to limit SC runs, but had to eventually unleash this to be more effective OFF.

 

[Ram20]

I think you hit on the key point. Since JF has been here (with 5 OC's) having a running QB was a difference. much of the difference between 2015 with Hack and 2016 with Trace was mobile QB = not taking sacks and getting more planned runs. Anytime we had to wind the QB running back, our OFF became anemic. This year we started out trying to limit SC runs, but had to eventually unleash this to be more effective OFF.

Yeah thanks. Its empirical that our QBs get injured and worse the longer they are in the system. True for Hack, True for trace, True for Clifford and I just pray we can break the chain at some point. A dominant offensive line and solid run game would go a long way, and less focus on qb runs and bail outs would help. CV9 and Allar seem like great prospects, but nobody would agree they should be major running threats.