Fitzgerald is getting better.......

[Taog Redloh]

Drops are decreasing, poise is getting better, throws are getting more accurate. I think too many people wrote him off way too early. Dak was pretty shitty throwing the ball his redshirt sophomore year too (2013), so there's that. Visions of Tubby running wide open across the middle of the field at Auburn continue to haunt me. Not sure what we are going to do against Auburn's defense in two weeks, but Mullen has 2 weeks to come up with it.

Another note. Collin Klein (Fitzgerald's 2 star twin) did not even start until his redshirt junior year.

[Dawgface]

He looked a lot better. Some passes needed a little more touch on them. But he made a nice step forward.

[maroonwhitedawg3ddd]

Sure Did but he's got to take another big step in the right direction against a very good auburn defense in two weeks! Win that game and the team,fans,Coaches all look alot better!

[BeastMan]

He's so inaccurate, it's painful to watch. He stares down receivers and has a total lack of pocket awareness. He looked much better in the 2nd half but we're talking about UMass. If he plays like that in SEC games, the game is over at half.

[ShotgunDawg]

Agree. We'd be ecstatic with Fitz 5 years ago, but when you have an NFL QB you tend to get spoiled

[MetEdDawg]

Yeah I think sometimes we forget he's a sophomore. He's got a lot of growing left to do.

[basedog]

He's so inaccurate, it's painful to watch. He stares down receivers and has a total lack of pocket awareness. He looked much better in the 2nd half but we're talking about UMass. If he plays like that in SEC games, the game is over at half.

He is showing improvement.
Played very well in the second half.
Have to have patience as he has started 4 games but only two series against South Ala.
Myles dropped two passes, Fitz was clutch in the 4th quarter.
For the first time this year, Fitz showed leadership and enthusiasm, I was glad to see it.

Fitz will only get better and our offensive line is improving and getting better.

I've been pretty hard on Fitz, but he seemed to turn it around as well as turn it own yesterday. He has much talent, raw but before his career is over he will be a force.

[confucius say]

He is improving. And gaining confidence. I wouldn't trade him for any of the qbs we have played against ( best we have faced is umass qb)

Would help if our receivers would stop dropping passes

[Jack Lambert]

Yeah I think sometimes we forget he's a sophomore. He's got a lot of growing left to do.

Go back and watched Dak in 2013 and there is not much difference.

Nicks second half was great. Too many passes dropped in the 1st. I think he was 3 for 10 at one point.

Off Subject I have noticed our Corners are not getting beat deep. The TD catches were well defended. The WR just made great catches.

[BeastMan]

You cannot look like what he did in the first half. Worst QB play I've seen under Mullen. The 2nd half is what he's supposed to look like vs UMass. If he plays well in 2 weeks vs Auburn, that will show us something. UMass is a 4-year composite recruiting rankings of 100.25. They aren't a freaking top 100 recruiter. I realize sunshine feels better but mother of god, that was a horrible football team. I'll stop short of singing Fitz's praises until he looks serviceable against a decent team.

[BeastMan]

Go back and watched Dak in 2013 and there is not much difference.

Nicks second half was great. Too many passes dropped in the 1st. I think he was 3 for 10 at one point.

Off Subject I have noticed our Corners are not getting beat deep. The TD catches were well defended. The WR just made great catches.

You're off your rocker if you think there "wasn't much difference". Dak's first career start he went 15/28 for 213 yards 0/0 and 133 rushing yards (2 TDs) on the road at Auburn vs the #2 team in the country. Dak sure wasn't perfect, especially as a passer, but if you think we're seeing similar players I don't know what to tell you.

[msstate7]

You cannot look like what he did in the first half. Worst QB play I've seen under Mullen. The 2nd half is what he's supposed to look like vs UMass. If he plays well in 2 weeks vs Auburn, that will show us something. UMass is a 4-year composite recruiting rankings of 100.25. They aren't a freaking top 100 recruiter. I realize sunshine feels better but mother of god, that was a horrible football team. I'll stop short of singing Fitz's praises until he looks serviceable against a decent team.

OP said fitz was getting better... not really sure how you can dispute that. I missed where OP was "singing praises".

[basedog]

Sunshine is always better than the darkness, I'll take the good over the bad every time. Say what you want but it wasn't all Fitz's fault in the first half. Played very well, we won and his stats were great. Like I said earlier I have been hard on Fitz, but I played QB, I know as you get more experience the game slows down for you. This happened yesterday and I don't care who it was against, he made plays and that is what counts.

[BeastMan]

OP said fitz was getting better... not really sure how you can dispute that. I missed where OP was "singing praises".

What I'm saying is UMass shouldn't be your measuring stick for getting better. They are terrible. If Fitz makes plays vs Auburn in 2 weeks, that will be a better judge of improvement.

[basedog]

What I'm saying is UMass shouldn't be your measuring stick for getting better. They are terrible. If Fitz makes plays vs Auburn in 2 weeks, that will be a better judge of improvement.

You get better with practice, especially game experience.

[Schultzy]

He runs it well, I wish he would keep it more.

A third year sophomore should have mastered the swing pass by now.

[msstate7]

You're off your rocker if you think there "wasn't much difference". Dak's first career start he went 15/28 for 213 yards 0/0 and 133 rushing yards (2 TDs) on the road at Auburn vs the #2 team in the country. Dak sure wasn't perfect, especially as a passer, but if you think we're seeing similar players I don't know what to tell you.

Dak certainly played well in that game, but he also missed some easy throws including the one to tubby that would've iced the game. Type of things young qb's do. Oh and where did that mighty auburn defense finish in rankings that year...

12th in sec total defense (87th nationally)
13th in sec passing defense (102nd nationally)

I'm not meaning this post as a knock on dak... dak is our best qb ever and I doubt seriously fitz changes that. I'm just saying don't write off fitz yet

[Jack Lambert]

You're off your rocker if you think there "wasn't much difference". Dak's first career start he went 15/28 for 213 yards 0/0 and 133 rushing yards (2 TDs) on the road at Auburn vs the #2 team in the country. Dak sure wasn't perfect, especially as a passer, but if you think we're seeing similar players I don't know what to tell you.

Well then you don't know what to tell me. Fitz is only a Sophomore and he will get better just like Dak got better. Will Fitz be the second coming of Dak, I am not saying he will or he won't unlike you I don't know the future.

[BeastMan]

Dak certainly played well in that game, but he also missed some easy throws including the one to tubby that would've iced the game. Type of things young qb's do. Oh and where did that mighty auburn defense finish in rankings that year...

12th in sec total defense (87th nationally)
13th in sec passing defense (102nd nationally)

I'm not meaning this post as a knock on dak... dak is our best qb ever and I doubt seriously fitz changes that. I'm just saying don't write off fitz yet

You do realize Jordan Hare had 90k and was incredibly loud? That environment was much tougher. Also, I don't care what those rankings say, Auburn was an exponentially better defense than UMass.

[coastratdog]

Fitz is not the offenses problem. The problems are;

1. OL is slow, weak and poorly coached
2. O scheme is not using his option running ability enough
3. Receivers gave taken a step backwards from last year. Too many drops. They need to help him out.