I would like some insight and analysis on Brewer's Performance during the GT game. The O line gave him time, and we ran the ball well. It felt like to me that GT took away the short ball and we had more success with 10+ yard passes. We are going to need a better game from Brewer if we have any luck beating UNC next week.
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Not one of his better performance this season. We actually went for the deep ball a few times and he had guys ready to make plays, but he gave them no chance. The pick 6 was also just a terrible throw behind hodges. Will definitely need to play much better to even keep it competitive against UNC.
I agree that the interception was bad, but it apparently was not thrown to Bucky at all. They said that Bucky was not supposed to be there. The pass was to the receiver crossing the other direction further down the field and when Bucky crossed in front of it, the defender chancing him was in position to intercept it. Maybe Brewer should have seen what was happening but it sounds like some responsibility falls on Bucky.
That throw was behind the other receiver as well. He threw that ball to no one.
Well except the other team
Seemed like there was another throw in the game that Bucky was in the wrong place. He reached back for a ball that looked like it was for either Phillips or Ford I forget which. Seemed to be struggling with that last night.
That was 3rd down on our last real possession, on a play when we really needed a conversion
Is it me or is Bucky's story starting to sound like Marcus Davis. Just keep hearing so much potential but besides the Duke game... just not seeing too much of the hype. Hard to see his talent's when he has "God's Gift" tattooed on his arm...
Bucky threw a nice block on that TD run. Just needs to keep working on his route running/hands.
He's also a relatively young player. I hope that next year will be a break out season for him. Also, when Motley was in earlier this year he didn't seem to target him that much. With Brewer back, Bucky's getting more opportunities and hopefully learning a lot more.
If he stays. Rumors are he wants to go pro
Don't think that would pan out this year, next year with a good season, maybe.
If we bring anybody half way competent at HC/OC he will be much better off staying another year. His freshman year was better than this year has been. He has had a lot of wrong routes, covering up the TE, and dropped balls this year.
His frosh year wasn't really any better. It's just that he had more of the element of surprise last year. His flaws were readily apparent to anyone not wearing their O&M glasses.
If anything, I'd say he's improved a bit.
You know, we can't just assume that that is such a narcissistic statement. It could be written there to help him keep perspective, and not get so caught up on how great he is, but giving credit to his creator.. It might be the other, but I try not to judge individuals that hard on appearance, at least without having a conversation with him first.
I understand it's just that, it was a personal reminder that any talents he has is a gift from God and to not abuse or take it lightly.
I don't buy Brewer's explanation. More in my film review...
I don't either, it was just a terrible throw. If that was to Ford, it was also a terrible throw because it would have hopped 5 yards before it got to him.
sshh.... French has spoken.
During the game, I thought the throw was meant for Malleck, but that it was under thrown either way.
He missed a few throws, some of those deep balls I'd really like to see him connect on. However, some of the issues were very odd playcalling, and some of those route combos were ill suited to the situations we put him in. There was one third down where he had so much time but nobody was open and there were no routes over the wide open middle of the field.
Edit: I will also note he was late on a few throws, particularly early. Think: any play you saw DJ White make in the first quarter.
^^ This ^^
Not great,
BobRob.I think he got hurt after that bad handoff to McMillan all of his throws after that were really poorly thrown. Honestly if he had kept playing like he has the last few games no reason at all that game would have been close
It was hit and miss...he really needs to be able to complete deep passes. Hodges and Ford were able to get separation deep, but every ball was over thrown or not in the field of play.
Not his best game. But if that's his worst game this year, I'll take it...thank you very much.
He was good, not great, made some really good throws, missed some easy ones. He didn't connect on the deep play, but throwing those allowed those screens and short passes that got us first downs all night.
I'm starting to think that deep ball to Bucky in the UVA game was a gift from god.
It may be the only one that Brewer ever completes.
Fingers crossed he's saving a couple for UVA this year
shouldn't there be an apostrophe in there?
I would give Brewer a solid 7 on a 1-10 scale.
Would give him a 5. Left a lot of points on the field and gave 7 to the opposing team when the defense had them on absolute lockdown after the first quarter.
Yeah... a 7 seems generous considering the open receivers he missed and the big pick-6.
I mean if he was an NFL QB I'd compare him to Jimmy Clausen. Not one of his better efforts last night, but the play calling didn't exactly help him, either.
He was late on a number of balls as well, especially early on.
Just not a sharp night overall.
Just stats wise I think the scale should be adjsted 1-20, then a solid 7 is about right
Comparing to the Current best QB (a 20)
Baker Mayfield Oklahoma
@ Baylor 24-34 270 yards 3TDs 1 interception
Brewer
@ Boston College 15 - 21 180 yards 1 TD 1 interception
@ Georgia Tech 15 - 29 178 yards 1 TD 1 interception
Compare something more than production numbers and look at averages and percentages given the offense the play in. Oklahoma is far more productive and that goes beyond who is receiving the snap.
Baker Mayfield
11.25 ypc, 7.9 ypa, 70.5% completion percentage
Brewer:
BC: 12 ypc, 8.57 ypa, 71.4% completion percentage
GT: 11.87 ypc, 6.14 ypa, 51.7% completion percentage
You gave a complete mix bag of results there that mean absolutely nothing in the end. But it was a good attempt.
There was a play in the 4th qtr, I believe, where Brewer failed to see a wide open Ryan Malleck, whose defender had fallen down, about 20 yards down the field with almost no one around him, and instead threw it short. We came up short of a first down, when I'm pretty sure Malleck would have taken it in for 6. I don't know enough about the play call or about the progression of his reads on that play to assign "fault", but missing Malleck hurt.
Side note: my friend and I were just commenting how awesome of a tight end he is and how we'd love to see him utilized more.
it was the 3rd and 2 I think where ford/bucky ran routes that put them right next to each other. malleck may have scored if he had just lobbed it up to him there.
I had to watch the game on AppleTV and it would only let me see the game from SkyCam. SkyCam had a great view of this play and Malleck was WIDE open. It's a shame Brewer missed him as we could have used it. Thankfully, we still came out ahead. Malleck is a stud and he seems to be utilized the most with Brewer at the helm as Malleck's receiving numbers dropped when Brewer went down. It's nice to have him healthy so far....knocks on wood.
Honestly at this point Brewer just needs to play well enough to be better than UVA. Nothing else really matters. There is no point wondering whether he is a good quarterback or bad quarterback. Hopefully he is good enough to get Beams a win in the next 2 games and then he can ride off into the Texas sunset.
FTFY
agreed... except for the:
I think you're meaning "3 wins in the next 3 games" if I may correct you, sir
...and more confused why we're seeing Motley and NOT Lawson when the redshirt has been burned and this is his chance to prove covet-status/in-game tryout for next season...
Does anyone else think that Brewer needs to put more air on the ball on deep throws? I felt like LT3 always did this and we never had the WRs to win the jump balls, and now that we do (Ford, Bucky) the ball is always on a line and overthrown.
I think we are seeing his full arm strength on these throws. When Motley came in for him in the first four games, there was a definite change in range the receivers could run their routes down field
Which is why I'm dying to see an I. Ford go route out of Motley's wildcat package. Motley's little trademarked shoulder juke would freeze the shit out of everyone, then just launch the shit out of the ball. If it's overthrown, NBD. But I'm betting it would be there.
Didn't they have 4 or 5 games to do that?
I seem to remember Mots completing an absolute arm punt to Ford against Purdue.
Yeah...so?
Ummm...no. I mean, Ford filled up the stat sheet while Motley was the starter, but Mot was running the whole offense. His wildcat package is 100% run based, so the chance to catch a defense flatfooted is way higher now that Motley is back to his situational role.
Exactly.
Exactly what? How does a "wildcat package" make any difference? By limiting the possibilities?
I'm not sure why you're having such a time conceptualizing this. The whole idea is, when Motley comes in, the opposing defense keys on the QB keep. They have since Brewer returned against Duke, increasingly so with each passing game. There is film out there now that pretty much dictates, if Motley's in, he's going to keep. So on the second or third time we bring him in for his Wildcat package, a shoulder wiggle into a bomb to I. Ford (whom Mot developed good chemistry with over the course of his starts) could catch an opposing defense flatfooted, much more so now than when Motley was running the full offense.
I think a lot of people have begun conflating "Wildcat package" with "QB keeper play." The game announcers have also done an awful job in contributing to this. The whole point of the "Wildcat(turkey)" is that the subbed-in QB is a threat to run or pass. What you're describing here is exactly how it should work. Right now, we're just telegraphing a QB keeper.
As though ECU and Pitt weren't keying on the QB keep -- regardless of what you call it or whatever "package" you want to imagine it is? The opportunity was there just as much then as it would be now.
Do you think defensive coaches haven't watched any game film on him and are blissfully unaware that he is actually a capable (albeit limited) passer if he's in the game? Or that they think his passing skill suddenly disappeared once Brewer regained the starting position? Given the vast film on him since Brewer regained the starting job (3 games, 7 plays -- 6 rushes, 1 pass), are you certain that defense coaches have come to the conclusion that Motley isn't going to pass if he's in the game? Do you think if Illinois Hokie has concluded a wiggle bomb to Isaiah Ford could work that defensive coaches who do this for a living haven't also figured it out?
I'm not sure why your'e having such a hard time conceptualizing this.
The problem is, the film is prooving you wrong. Motley in the game = a stacked box, as opposing DCs are scheming against tendency, and the tendency with Motley in is QB keeper. The receivers are getting man coverage, the shoulder wiggle freezes the safety. The potential is greater now than it was when Motley was starting. Regardless of what Motley did when he was the starter, football is a reactionary sport. DCs are calling against the tendencies of the opposing offense, and against GT and BC, that meant crowding the box when Motley came in.
I agree with you in a general sense, DCs aren't going to forget that Motley can pass. But when Motley keeps on 100% of his plays since Brewer's return, that's what DCs call against. And that's exactly what they're doing, and that specifically is what is opening up the potential for a go route to be a real opportunity. It wouldn't be so much the opposing DC saying, "Oh snap, I forgot Motley could pass!" as it would be, "Damn it, I knew that was coming eventually."
There is a small bunch of us fans that hope that the last three games of Motley coming on the field and running the keeper again and again is a subtle set up for a go route pass against UNC. Motley comes in, UNC assumes run, therefore deep ball pass for a TD. The longest set up.
Rest assured that D coaches recognize this threat. That doesn't mean DBs will listen or remember though...
When are we going to just let him pick apart the middle of the field? That one particular interception notwithstanding it seems to be what he's good at. Get Rogers out there punishing linebackers when they come at him then combine that with McMillan pounding it and we'd have a pretty solid offense. We could do a deep ball from time to time because I think Brewer actually does have the touch most of the time. It wouldn't be pretty but it'd work and play to our strengths/personnel.
Brewer did not have a good game. Should have put more air under deep balls, the pick was questionable, some poor decisions.
But that second TD drive he made several good throws. He hit Cam Phillips for some big plays. And he threw an absolute lazer back shoulder to Ford for the TD. No other QB we have had since Tyrod could have made that throw.
No one plays great all the time but the Brewer bashing I read about (not necessarily here) a lot confuses me. The guy is a gamer. He does throw picks. So does every other QB. He doesn't have the greatest arm, but he gets up off his ass after he gets run over. The players seem to rally around him. We don't beat OSU last year without him and I think his injury may have seriously hurt our chances in several other games this year.
The answer is obvious, he shaved his beard in November. Extremely unlucky...
Glad he's our QB and I hope he's having a great birthday today!
Happy Birthday Michael Brewer!
Seemed a step or 2 off on the long ball. Threw some dicey balls that could have been picked and one that was right to the LB for a pick 6. But he moved the sticks when he had to, seemed to get into a nice rhythm with Cam which is nice to see. That TD to Ford was a thing of beauty, but when he tried to go back to the same play Ford needed to bail him out of another pick with an offensive PI. Was his roughest game since coming back. Hope its his low point and it's all on the way up from here.