• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Rutgers @ tOSU, Sat Oct 1, 3:30pm, BTN

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
MGMT said:
I’m ready to take serious heat for this but I’ll ask anyway:

Is anyone slightly underwhelmed by Stroud? Or to rephrase — feel like there’s still significant improvement to be had? I say this anticipating (OH YEAH HE NEEDS TO IMPROVE CUZ HES TIED FOR FIRST IN THE COUNTRY IN TDZZZ) i just feel like he’s missing some open throws or missing a little high still; I’d take no one over him but im hoping he locks some things down.
Click to expand...

He definitely has room for improvement, and imo is too hesitant or sails throw at times. Still think he's fantastic, but it's hard to see if the defense is conceding the run game to drop 7-8 in coverage.

Rutgers was also daring the refs to call holding every passing play. That combined with wind meant it was a running day.
 
Upvote 0
MGMT said:
I’m ready to take serious heat for this but I’ll ask anyway:

Is anyone slightly underwhelmed by Stroud? Or to rephrase — feel like there’s still significant improvement to be had? I say this anticipating (OH YEAH HE NEEDS TO IMPROVE CUZ HES TIED FOR FIRST IN THE COUNTRY IN TDZZZ) i just feel like he’s missing some open throws or missing a little high still; I’d take no one over him but im hoping he locks some things down.
Click to expand...

Stroud has arm talent no Ohio St QB has had, and I’ll include Haskins and Fields (does Burrow count?) in that. The wider college hashes really emphasize it. If you play the field WR 10 yards off Stroud can hit that throw for an easy five. College QBs can’t normally do that, which is why you play that receiver 10 yards off to begin with. That’s what makes Ohio St WR skill with Strouds arm so devastating. If you defend it closer, you’re susceptible to both double moves to the deep post or field side RB sweeps. Stroud can feather a ball over LBs and under deep Safeties. He has all the tools.

The criticism, IMHO, is Day running a “check with me” offense where the QB isn’t making the calls at the LoS. It really doesn’t prepare QBs for post-snap disguises, let alone the NFL.

Another factor is 1st round QBs don’t start in college for three years anymore. If Stroud came back next year it’d totally change the trajectory of his NFL future prospects. We all know he’s not coming back next year.

We are admittedly also holding him to an impossibly high standard as a Heisman contender and #1 overall draft pick when that was his… what? 17th start?
 
Upvote 0
GIFcap

Q1

bruce-almighty.gif


Q2

0b52fb1c6ed681f013909794d7428c00.gif


Q3

astartes-warhammer.gif


Q4

giphy.webp
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top