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Originally Posted by
Coach34
Moorhead ran his QB's almost as much as Mullen- Fitz is going to get 10-plus carries every Saturday
Where'd you see that at? I saw them running stretch option some but not QB power like we have for 9 years. Id be okay with 10 but he doesnt need 15-20 like we did with Mullen. Thats why we have 3 SEC RBs to run the damn thing. QB doesnt have to pull it to be effective.
McSorely isnt nearly the athlete Fitz is so Moorhead should only get better. Hes gotta be excited.
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Fitz has been a 55% passer the last two years - we need that up to about 62-64% this year.
McSorley was at 66% this past year - would love to see Fitz around that number.
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
Where'd you see that at? I saw them running stretch option some but not QB power like we have for 9 years. Id be okay with 10 but he doesnt need 15-20 like we did with Mullen. Thats why we have 3 SEC RBs to run the damn thing. QB doesnt have to pull it to be effective.
McSorely isnt nearly the athlete Fitz is so Moorhead should only get better. Hes gotta be excited.
McSorely has avg 11 carries a game each of the last 2 seasons.
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Originally Posted by
HancockCountyDog
Fitz has been a 55% passer the last two years - we need that up to about 62-64% this year.
McSorley was at 66% this past year - would love to see Fitz around that number.
McSorley 1st year under JoeMo his % was 57.9% but he put some big #'s. Over 3600yds & 29tds.
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Originally Posted by
Ifyouonlyknew
McSorely has avg 11 carries a game each of the last 2 seasons.
stupid question: do sacks count as "runs"?
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Originally Posted by
Bully13
stupid question: do sacks count as "runs"?
Counts against rushing yards, but doesn’t count as a “run attempt”. At least I don’t think so.
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Originally Posted by
Ifyouonlyknew
McSorley 1st year under JoeMo his % was 57.9% but he put some big #'s. Over 3600yds & 29tds.
Yeah - but they had a monster WR in Chris Godwin - who was drafted in 3rd round. Not saying we don't have kids with that type of potential, but PSU has had some weapons the last few years at the skill spots.
I think we should expect Fitz to make a 7-9% bump this year. He should be running less - no more 20 carries a game - and he should have some solid weapons to throw to. It will all come down to how quickly the new WR's and Fitz come together. It is one of the most forgotten aspects of football, the timing that QB's need to develop with receivers.
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Originally Posted by
Ifyouonlyknew
McSorley 1st year under JoeMo his % was 57.9% but he put some big #'s. Over 3600yds & 29tds.
I just looked and saw Fitz had less yards and less passing attempts in 17 than in 16. I didnt realize that until now.
Anyway, if Fitz hits those numbers, or similar is it enough to get us past Bama? I think so. He threw for 21 TDs and 10 picks 2400 yds in 16 on an average at best team
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Originally Posted by
Ifyouonlyknew
McSorley 1st year under JoeMo his % was 57.9% but he put some big #'s. Over 3600yds & 29tds.
Do you expect a similar jump with Fitz this year?
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
not at all. You have to remember- sometimes he looked inaccurate because WR's werent where they were supposed to be. We were playing back-ups and they werent reading the defender correctly to go where they were supposed to on their option routes.
People seem to forget that we lost our 3 best receivers from 2016 - losing Ross to graduation and Gray and Dear to injury. That was 1,600 yards in receptions between them (Gray did have 240+ yards before injury). Gray spent the first half of the season double teamed because he was the only threat we had. Fitz lost that production and was still able to gain most of it back (or would have with 2 games lost to injury) with a cast of inexperienced guys. Not every QB can do that.
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
Do you expect a similar jump with Fitz this year?
I think Fitz will be around 60%
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Fitz has a lot of work to do in the passing game. He?s been in the program almost 4.5 years with very modest improvement in that area. He should have been higher than 55% completion as a redshirt junior. I?m cautiously optimistic he will but a new offense and a big injury worry me. Wideouts hopefully help.
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Originally Posted by
ShotgunDawg
That may expose him more
It might also open up some huge ass running lanes.
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Originally Posted by
RougeDawg
Key isn?t starting. Period. That would be the most insane and asinine decision JoMo could ever make. Until OM pulls their shenanigans again in November, dont expect Key to be the #1.
If you don?t have first hand info on how each operates in the new system, how can you be so sure?
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Originally Posted by
Bulldog1
Counts against rushing yards, but doesn’t count as a “run attempt”. At least I don’t think so.
Yes it does. 1 rush attempt, - however many yards.
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Originally Posted by
smootness
Yes it does. 1 rush attempt, - however many yards.
Oh ok.
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Originally Posted by
Political Hack
It might also open up some huge ass running lanes.
+1. REP Given!
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Originally Posted by
chef dixon
Fitz has a lot of work to do in the passing game. He?s been in the program almost 4.5 years with very modest improvement in that area. He should have been higher than 55% completion as a redshirt junior. I?m cautiously optimistic he will but a new offense and a big injury worry me. Wideouts hopefully help.
Chef, if you take all our drops and say our WRs caught half of them--then Fitz's % would be 60% or better. Plus the fact that players didn't run correct routes.
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Originally Posted by
tcdog70
Chef, if you take all our drops and say our WRs caught half of them--then Fitz's % would be 60% or better. Plus the fact that players didn't run correct routes.
I hope you are right my friend. I guess I worry about some of this WTF throws. The interception in the Egg Bowl is a prime example. He?s good for 1 or 2 of those a game.
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Originally Posted by
RougeDawg
Key isn?t starting. Period. That would be the most insane and asinine decision JoMo could ever make. Until OM pulls their shenanigans again in November, dont expect Key to be the #1.
This is Fitzs team no doubt but all the reps Key gets this spring with the
first string will be huge in case Fitz doesn?t progress as well as we hope
this summer. His injury was a MAJOR deal and he still has a long way to
go. Thanks again u freaking land minnow, plantation dwellers!
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