This is the problem!! Fitz should not get the same play calls as Williams. Fitz is in the mold of relf but potentially a higher ceiling if he develops as a passer like dak did. Williams is dak light.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinningIsRelentless
This is the problem!! Fitz should not get the same play calls as Williams. Fitz is in the mold of relf but potentially a higher ceiling if he develops as a passer like dak did. Williams is dak light.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinningIsRelentless
If that's the case, what's keeping Tiano off the field? Talk is that he has the "it" factor, but I've also heard he struggles with routine short throws in practice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElitedawgRecruiting
One thing that can be reasonably inferred is that Mullen saw some things in Fitz that he really did not like in terms of decision making while he was out there, and he wasn't comfortable putting him back out there until the game was no longer in doubt. Those likely include the wrong read on the read option, staring down receivers, being late on reads, waiting for guys to come open before throwing, etc. He did at least one of those things on every snap he was out there. Damien has his limitations physically, but he made the correct decisions while he was out there. Unfortunately, the supporting cast and the play calling / personnel decisions weren't good enough for us to put the game out of reach so Fitz could go back in. Our biggest issue is lack of identity on offense. We don't have a bell cow at another position (like RB) that we can lean on while these QB's get their feet under them, and neither Fitz nor Damien should have been relied on heavily to win that game with their arm.
You answered your own question. If he was consistent in practice as things stand today, Fitz would be third stringQuote:
Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX
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Originally Posted by fishwater99
We are still running the ref offense just out of a different set. The qb is still reading off what the end does. The only difference is we are doing it out of the gun and no full back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Technetium
Fitz wasn't even handling the snaps well. He looked completely lost and like a deer in the headlights. I said before the season started I wanted to see him take snaps that mattered (which he had never done)before I formed an opinion. Based on what I saw, at the moment he isn't the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Unless we can sign a FB mid-season, that offense isn't coming back this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Technetium
Personally, I don't read body language to tell me if a team will or won't play for someone. That is the coaches job. In Mullen's post game he said there were nerves and such which is certainly understandable. He said Fitz had 2 drops so that ends the argument to me on that. Dam.williams basically played the whole game, and played well. But we lost. We lost to an inferior opponent with our QB playing well. That tells me he's not our QB. The plays change for dam.williams so that should also be put in the equation somewhere. That is well known that there are necessary plays that dam.williams simply can't execute. Not his fault, but we need those plays. Fitz or Tiano need to be our QB to have a chance to win, and I hope that is evident to Dan by now.
I've heard some of the same...........but not what the team thinks. Ne details with me either.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenheadDawg
Is that more to due with his development at this stage or is the offense so complicated he's pressing?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElitedawgRecruiting
I hate hearing this because the last QB we had who was reportedly inconsistent in practice is starting for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. This season is probably shot at this point, so why don't we let the guy with the most upside start getting reps?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElitedawgRecruiting
I don't think any of them have to be Dak. But one needs to step up and be Dak-like in the lockerroom. Maybe Damien is more mature and the team sees that. I want Nick go take the job and run with it. But for whatever reason he hasn't. Not sure he has anyone to blame for that but the Abercrombie model in fe mirror
He failed Bc he missed one read on zone read? He failed Bc jj dropped a ball that was thrown where it needed to be, one foot over his head, and hit him in both hands?Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Our coaches failed him with a horrible script of first 6 plays. First three plays should require no reads and include a called qb run and a touch to a playmaker (Ross, Mixon, gray, etc on a jet sweep).
I had assumed that would be Shumpert with our current personnel, but your point it well taken. I also don't expect to see that physical style of play, but since others had mentioned wanting to run it *this* year, it seemed like a good question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX
That sounds like what exactly didn't happen at halftime of the USA game. The young guys were thinking it was over and non of the upper-classmen nipped that shit in the bud.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElitedawgRecruiting
When would you have made the change though? We only had two drives in the 3rd quarter and 5 total the second half. The first drive we kicked a FG. So you wouldn't pull him then unless we had kept the lead. The second drive we went into USA territory and stalled at the 41. Then they score to make it 20-14. Our next drive we cross mid field again. The last 2 drives are missed FG. Maybe after the second stall in USA territory you look at changing but there were not a ton of opportunitiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
He mishandled a snap? I missed that. Not saying you are wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
I saw Willams do everything you said that Fitz did wrong in his six snaps. Williams played well overall. He executed after failing to execute, because he kept playing. Fitz didn't have that luxury. But the luxury he does have is size, athletic ability, speed, more plays to choose from and can make enough plays to keep the D honest. Those things Williams doesn't have. Williams played well, but failed to beat an inferior opponent. So which opponent will he be able to beat? Maybe none, so we have to go in a different direction to have a chance to win a ballgame. We only have two options right now. I don't care which one. I want to beat inferior opponents convincingly, and have a chance to beat the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
If I remember correctly Fitz looked pretty good last year in the Troy game when Dak was sick. I think Dak only played a couple of series.
Troy was a bad Sunbelt team and Fitz led us to a blowout win. Has he regressed that much?
Fair enough but it's Dan's job to make sure the QB's are prepared and to play the one that is the most experienced. It's not like Fitzgerald is the only option. Tiano is an option and then we have Roberts the walk-on as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElitedawgRecruiting
It's too bad Staley transferred out because I don't see how he lost to Damien and Fitz other than he likes to dance too much.