I agree Martinez will be starter if for nothing else, we lost every game he didn't start. I would like to see Luke get on the field in some capacity. The kid is a gamer!
Absolutely. He won't "not be the man" during spring or fall camp though. That would only happen if 2020 started going down the 2019 path in season.
Can you possibly quantify that for me? I'm interested in the metric used to predict injuries in football as i'm sure many NFL execs and coaches would be using this extensively in their pre-draft planning.
Yep. Had two opportunities to run down the clock and blew both of them.Lmao who ran the last play of the game on offense and what did that guy do with the ball on the last play he had?
If the things you state are happening then ... For me - he starts the Purdue game with a very short leash.Just a hypothetical, but let's say AM still is making the same mistakes in reading coverage or making the wrong reads on zone reads during spring and fall camp, and McCaffrey or Vedral is just killing it. Is AM still the starters for week 1?
I still have confidence in AM and think he'll be better than last year or his freshman year.
Just a hypothetical, but let's say AM still is making the same mistakes in reading coverage or making the wrong reads on zone reads during spring and fall camp, and McCaffrey or Vedral is just killing it. Is AM still the starters for week 1?
I still have confidence in AM and think he'll be better than last year or his freshman year.
I think the opposite was going on this last year. AM had been blowing it up in fall practice and spring ball. No doubt he was head and shoulders better than the rest. (Even at <100%) 2018 there was no pressure for us in the games. None. No one thought we'd do well. AM had no pressure on his shoulders. "Just go ball out". 2019 comes around...the hype...the heisman crap, etc... Pressures on. Once the game starts...somethings in his head switched off. He didn't "ball". Yet, the next week in practice plays lights out... He needs to learn to keep that switch on and handle the pressure. If not, next guy up.
It was like being in quicksand.I think there were lots of factors involved. I don't think he was 100% healthy. The line play and poor snaps didn't help. The lack of a consistent running game early on didn't help. The lack of consistent receiving threats outside JD and Wandale didn't help. And AM didn't help himself with some terrible decision making and poor reads. Add all that up, and we all know what we saw most of the year out of the offense.
Here's hoping to a much better 2020, regardless of who the starting QB is.
Not always but it happens. Tom Brady was back up to Drew Bledsoe.The backup QB is always the best QB on the team, right?
A+ in spelling!Luke looked pretty good in the extremely limited action we saw. That being said, there is a lot less pressure to come in and play loose when you know the job is not even yours to lose. He was playing with house money, and running a limited number of plays that were likely tailored to his strengths.
Jammal Lord would've played in the NFL if he would've played safety rather than QB. Same for Crouch and at a WR position.How many QBs are satisfied with playing a postion other than QB? If, and I have no way of knowing whether or not this is the case, a QB doesn't think he's getting a fair shot at starting and he's asked to start playing receiver (or whatever) that guy is not happy. This day and age that's a beckoning call from the transfer portal. If McCaffrey wants to be a QB, that's where he should be getting his reps, IMO. Let him have the max opportunity to get better.
I think there were lots of factors involved. I don't think he was 100% healthy. The line play and poor snaps didn't help. The lack of a consistent running game early on didn't help. The lack of consistent receiving threats outside JD and Wandale didn't help. And AM didn't help himself with some terrible decision making and poor reads. Add all that up, and we all know what we saw most of the year out of the offense.
Here's hoping to a much better 2020, regardless of who the starting QB is.
If that’s the case, he’d better be head and shoulders better than anyone else on campus. If not, the coaches aren’t doing their jobs.As long as Adrian is on campus and healthy enough to play, the starting job is his. The only competition that exists is for the #2 role.