He was the same quarterback consistently through 13 games that got put up against more difficulties. And of course he would tell me that his decision making was porous because the alternative is that he cannot be depended upon to make a play.
Most first year QBs can not be depended on consistently in my experience. If he can make the next step, then we should be just fine. Typically the biggest improvement comes between year 1 & 2.
You want his accuracy to improve? He threw 64%. It is not going to get much better. Are you trying to tell me that he is going to throw 70%. "Baloney". He is a 65% quarterback.
I think he can improve his accuracy a lot on the big play gambles... especially ball placement. He underthrew a lot of deep balls last year, imo. He can certainly improve on his accuracy in the ILL & UM games, which involved lots of unforced errors.
I am not just talking about the skill positions on our offense. The majority of our offense will play in the NFL. Even our backups are NFL caliber. And at what point in my post did you get it in your head that I was arguing that we are fielding a team of NFL starters that are under performing. Take it this way. We have as much talent as any of the top tier offenses and yet we aren't one of them. And we are probably deeper than most of them too, because our coaching staff does a great job getting our second unit time.
That's a mountain of hyperbole, imo. OSU does not have double digit future NFL players on offense, from what they've shown thus far. Maybe they'll all buck the trend and develop into NFL players, but that is a pretty unrealistic and unfair expectation.
Right now, Beanie & Robiskie are NFL talents. Who else has proven that they deserve such enormous recognition?
And I understand that we can move in a dynamic 3rd receiver but I am not so sure that anyone out of Sanzenbacher is going to step up. And he is a possession receiver as well. I still think we are going to run a majority of two receiver sets. And I said as much in earlier posts. You seem to have a bleaker view of our current talent but a much brighter view of our incoming freshman if you think that one of them is going to unseat Small and Sanzenbacher for PT.
I don't have that bleak of a viewpoint of Robiskie, Hartline, Boom and others. I just don't think they are as remarkable (
YET) as you're selling, and especially not as remarkable that it's such a given that they'll be a brilliant offense.
And BTW our defense was stellar. If you are going to argue with me that they hung up too many points it might have been because we couldn't get anything going on O which affects momentum and time to rest for the D.
That excuse doesn't work at all. The 2002 offense was infinitely more inconsistent than the 07 squad, and helped the D much less.
PSU 02 - shut down Pro Bowler Larry Johnson, held opponent to 7 points, and would've still
lost if not for Gamble pick-6.
Purdue 02 - Hold opposition to 6 points, and if not for a hail mary, they lose.
Ill accept that 2002 was better, but not by much. And maybe Krenzel wouldn't have performed much better against LSU but you have to consider that our 2002 had a number of players that we could depend on to make plays.
The 2002 defense destroyed everyone they faced, including a team oozing with pro bowl talent in the desert. Andre Johnson, Kellen Winslow & Willis McGahee are all top-5 talents at their position in the NFL.
The 06 & 07 defenses had very good years. When it counted, they were not dominant, nor able to impose their will. Quite the opposite, really.
It was certainly adequate enough to have won the championship with.
Bingo. Adequate (at best) on the big stage, only when paired with a high scoring offense.
Not in the same zipcode as the DOMINANCE of the 02 squad.
