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re: With Only Two Viable QBs on the Roster

Posted on 7/3/14 at 10:01 am to
Posted by AlaTiger
America
Member since Aug 2006
21125 posts
Posted on 7/3/14 at 10:01 am to
And you aren't able to comprehend what I am saying, obviously.

I am not talking about what happens if we lose TWO.

I am asking what happens if we lose ONE and there is no good 3rd option. Will the coaches then cut back the offense in trying to protect the ONE good option that we have?

Knowing that a QB does not have a solid backup can cause coaches to be more cautious in how they call the game. Keeping max protect in more of the time. Rolling him out where he is away from defenders. Not having him run as much. Stuff like that. Just wondering how a coach would change the game plan knowing that if the one guy they have goes down, the season is over.

You keep missing the point. Obviously if both go down, it doesn't matter anymore. I am wondering how ONE going down might change the playcalling.
Posted by Datbayoubengal
Port City
Member since Sep 2009
26705 posts
Posted on 7/3/14 at 1:43 pm to
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I am asking what happens if we lose ONE and there is no good 3rd option. Will the coaches then cut back the offense in trying to protect the ONE good option that we have? Knowing that a QB does not have a solid backup can cause coaches to be more cautious in how they call the game. Keeping max protect in more of the time. Rolling him out where he is away from defenders. Not having him run as much. Stuff like that. Just wondering how a coach would change the game plan knowing that if the one guy they have goes down, the season is over.


Nah. i think they'll run it the same. We have Bolden and Bergeron in case of anything like that happening. At most, they'll tell him to just slide every time.
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
10385 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:13 pm to
quote:

And you aren't able to comprehend what I am saying, obviously. I am not talking about what happens if we lose TWO. I am asking what happens if we lose ONE and there is no good 3rd option. Will the coaches then cut back the offense in trying to protect the ONE good option that we have? Knowing that a QB does not have a solid backup can cause coaches to be more cautious in how they call the game. Keeping max protect in more of the time. Rolling him out where he is away from defenders. Not having him run as much. Stuff like that. Just wondering how a coach would change the game plan knowing that if the one guy they have goes down, the season is over.


To those of us who grew up in the sixties we can all recall Pat Screen and Nelson Stokely getting injured right before the Ole Miss and Bama weekends with Captain Easy Billy Ezell and Billy Broussard taking the helm. Ezell did have his moment of glory vs Ole Miss in 1964 ( ala Jennings vs ARkansas) but still a scary thought. I have never liked the option QB - OK if ahead and controlling the game, but tough if you gotta come from behind and drive length of field in fourth quarter and your starter and maybe backup are out.
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