GoSU96
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He obviously made a ton of plays and the offense went through him. It's the same thing we saw with McPherson and McNabb.
When the transition went to Philcox D was able to take the load off the QB because he had Drummond, Owens, DJ, Moore, and Glover to distribute the ball to.
The transition after McNabb was rough because not only did the QB graduate but Konrad, KMac, KJ, Mo Jackson, and Daniel all left as well.
The dropoff between Dungey and Devito, from a pure QB aspect, is less steep and McNabb to Madie/Troy, and the skill positions are closer to what returned in 88 than what returned in 99.
What Eric allowed for was for the offense to succeed while being inefficient. Less than 40% on 3rd down and while third in the country in Red Zone possessions with 72 (which is great) ended up with 45 TD's and 22 FG's.
The question is can Devito run the offense with more tempo, that is more spread out, and get the ball out quicker in the pass game while still being a physical run team that goes through the TB instead of the QB running the ball. Eric was a school yard creater, Devito needs to be a the field general that distributes the ball to the right guy on time and lets other guys make plays.
I for one am looking forward to it. Eric was great but I think that what we see in the future is the offense that is even better.
Two years after Baylor went 10-3 with RGIII (who threw for 4300 yds, 37 TD's/6 picks, ran for 700 and 10 TDs), Baylor went 11-2 with Bryce Petty (4200, 32 TD's and 3 Ints, 209 and 14 TDs)
Eric had a great year, but he wasn't close to those numbers passing, 2868, 18 TD/9 Ints, while very similar rushing 754 and 15 TDs.
I think we can see Devito with a 3700 30/5 year and let the running backs split 40 rushing TDs.
When the transition went to Philcox D was able to take the load off the QB because he had Drummond, Owens, DJ, Moore, and Glover to distribute the ball to.
The transition after McNabb was rough because not only did the QB graduate but Konrad, KMac, KJ, Mo Jackson, and Daniel all left as well.
The dropoff between Dungey and Devito, from a pure QB aspect, is less steep and McNabb to Madie/Troy, and the skill positions are closer to what returned in 88 than what returned in 99.
What Eric allowed for was for the offense to succeed while being inefficient. Less than 40% on 3rd down and while third in the country in Red Zone possessions with 72 (which is great) ended up with 45 TD's and 22 FG's.
The question is can Devito run the offense with more tempo, that is more spread out, and get the ball out quicker in the pass game while still being a physical run team that goes through the TB instead of the QB running the ball. Eric was a school yard creater, Devito needs to be a the field general that distributes the ball to the right guy on time and lets other guys make plays.
I for one am looking forward to it. Eric was great but I think that what we see in the future is the offense that is even better.
Two years after Baylor went 10-3 with RGIII (who threw for 4300 yds, 37 TD's/6 picks, ran for 700 and 10 TDs), Baylor went 11-2 with Bryce Petty (4200, 32 TD's and 3 Ints, 209 and 14 TDs)
Eric had a great year, but he wasn't close to those numbers passing, 2868, 18 TD/9 Ints, while very similar rushing 754 and 15 TDs.
I think we can see Devito with a 3700 30/5 year and let the running backs split 40 rushing TDs.