So does Dam. Williams get normal reps this week...
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HD6 said it best on the B&B Show. This is the 1999 offense.
Fitzgerald = Wayne Madkin
Williams = Matt Wyatt
The only issue is we don't have an elite defense on the other side of the ball. And the West isn't the weaker division of the two.
Fitz will play as long as he's successful. And you bring Damian out of the bullpen if necessary.
Fitzgerald = Wayne Madkin
Williams = Matt Wyatt
The only issue is we don't have an elite defense on the other side of the ball. And the West isn't the weaker division of the two.
Fitz will play as long as he's successful. And you bring Damian out of the bullpen if necessary.
Fitz all the way. The only reason Damian played was because Fitz's helmet popped off and he had to sit a play. Damien completed the pass and Mullen left him in. Fitz is a little slow reading his progressions. LSU is so good in the secondary, that issue was multiplied. Damian goes through his progressions much faster. He's actually better suited for a 2-min offense. His issue is he lacks arm takent. It looks worse this year coming off the injury too. Fitz is the best option to win.
I think Williams gets reps if Fitzgerald struggles early. Like we don't' score on our first 3 possessions type of struggling.
I don't see much of a comparison. The gap of physical ability potential between Fitz and DWill is much, much greater than the gap between Madkin and Wyatt. Madkin also won a SEC West championship prior to the year of the comeback in 1999.
Madkin and Wyatt were both game managers. Our D, Oline, and backs were sick. We only passed when we had to. We had very limited options at wide receiver. KP was elite.
In Mullen's offense (at least the way it is currently run), our QB is not asked to be a game manager. He is asked to be THE game changer. Our Oline and backs are trash and we have a couple of solid receivers plus one that is elite.
The bigger picture is that our QB is not the problem. We are comparing our QB play to Dak...to some extent I think Dan is too. We are putting way too much of a load on them because we have no other option. We are too weak at OL and RB.
Madkin and Wyatt were both game managers. Our D, Oline, and backs were sick. We only passed when we had to. We had very limited options at wide receiver. KP was elite.
In Mullen's offense (at least the way it is currently run), our QB is not asked to be a game manager. He is asked to be THE game changer. Our Oline and backs are trash and we have a couple of solid receivers plus one that is elite.
The bigger picture is that our QB is not the problem. We are comparing our QB play to Dak...to some extent I think Dan is too. We are putting way too much of a load on them because we have no other option. We are too weak at OL and RB.
The thing that bothered me was Fitz's demeanor standing on the sideline! If I'm the starting quarterback and I have to come out for play, I'm damn sure standing next to Mullen, almost on the field--ready to go back in on the very next play.
He stood there with his helmet propped up on his head acting like he didn't even want to go back in but at the same time looking like he was pissed off.
Did anyone else not notice that ?
He stood there with his helmet propped up on his head acting like he didn't even want to go back in but at the same time looking like he was pissed off.
Did anyone else not notice that ?
I think Mullen said in a press conference that Fitz was still the man going forward. Doesn't mean Williams won't get more reps, but if Fitzgerald is a little bit of a head case (which I've heard he is, although I've also heard he's hated by everyone on the team and on campus, and also that he has "it" and is a team leader, and everything in between), you can't rattle the guy that could potentially lead you to a bowl game for a guy that guarantees you will miss one just because the backup played well against a prevent defense.
I think its obvious: after Fitz struggles, Williams is good for at least two straight scoring drives. So, start the game with Fitz. First time he goes 3-and-out, you bring in Williams. That's 14 guaranteed points right there. Where Mullens screwed up the USA game was sticking with Williams. I would leave him in until he fails to lead a scoring drive and then go back to Fitz. Then maybe you can rotate Williams back in, but we don't know if he is good for 2 TDs again the second time he enters the game.
One thing the '99 team had that we don't now is an elite OL. That was a sherill trademark. We no longer have elite OL's anymore.
The two things weren't meant to correlate with each other. We had a weak WR group and Sparky's offensive schemes weren't well known for lighting up the scoreboard. We had more than our fair share up of up the middle (but at least with a big back) during his time here.
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