footballdad wrote:Great observation that 2017 is the real worry with Hicks, Colbert, and the 2 freshmen being the only options (outside of some late miracle transfer possibly). Like Brewer and McBride a couple years into the system, but very tough for true freshman QB's. The QB position alone will make or break the 6 win bowl season dream in 2017.
Hasn't Brewer been running basically the same offense all throughout HS? Either way, I'd rather not have to depend on a true freshman to come in run this offense from Day 1. A JUCO or transfer would be ideal to provide depth and competition
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East Coast Mustang wrote:I think/hope Matt will make a considerable leap this year. He too was learning a new system last year, and a guy like Proche who can get open over the middle of the field should take some pressure off of him. I also think Corey Rau can come in and contribute early at TE
Look back at all my early posts about Davis, I was arguably his biggest fan, when the majority were hating on the guy. Agree this team would have won zero games without him last year, and he is by far our best option this year. Lucky to have him!
Really wish Morris would tweak the offense this year to take advantage of his running skills, but unfortunately don't really see it happening. As Davis goes, so goes the offense, as we saw over the course of last year.
East Coast Mustang wrote:I think/hope Matt will make a considerable leap this year. He too was learning a new system last year, and a guy like Proche who can get open over the middle of the field should take some pressure off of him. I also think Corey Rau can come in and contribute early at TE
Look back at all my early posts about Davis, I was arguably his biggest fan, when the majority were hating on the guy. Agree this team would have won zero games without him last year, and he is by far our best option this year. Lucky to have him!
Really wish Morris would tweak the offense this year to take advantage of his running skills, but unfortunately don't really see it happening. As Davis goes, so goes the offense, as we saw over the course of last year.
I felt like the staff stopped designing packages for Davis to run in after he barely made it through the non conf schedule with the hits he was taking and cramping. Our qb depth hindered us opening up The playbook with wanting to protect Davis.
Overall I agree with this article. Outside of Houston there isn't another program in Texas with as much untapped potential as Smu and we should see results if the Morris era goes according to expectations.
It is amazing how much better a QB can look if he isn't scrambling for his life most of the time. Judge Davis when he actually can sit back in the pocket with time to throw and make his reads and then we can decide how good he is at making decisions.
jimhagle wrote:Judge Davis when he actually can sit back in the pocket with time to throw and make his reads and then we can decide how good he is at making decisions.
Contrary to popular belief, he's had plenty of clean pocket scenarios and he frequently makes poor decisions anyway. There's nothing the o-line can do about his limited pocket awareness.
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East Coast Mustang wrote:I think/hope Matt will make a considerable leap this year. He too was learning a new system last year, and a guy like Proche who can get open over the middle of the field should take some pressure off of him. I also think Corey Rau can come in and contribute early at TE
Look back at all my early posts about Davis, I was arguably his biggest fan, when the majority were hating on the guy. Agree this team would have won zero games without him last year, and he is by far our best option this year. Lucky to have him!
Really wish Morris would tweak the offense this year to take advantage of his running skills, but unfortunately don't really see it happening. As Davis goes, so goes the offense, as we saw over the course of last year.
Same here with supporting Davis. For the first half of the season, my prediction that he would be a stud looked really good.
The second half of the season as well as Spring practice, he looked like David Carr after year 1 with the Texans. He bails out of every throw, which kills the accuracy. Matt is a great guy and I hope he can get over the mental hurdle of stepping into throws and not worry about the pass rush. But some players can't ever get over it. Aikman versus Walsh.
We really need to be able to have some sort of semblance of QB protection before we can really judge a QB. A QB that is running for his life 95% of the time is barely a QB, and often times that's not his fault.
East Coast Mustang wrote:I think/hope Matt will make a considerable leap this year. He too was learning a new system last year, and a guy like Proche who can get open over the middle of the field should take some pressure off of him. I also think Corey Rau can come in and contribute early at TE
Look back at all my early posts about Davis, I was arguably his biggest fan, when the majority were hating on the guy. Agree this team would have won zero games without him last year, and he is by far our best option this year. Lucky to have him!
Really wish Morris would tweak the offense this year to take advantage of his running skills, but unfortunately don't really see it happening. As Davis goes, so goes the offense, as we saw over the course of last year.
Can't run too much w/o depth. Hopefully coaches have enough confidence in bench to let Matt run more this year, but just couldn't afford losing him to injury last year. We shall see.
malonish wrote: Not sarcastic: who is Kaiser? Did I forget someone on the roster? Should I have googled this? (Probably)
If you want a good laugh
OK, I thought it would have been referencing him and thought maybe there was someone newer being talked about. Regarding his accuracy, he has 0% accuracy because he missed on one pass attempt in the BBVA bowl.
