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And infinitely more interceptions.
And an unforgivable one...
And infinitely more interceptions.
Lol Naturally, I saw things differently...I'm not saying by an avalanche margin for sure but I do believe Rhoda is the better quarterback. Rhoda's pocket presence I thought was excellent. He stepped up in the pocket to avoid the rush, he stood in the pocket knowing he was going to get drilled and delivered the pass on target. The only criticism of Rhoda's play that I saw and it was huge, was the interception...BUT, the play was immediately after the coaches took a timeout. Rhoda came out and STARED down his one and only target. Then the threw the ball in what looked to be a horrible pass. Why? It's not how he quarterbacked (surveyed the field) on his other passes...there was a misunderstanding on that play somewhere...the receiver on the wrong pattern, the coaches instructions to Rhoda misunderstood...something was off on that play resulting in a huge mistake not typical of his other decisions. jmo
Yes, Croft has more potential as a runner but in a critical spot he could have kept the ball on the read option and run for days...but instead handed it off for a loss of yardage. One example... I can also easily see how/why we might have made the decision to be playing two quarterbacks to start the season.
I'd like to see a stat of our avg yards per carry with each QB in the game. My guess is that it wasn't close. The run game stopped with CR15 in the game as there is zero buy in from the D he would run. If they make Rhoda our QB, they need to just remove the read option from the play book.
I'm amazed that anyone saw a large difference between our QBs in this game. It is people seeing what they want to. I hate the 2 QB system but totally see why PJ did it after this game.
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Go look at the play by play stats on Gophersports and you tell me if they are close.
Lol Naturally, I saw things differently...I'm not saying by an avalanche margin for sure but I do believe Rhoda is the better quarterback. Rhoda's pocket presence I thought was excellent. He stepped up in the pocket to avoid the rush, he stood in the pocket knowing he was going to get drilled and delivered the pass on target. The only criticism of Rhoda's play that I saw and it was huge, was the interception...BUT, the play was immediately after the coaches took a timeout. Rhoda came out and STARED down his one and only target. Then the threw the ball in what looked to be a horrible pass. Why? It's not how he quarterbacked (surveyed the field) on his other passes...there was a misunderstanding on that play somewhere...the receiver on the wrong pattern, the coaches instructions to Rhoda misunderstood...something was off on that play resulting in a huge mistake not typical of his other decisions. jmo
Yes, Croft has more potential as a runner but in a critical spot he could have kept the ball on the read option and run for days...but instead handed it off for a loss of yardage. One example... I can also easily see how/why we might have made the decision to be playing two quarterbacks to start the season.
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So you looked at the overall run stats? Yards per carry when each QB was in the game?
Go look at the play by play stats on Gophersports and you tell me if they are close.
Agree, nice post. I'm thinking the same..I think the INT sways a lot of people's opinion of the performance. It took points off the board, but I saw enough in Rhoda's performance to say but for that he looked better and the offense moved down field better when he was QB. Next week will be interesting because I could absolutely see things flip in Croft's direction.
They are close, but different in their performances. Either way, Gophs will have better performance out of that position compared to last year, IMHO.
Rhoda only had triple the yards [emoji3]
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But he had a lot more chances
The INT says a lot. And it was just one... but
Mitch's career largely was critical games where a random INT caused problems...
I like Croft, but if he made a few more 1st Downs he would have had lot more chances too.
Would you consider 4.24 vs 2.60 Yards per carry significant? I would.
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Croft still doesn't put enough air in his log throws. There were a couple times he might have had his receiver catch the ball had the angle of decline been higher.Here's how the #Gophers RB's performed with each QB last night.Rhoda: 21 carries for 59 yards (2.81)Croft: 20 carries for 86 yards (4.30)— Ryan Burns (@RyanBurnsMN) September 1, 2017
#Gophers RB Shannon Brooks' biggest run (16 yards) came on an option look with QB Demry Croft, same for Rodney Smith's longest gainer (10).— Andy Greder (@andygreder) September 1, 2017
I didn't want to do the math...the last series skew it much?
I didn't but Ryan Burns did. That's exactly what his tweet states. I'm not sure why you are replying with questions that he already answered.
There seems to be 10 carries missing?
Some observations...
-- Several times Croft mis-read the DE and hand the ball to the running back instead of keeping it. The DE were collapsing on the run-up-the-middle. Many times Croft should have kept it and gone around end.
Reading the DE takes experience, something Croft hasn't had a chance to gain. The plays I'm commenting on were options, Croft was looking right at the DE when the handoff was being made. I guess I'm used to Mitch being the tough-guy that'd punish defenders for trying to tackle him, whereas Croft seemed afraid to take a hit. I don't agree with folks that think he's a great runner, at least in this game he was too timid.Maybe those plays weren't options? Could've been straight handoffs.
Croft QB'd 12 of our 21 first downs.
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