Max has heart!

I don’t think there’s a question he’s an ultimate competitor. He knows he needs to improve. He knows the entire team needs to improve. Bad thing is he can only control his abilities and the lacking of others may be more than he alone can overcome.

But, Gunner had no chest

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It's not how many times you get knocked down but how many times you get back up.

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Thanks Dad

He reminds me so much of Etling and that's not a bad thing. Etling was tough as nails

Their ceiling is about the same

I didn’t see anything wrong with the play calling…he has simply got to get more accurate at game speed. The receivers didn’t do him any favors either. Hopefully, he can get on the same page as his receivers over the next two games and come out slinging for the state game.

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It's not how many times you get knocked down but how many times you get back up.

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In the game of football it kinda is about how many times you get knocked down, though. You could tell he was tired of getting hit when he threw a behind the back pass like ive never seen before. He was on the ground and being pressured all night. He should have had better blocking, better awareness, wr running quicker routes, rbs should have helped blocking and ran out on quick routes or screen passes. It was a clusterfrick out there.

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He reminds me so much of Etling and that's not a bad thing. Etling was tough as nails

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There were multiple times last game where Max Johnson's arm strength was lacking. Throws from the right hash to the left sideline took forever to get there. And downfield passes are underthrown. There was a pass to Jenkins on the left sideline where he had to sit and wait, which gave the DB enough time to break up the pass. A stronger throw makes it an easy catch.

It was on display again on the deep ball to Boutte that was broken up. Boutte had the defenders beat but had to slow up and turn around completely to try to make the catch. This allowed the defender to break it up. If the ball is either put 5 yards further or Max gets it there faster, it's a touchdown.

eta: I think the staff needs to stop trying to put him in a bubble and let him run some designed plays. I'm sure he doesn't want to be handcuffed because the staff is afraid to call QB runs. He's less likely to get hurt doing that, than by passing the ball 50+ times a game. His strengths are his running ability and quick short passes, not running a slow developing downfield passing attack.

He throw backwards better than I’ve ever seen, and that’s a true statement…

He also does cool trick-shot throws during the game!