Etling vs. Hurts season passing stats

Wow that is close..


Well as evidenced, Etling must have a good bit higher YPC

Nice. Would still take Hurts every day of the week.

There's a big mofo on the bench that may step in as an X factor per an anonymous player on the team........Lowell might Cardell the Tide

Etling is about to have his best game as a Tiger. Watch...

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run wild like he did last yea

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Wut? His only big play on the ground required 3 holds. He was awful against us last year; our offense was just worse

Hurts 7.6 yards per play
Etling 7.9 yards per play

Every time I see Etlings numbers next to other QBs I’m amazed.

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Every time I see Etlings numbers next to other QBs I’m amazed.

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PFF Numbers to Know: Completing 70.7 percent of his passes with 6 TDs and 656 yards off play-action. Holding the ball 2.5 seconds and less, Etling is connecting on 70 percent of his passes. When he holds it 2.6 seconds or more, it drops to a 44.8 percent completion rate. No. 12 in the SEC in overall grade for starting quarterbacks.

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We need the running game to sell the play action and we need to give him quick throws. I think both are achievable with the players we have on offense.

That stat isn’t surprising, Etling looks like a star when he has protection. His numbers take a big drop when he’s under pressure but on the bright side he does scramble for yardage and first downs and he doesn’t let the pressure force him into turnovers. I agree we do need to run the ball to activate our play action but we will also need success on straight dropbacks too. We really need a chain moving pass catcher to step up, Moreau, Dillon or even the backs out of the backfield need to become mid range pass catching threats. I’d love to see Guice get 7-10 targets on swing passes, screens, checkdowns and angle routes. He needs 20+ touches regardless if we are having success running the ball or not.

We weren't gonna score on that defense. No single play broke our backs. Had they not scored that we would've lost 3-0

Being that 1 play was the only TD scored I think it is very relevant to bring it up especially since there were 3 holds on the play which were not called which allowed Hurts to score. Go back to Bama with your bs.