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Class of 2021 QB Kaidon Salter (TX) Portal to Colorado

Id be fine with this as long as he's not guaranteed the starting job...I don't think Fran would do this which makes me feel like he won't come here. We'll see though
 
Liberty is a bit of a gimmicky offense. McCall wasn't the best QB on State's roster before the injury and his numbers dipped the year at Coastal without Chadwell. Meh.
 
He had a bum ankle...just look at those highlights. He was not right but gutted it out. He even had a long TD run to keep them in it at the end where he was clearly in a ton of pain and still ran by everyone.
Ehhh I am still not sold. I have a lot of shell shock from watching dual threats with terrible accuracy.
 
I think he'd be a great backup to Jakhari personally. What's the downside for Cuse?
 
I really think we're making a mistake here.
Where I’m concerned is watching his highlights and passing abilities, then realizing the percentage of contested receptions our receivers had to make. We need a highly accurate, dialed in QB
 
Ehhh I am still not sold. I have a lot of shell shock from watching dual threats with terrible accuracy.
Salter isn't someone that I've watched film on so I can't really give my personal opinion, but FWIW, it seems like his accuracy is considered to be closer to fine than truly bad. It's more that his average depth of throw is insanely high so it's always going to be relatively low percentage passes in terms of completion percentage.

Having said that, I think it's a safe bet he's not nearly as good a passer as McCord; the hope would be the plays he can make with his legs offset that.

Would certainly be a different looking offense.
 
Where I’m concerned is watching his highlights and passing abilities, then realizing the percentage of contested receptions our receivers had to make. We need a highly accurate, dialed in QB


Yup this is my major concern. The accuracy numbers scare me a ton as well as the massive drop off in production 2 years ago to last year. I am not sold that this is the correct fit for what Nixon was trying to do on the offensive side of the ball.
 
Salter isn't someone that I've watched film on so I can't really give my personal opinion, but FWIW, it seems like his accuracy is considered to be closer to fine than truly bad. It's more that his average depth of throw is insanely high so it's always going to be relatively low percentage passes in terms of completion percentage.

Having said that, I think it's a safe bet he's not nearly as good a passer as McCord; the hope would be the plays he can make with his legs offset that.

Would certainly be a different looking offense.
I know we won't have someone as good as McCord and will have to make it up elsewhere, but it's the numbers against bad teams that scare me especially as the season went on this year. He's got a big arm there's no doubt about that. That said getting separation deep was not a strength of ours this year.
 
Yup this is my major concern. The accuracy numbers scare me a ton as well as the massive drop off in production 2 years ago to last year. I am not sold that this is the correct fit for what Nixon was trying to do on the offensive side of the ball.
We have no idea what Nixon is planning to do next year. No inside info but IMO Nixon is the guy picking the QB's he wants to bring in, not Fran.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a significantly different offense in Atlanta next year and Tennessee goes, "WUT?"
 
We have no idea what Nixon is planning to do next year. No inside info but IMO Nixon is the guy picking the QB's he wants to bring in, not Fran.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a significantly different offense in Atlanta next year and Tennessee goes, "WUT?"

Makes sense when you have a super successful offense that works well, especially in a dome, to change it up after 1 season..
 
Makes sense when you have a super successful offense that works well, especially in a dome, to change it up after 1 season..
I hear you but there isn't another McCord sitting out there. Heck there isn't a McCord level passer playing the playoff this year. We're going to have to get the best QB talent we can and then adjust the play-calling accordingly. I agree that it doesn't mean throwing everything out and running the triple option though.
 
I hear you but there isn't another McCord sitting out there. Heck there isn't a McCord level passer playing the playoff this year. We're going to have to get the best QB talent we can and then adjust the play-calling accordingly. I agree that it doesn't mean throwing everything out and running the triple option though.

You may not get a level player but you can search the portal and bring in QBs that have similar attributes because McCord just showed what the offense looks like with those attributes. Accuracy would #1 quality to look for if I was trying to replicate McCord. Salter has been the opposite of accurate so far in his career.
 
You may not get a level player but you can search the portal and bring in QBs that have similar attributes because McCord just showed what the offense looks like with those attributes. Accuracy would #1 quality to look for if I was trying to replicate McCord. Salter has been the opposite of accurate so far in his career.

You want us to replicate a unicorn? Good luck with that. :rolleyes:

Why not get the best overall QB we can, and then tweak the O to work with his skillset.

We can try to replicate what Dungey did for us in 2018.
That clearly worked too.

And Fran can get us higher quality talent across the board, so Nixon can then scheme to utilize all of those players in the best way possible.
 
I know we won't have someone as good as McCord and will have to make it up elsewhere, but it's the numbers against bad teams that scare me especially as the season went on this year. He's got a big arm there's no doubt about that. That said getting separation deep was not a strength of ours this year.
Just playing a little devil's advocate again here, I think you could argue that having someone as dangerous as Salter is with his legs forces the defense to (1) have fewer players in coverage or (2) a lot more zone than man and those things could help alleviate some of the separation issues our receivers have. I don't pay for a PFF subscription so idk if teams generally played Liberty with zone or even how much man vs. zone we faced this year, but that's one thing the coaches could be thinking about if they're really targeting someone like Salter.

Our WRs will need to get better at separating regardless IMO; McCord's ball placement and our WRs ability to shield defenders off covered up some potential issues there for sure.

I completely get being concerned about a lot of things with Salter though. It never feels great getting someone coming off a season where expectations were sky high and they fell WAY short.
 
I wonder if Salter/portal QB1 is an enticement for Nixon to stick around.
 
Makes sense when you have a super successful offense that works well, especially in a dome, to change it up after 1 season..
It makes more sense to adapt the offense to fit the talent. I'm sure the preference would be to find a QB1 similar to McCord. But, short of that, Nixon's value will be how well he is able to adapt the offense.
 
Saltar is definitely coming from a run heavy offense at Liberty which would be a big shift
 

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