Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 5211226, member: 60"]
Re Kyle and the NFL, I still think he can get a look as a late round draft pick or UDFA and stick. One game doesn't ruin a career, but it definitely didn't help.

However, he's averaging almost 50 attempts per game. My personal feelings on that much imbalance in an offense notwithstanding, what it means is as we progress to some teams that will be primed is that it's 50 attempts for a defense to get a shot on Kyle.

We aren't switching to a balanced O, and I'm not sure what the % of plays that are passes are McCord checking into something he sees at the line and out of the original play call, but McCord has to:

1) Get better at moving in the pocket (climbing the ladder, slide left and right, etc)... he's getting cement feet at times in conjunction with locking in on a single WR. His eyes are connected to his feet in the wrong way at times. I get it, we don't have Jeremiah Smith at WR or OSU's OL, but he has to move better in the pocket for his own safety and his potential draft appeal.

2) Building off that -- he has to stop reversing out. Has to. He is going to get blindsided as he reverses out one time and going to get crushed and injured/concussed.

The one part of having a gun for hire (and believe me, I would do the Kyle signing 100 times out of a 100) is that there has to be a fast forward on trusting his WRs and OL versus building over years. The latter which are average in the best of times.

I would love if we had Zeed back, if Hatcher was more consistent, etc. I would love if our OL would level up. But it's not happening this year. McCord has to do better in the pocket because we aren't improving our offensive positions as a whole during this year.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?