Can I be honest? The rest of the QBs we face suck

[upperdeck]

someday we get a Pro RB again.. perhaps not so far off.

 

[TexanMark]

Pindell is EXACTLY the sort of dual-threat QB that has given our D fits in years past.
Regardless of his rankings or pedigree.

I really hope we 'spy' him if need be, since I think the rest of our D can cover the rest of them sufficiently.

Yup...Pindell is worth Cuse's full attention. He was a train wreck early in his career but is becoming a solid D-1 QB. Fortunately Cuse gets to play Yukon's Defense.

 

[reedny]

Ward historically has struggled against high level QBs. I don't see many of those on the schedule.

Pindell at UCONN? I'll let Marsh say what needs to be said here. (#28 QBR)

Clemson's 2 headed monster? Decent, but do they scare you? (Bryant is #92 QBR)

Pickett at Pitt? Please. (#71 QBR)

Elliott at UNC? Nah. (#118 QBR)

Finley at NC State? OK, now we got to somebody that can play. (#15 QBR)

Hartman at Wake? Talented but not a refined product at all. (#56 QBR)

Whatever's going on at Louisville? Get a cramp, Petrino. (Pass is #128, two spots ahead of the sacrificial lamb on the bottom from Rutgers)

Wimbush at ND? I'd like to remind everyone that Brian Kelly killed a kid. (#72 QBR)

Brown at BC? Having a really good season, but BC isn't QB-centric at all. (Oddly enough, does not show up on ESPN's CFB QBR list at all. Which must be a mistake, because his numbers have been very good so far. Maybe he hasn't thrown enough passes to qualify?)

If you want a reason for optimism this season, this is a big one. We're not really butting up against the types of QBs that can carve a defense up through the air or is a terrifying threat to run.

I think the defense is going to be fine, and we can compete against every single one of these teams.

I worry about our secondary. Against FSU, the defensive line masked some of our coverage issues. But we may get exposed against better QB's.

 

[PhatOrange]

wouldn't surprise me to see Pindell get knocked out of the game.

 

[PhatOrange]

I worry about our secondary. Against FSU, the defensive line masked some of our coverage issues. But we may get exposed against better QB's.

The coverage is never going to be 100% perfect. We had some coverage sacks, a big league INT and the coverage play of the day was probably not biting on the WR pass. I was very encouraged. A couple of the longer FSU throws he threaded passes into some tight zone windows.

*edit - coverage pressure/hurries not sacks.

 

[reedny]

The coverage is never going to be 100% perfect. We had some coverage sacks, a big league INT and the coverage play of the day was probably not biting on the WR pass. I was very encouraged. A couple of the longer FSU throws he threaded passes into some tight zone windows.

True, as a unit the secondary played pretty well. The FSU QB whistled in some of those throws. And totally agree about Cisco - he came through big time on that play as a FROSH. I worry more about scoop, receivers getting behind our LBs' so often and handling an effective RPO offense like WF.

 

[NKR1978]

Brian Kelly killed a kid and somehow that's been forgotten by the sports world.

 

[PhatOrange]

True, as a unit the secondary played pretty well. The FSU QB whistled in some of those throws. And totally agree about Cisco - he came through big time on that play as a FROSH. I worry more about scoop, receivers getting behind our LBs' so often and handling an effective RPO offense like WF.

Scoops been on the field and completely forgotten about by the fans. That's a good thing ;-)

 

[sufandu]

He’s not staying for his SR year

I think he is counting this year since we haven't played them yet.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

That's perfectly fine but I'm not going to judge any QBs off of 3 games. Especially teams that rotate the entire roster early like we do so neither one gets any cohesion.

I mean it's college football. Sample size is small.

I am going to judge QBs on 3 games. In fact, I have.

In fact, I've judged yours.

 

[tbonezone]

seems like i've seen 2nd , 3rd stringers come in and shred us in the past. worse the starter even.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

seems like i've seen 2nd , 3rd stringers come in and shred us in the past. worse the starter even.

Yeah, whatever man.

 

[tbonezone]

Nick Schuessle / Deshaun Watson anyone ? shredded.

 

[gbo]

I mean it's college football. Sample size is small.

I am going to judge QBs on 3 games. In fact, I have.

In fact, I've judged yours.

 

[BlueShaq]

I think when you judge QB's, not only should they be judged but also their offensive line. FSU is a prime example, Francois is a very good qb but has a bad OL in front of him. If our DL can have performances anywhere similar to what they had Saturday, we're gonna have a lot of opportunities to win games.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I think when you judge QB's, not only should they be judged but also their offensive line. FSU is a prime example, Francois is a very good qb but has a bad OL in front of him. If our DL can have performances anywhere similar to what they had Saturday, we're gonna have a lot of opportunities to win games.

Yeah, Francois was one to worry about.

Until we saw their line approached blocking the way James Harden approaches defense.

 

[anomander]

I don't think it's hyperbole to say that this is by far the easiest run through the ACC that we have had and will probably have for a very long time. We need to capitalize this year because they're not going to get an opportunity like this again