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Hey Sark, Thanks for this Premiere Stable of QBs you Developed Here
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Hey Sark, Thanks for this Premiere Stable of QBs you Developed Here
Derek Johnson assesses the woeful situation of Washington's quarterback position.
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Shouldn't speculate on Williams. No one has any clue about him when the lights come on
Lindquist honestly has shown all that he needed to show at Hawaii. Fair or unfair you often get 1 game to prove whether or not you have it or not at that position. Ask Nick Montana. More often than not, your initial impression is the final impression.
We don't know enough about Williams at this point. I expect that we'll know between now and the end of the season where he stands from the standpoint of being in the future picture.
The initial impressions on Miles were encouraging ... but at the same time, there wasn't pressure on him. He wasn't expected to be the leader of the team - Price was. He came into a no lose situation in the UCLA game and could cut it loose without any problem. Against Oregon St, our ability to run the ball allowed him to make throws that he's capable of making. His strengths were therefore able to be magnified and his weaknesses hidden. Over a single game here and there, you can get away with that. Over the course of a season, film of your weaknesses begins to emerge and if you can't turn your weaknesses into a strength, you've got huge problems.
I am guilty of thinking Miles would be better than he is, but some revisionist history is going on with Price. I remember seeing him also panic at the first sign of trouble. The difference was he got rid of the ball quicker and was a more accurate passer. He was way better than Miles, but dealing with the blitz and pressure was not one of his strengths. His pocket presence was pretty bad (maybe another coaching issue).
Lastly, I see some parallels between Price in 2012 and Miles yesterday. Price never had to deal with a non existent running game. If we can't run the ball, we won't be successful no matter who is playing QB. I think it's at least somewhat evident that Sankey and Polk made these lineman look somewhat competent. Now with the running backs we have, their real talent is showing. And these same players have always sucked at pass protection. Throw Fetters' stat of how many starts a line has out the window. This is not a good OL. Criticize Miles all you want, and he deserves it, but the rest of the offense hasn't shown anything either. Price without Sankey, ASJ, Kevin Smith, and a healthy Kasen might struggle too.
The coaches have to figure it out fast because there is enough talent (experienced OL, Kasen, Ross, Mickens, etc) to have an average offense and what a disgrace if they can't win 10 games with 4 All Americans on defense.
Many have cited TCU's move to the Big 12 for their step backwards. The biggest problem has been the QB position as Boykin was in no way ready to be a starting QB in that kind of league and as a result the team took a lot of lumps losing games by 1 score ... games like 20-17 at Oklahoma, 3 point loss to Baylor, etc. It's been the exception that TCU has been out of any game in the Big 12 ...
Without a major leap by Miles, or handing the job over to Williams at some point and him running with it, we're watching a team where we're going to have a lot of defensive football games where our success starts/ends with the OL's ability to make the RBs look good. It will be a very, very long year for most of the WRs.
Both Mickens and Ross are relatively undersized WRs that are known more for their speed/quickness than they are their ability to run routes and create separation, particularly in the intermediate passing game. They are either short or long route guys.
Kasen clearly isn't 100%. He lacks top end speed but generally runs sound routes and is a guy that needs to be trusted to out physical his defender. Miles does not show an ability to trust any WR to go make a play for him - which understandably will be found frustrating by Williams.
Campbell is a better blocker than a WR - but has made a few catches this year. He is probably 50% of what Kevin Smith was.
Marvin Hall? Poor version of Mickens/Ross.
Then you think at TE, your best receiving option is Darrell Daniels - who is a converted WR. To utilize your TEs, you have to trust the intermediate passing game.
It's a hot mess right now. Miles is averaging just over 6 yards per attempt ... which really isn't that good.
I'm not sure how it looks on TV, but in person, the number of times he misses open WRs is significant. They can even be within the 1/3 he is seeing.
I think Peterman values not making mistakes over everything else. And I wonder if Miles missed those WRs because it's been beaten into his limited time with Peterman not to take risks. I don't know anything about the fans choice for QB (i.e. whoever Peterman has recruited and will be a frosh next year), but I'm guessing future recruits will fit the model of a certain Prosser QB who was too short/small for college FB vs. so-called athletic QBs.
When Peterman was asked about Miles, there was a pause, followed by a remark suggesting that he was not thrilled with his starter. The pause was telling. I give Miles a game grade F, far worse than Lindquist's grade at Hawaii.
Lindquist wouldn't have given one quality drive against Stanford.
Completely irrelevant comparison.