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Penix & wr speculation

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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,798 Founders Club
    edited November 2023
    The guy is hurt and has been playing through it... last year and the first games of 2023 he was throwing dimes with absolute accuracy at a rate of 78% [first 6 games this year, don't know the number for last year] and now he is throwing even short passes with an adventure to be hauled in by the receivers. So he is HURT and has been playing through it. Yes he ahs still made some big plays, but his accuracy is obviously not the same and its not in his head, its his body which is undoubtedly affecting his headspace as well, but it the body he has been struggling with. Could not be more clear ~ at least that is my take.
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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,759 Founders Club
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    The guy is hurt and has been playing through it... last year and the first games of 2023 he was throwing dimes with absolute accuracy at a rate of 78% [first 6 games this year, don't know the number for last year] and now he is throwing even short passes with an adventure to be hauled in by the receivers. So he is HURT and has been playing through it. Yes he ahs still made some big plays, but his accuracy is obviously not the same and its not in his head, its his body which is undoubtedly affecting his headspace as well, but it the body he has been struggling with. Could not be more clear ~ at least that is my take.

    I'd be shocked if he's not hurt in some capacity at least. If he goes two full seasons at UW without ever missing a single play due to injury that's a win.
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  • Canadawg
    Canadawg Member Posts: 5,905
    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.

    It would be sweet if there was some type of route that ran closer to where the QB was on a play. Maybe use a bigger player that has good hands so he has a big target
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    They need to give Polk a couple easy balls to get his head back into it like the did with JMac. Having all the receivers 100% is important here on out.
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  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,942
    Play better. It's hard.
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  • Muttzen
    Muttzen Member Posts: 1,015
    PostGameOrangeSlices said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    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.


    I agree with this. Penix is overthrowing dudes, not underthrowing them. Usually hurt Qbs loft up Ducks.

    Penix was also LEAPING into the air multiple times after good, or bad, plays.

    I think he is just stressed the fuck out by our insanely difficult schedule literally filled with high pressure moments in close games.

    The team will either grow from that trial by fire or be exhausted.

    I'm not betting against DeBoer.
    +1. dude looked stressed. cant be easy, hope he can get well by next week.
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    edited November 2023
    Wrong thread, fuck me
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  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,917
    I’ve gathered from this thread that Penix is hurt.

    But I’d like to see a few more people commit to that analysis.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Wrong fuck, thread me

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