Penix & wr speculation

jecornel

I have zero insight on this but I’m wondering if Mike is so banged up they are limiting practice reps to the bare minimum. The offense is so out of sync it could be a real possibility.

If Grubb doesn’t design a game plan to make his life easier on Friday there will be seppuku on the forum.

GreenRiverGatorz

If he looked even remotely hurt in any of the last five games I might believe it. But he's looking physically fine - no limping (he's actually initiating contact more than ever before), his throwing mechanics look normal, and his arm strength is 100% there.

I think this is 100% on Grubb. I'm not smart enough to know the finer details here, but Penix looks like he's being asked to make elite throws with a consistency that not even NFL starters regularly achieve. And this is snowballing into frustration and the elite throws are devolving into huge whiffs. Grubb needs to give his QB some easy buckets to get back on track. And apparently he needs to do this in five days.

TheHB

I think DeBoer is gonna do the offensive game plan himself for Friday. Holding the play sheet against Cuog signals frustration with his play caller.

EsophagealFeces

TheHB said:

I think DeBoer is gonna do the offensive game plan himself for Friday. Holding the play sheet against Cuog signals frustration with his play caller.

Definitely possible, but if Deboer was calling plays yesterday, he sucks too

GayThoughts

I think the pressure of being undefeated has gotten to Penix and the rest of the team. He knows he’s played like shit down the stretch and that was the cause of his lil postgame meltdown yesterday.

jecornel

Defense is trending up passing game trending down due to pressure? The defense is rallying to the challenge.

Canadawg

Grubb went from "I wonder if we can keep him another year" to "why is he the highest payed OC in the country" in half a season

HairyBallsDawg

My two cents. Our offense is built around Penix and his accuracy, and looks great when he is having a great day, and looks bad when he isn't.

That is a lot of pressure to put on a young man... he almost through a pick at the end of the Apple cup.

If we had a slightly better running game and slightly better play calling, it would take some of the pressure off of Penix.

I think the pressure is just getting to him.

TheHB

EsophagealFeces said:

TheHB said:

I think DeBoer is gonna do the offensive game plan himself for Friday. Holding the play sheet against Cuog signals frustration with his play caller.

Definitely possible, but if Deboer was calling plays yesterday, he sucks too

As much as we all like to crap on Grubb, DeBoer has let it all happen.

And he’s 23-2.

LawDawg1

I’d have to think if Penix was actually PHYSICALLY injured, they wouldn’t have run him as much as they have or do QB sneaks. They also haven’t slowed down the bomb throws and taken a more Bo Nix approach of behind the kind of scrimmage or or short throws in the middle of the field. He also doesn’t show any grimacing or pain behavior between throws or plays.

jecornel

Almost two picks!

HairyBallsDawg said:

My two cents. Our offense is built around Penix and his accuracy, and looks great when he is having a great day, and looks bad when he isn't.

That is a lot of pressure to put on a young man... he almost through a pick at the end of the Apple cup.

If we had a slightly better running game and slightly better play calling, it would take some of the pressure off of Penix.

I think the pressure is just getting to him.