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Pressure on Etling
Posted on 10/9/17 at 1:06 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 1:06 am
Canada needs to work in some 2-3 step passing plays for Etling. He is under a lot of pressure due to our young offensive line- plus he has a tendency to hang on to the ball too long. I don't believe I have seen one play this season where this team has run a quick two step slant passing play? to help slow down the rush !! Our passing plays seem to take along time to develop !!
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Posted on 10/9/17 at 1:08 am to kew48
He is overthrowing wide receivers in the flat...i don't think running some quick slants will make much of a difference but that's just me. I say put Brennan in since he is the future.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 1:12 am to kew48
I agree completely. I don’t think the receivers are being coached up to run crisp routes and hit their spots. I think that’s a big part of Etling not trusting the receiver to be there on breaks and spot throws. So he waits to see them open and even looks them down. Brennan’s int was due to poor route.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 2:21 am to kew48
He has an inability to see the whole field. This makes him a bad qb.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 3:32 am to kew48
I think our only chance are some perfectly timed back shoulder passes, I just don't know if our receivers can sell it. Ole Miss killed us with it a few years ago. With Etling lack of arm strength, we need to get creative.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 5:11 am to Mrtommorrow1987
He's not a bad QB. He has issues and improvements are needed in order to keep his job, but bad no way.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 5:50 am to Mrtommorrow1987
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He has an inability to see the whole field.
This was one of his strong suits last year.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 5:51 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 6:49 am to NickLestiger
Not bad, but terrible. I guess it equates to being good when you can't find the field at Purdue, then become one of the worst qbs in the country as a fifth year senior. I guess the improvement you are looking for will take place in the offseason. Hopefully Orgeron has plans to make him the first 6th year senior without an injury.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 6:51 am to kew48
For the life of me, I dont understand why we call pass plays that take 5 seconds to develop. He doesnt have that kind of time.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 6:57 am to NickLestiger
Have you been watching him this season?
He did not progress at all this offseason. He misses wide open receivers, something a fifth year should not be doing.
He did not progress at all this offseason. He misses wide open receivers, something a fifth year should not be doing.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 7:23 am to kew48
I don't think Etling possessses the footwork to throw them.
He has missed many receivers that were open early off the line. They don't show as incompletions because he never throws them. Then he scrambles
He has missed many receivers that were open early off the line. They don't show as incompletions because he never throws them. Then he scrambles
Posted on 10/9/17 at 7:34 am to TaderSalad
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For the life of me, I dont understand why we call pass plays that take 5 seconds to develop. He doesnt have that kind of time.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 7:34 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 7:36 am to NickLestiger
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He has issues and improvements are needed in order to keep his job, but bad no way.
He's a 5th year Senior
How much more "coaching up" is gonna make him any better?
Posted on 10/9/17 at 7:40 am to TaderSalad
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For the life of me, I dont understand why we call pass plays that take 5 seconds to develop.
I find that he is more indecisive and a quick pass over the middle turns into a 5sec/ scramble development play...
I get not wanting to throw an inception but when its 3rd and 6 at the opponents 40 I don't think its necessarily a bad play if you throw an interception trying to make a play. What's the point of being mistake free(throwing it away or dumping it) if you don't attempt to make the first down to extend the drive?
When Brennan made his last interception he was attempting to make a play although forced on 3rd down... it would have been useless anyway when it would have been 4th and 9 at the opponent 42yrd line.
But also in Etlings defense as a group, our receivers suck.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 7:45 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 8:18 am to Zephyrius
he is a terrible QB, plain and simple, you can make excuses saying its the receivers or the play calling, etc. He missed wide open guys, overthrew screen passes and has very poor footwork.
He is just not good.
He is just not good.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 8:19 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 8:22 am to kew48
quote:Not really. Go watch the Miss State and UF games.
He is under a lot of pressure
He really isnt under that much pressure. He simply tucks and runs the second he sees his first read isnt wide open
Posted on 10/9/17 at 8:33 am to lsupride87
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He really isnt under that much pressure. He simply tucks and runs the second he sees his first read isnt wide open
Exactly. For some reason fans cannot grasp this concept. He isn't "under pressure" if he decides on his own to look downfield for half a second and then immediately take off running. Want proof? Our wr's had a total of ONE CATCH on Saturday. He also checks the ball down to a running back in the flat far too early and then at other times when he should check the ball down to a rb quickly because of the blitz, he inexplicably doesn't.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 8:34 am to lsupride87
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Not really. Go watch the Miss State and UF games.
He really isnt under that much pressure. He simply tucks and runs the second he sees his first read isnt wide open
Harris had the same issues, maybe it is the coaching at LSU.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 8:58 am to LSUMastermind
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Harris had the same issues, maybe it is the coaching at LSU.
...to be clear then it would be his inability to let his previous coaching go and latch on to what Canada is trying to teach. The idea of protecting the football is important, but the Cam/Miles approach to this is also causing more hesitation when he sees things before releasing the ball.
It is possible that he could start settling down and improving as the season moves on because this is a different offense and maybe he doesn't trust himself in it yet.
This post was edited on 10/9/17 at 9:00 am
Posted on 10/9/17 at 9:00 am to kew48
You cant throw quick slants if the wide receivers dont get any separation at the line.
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