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Clicked around a little bit and this is a solid reddit.

The saying is true. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink". Again. It doesn't matter where the ball is thrown vs Washington ole buddy is closing fast and would've broken it up. Had Mitchell run the Houston route vs Washington the Washington DB wouldn't be anywhere close to the ball no matter where it was thrown because of the separation on the break. Now out of respect for you I will leave it at that but you won't find a single coach that will tell you the Washington route was the right one.

7:34 mark below Same receiver and same play to the other side vs Houston. Watch AD take a hard step inside and watch the sep it gives him when he cuts back outside. This is how you run that route. It doesn't matter how far off the DB is. The hard fake close to the goal line will get the reaction you need. This is what Quinn is expecting. Now contrast that with the route run against Washington. Night and day difference.

What are you talking about? The DB breaks on the route and no matter where that ball was thrown he was going to be there to contest it. He only jumped because he saw it was high. If it was low he would've been there to get his hands on it too. In fact, he broke so quickly that had it been a low throw he could've stepped in front of it. The problem is the route. AD needs one hard left inside step to make the DB take one step inside and he catches this ball uncontested. He never sold anything to the inside. Anyone who has played receiver, DB, or QB can tell you that is an awful route. In fact, I challenge you to find anywhere saying that is a good route. DBs are taught to protect inside out. One hard step inside and the DB will bite.

It's like you never played sports. Go look at Mitchell's listed height here at Texas, and Jackson isn't 6'1 either(hasn't been to the combine yet). Regardless, even on video there is a significant height difference.

Every QB is taught to throw that ball high to take advantage of the mismatch(6'5 vs 5'10) which is exactly why we chose AD to go to. The ball is out before the receiver break. At that point you are expecting your receiver to put his cleats in the ground for separation, come back, and high point the football on the sideline. You aren't expecting him to round off his route and not jump. Even the DB knows what we are trying to do which is why he is ready to jump and bat the ball down.

You have a 6'5 receiver running a fade in the end zone vs a 5'10 DB. Where do you throw the ball Big? Where is every single QB in America taught to throw the ball in that scenario?

Jordan Whittington, and we all loved him, was special because of his effort level. He was way more developed than most kids which made him special in high school but once you get to college you are just one of the guys. He still had his effort and that carried him through but let's not act like he was uber gifted physically outside of his efforts in the weight room. I am going to say this one time and one time only. Quinn Ewers was ranked higher than Vincent Paul Young Jr, the most incredible high school or college player most of us has ever seen. He was ranked higher than Vick. He was ranked higher than Lamar Jackson. He was ranked higher than Mahomes. It didn't take a genius to see the only thing special about Ewers is his arm and that HE WAS NOT a perfect recruit like they said he was. As soon as any of us saw him we should've readjusted our expectations. What makes him special is his ability to make multi-platform throws and his arm strength. Outside of that he is below average. Below average height, size, feet, quickness, agility, and speed. So why are we expecting him to do things he can't? That's like getting pissed that Blue can't run between the tackles. Pocket passers with below average athletic ability have to be kept clean at all costs. It's as simple as that. And just because they have a strong arm doesn't mean they are going to be able to stand in the pocket, perfectly diagnose a defense, and make every throw perfectly. I accepted that a long time ago and adjusted my expectations. Anyone who thinks Ewers is going to be any different than any other pocket passer outside the ability to reach areas of the field others can't is going to be mad every week that Texas is playing. I challenge anyone here to name me 10 non-running college pocket passers that didn't have strong running games and didn't have a bunch of wtf games.

Correct, and when your running game takes a step back expect those D-coordinators to use it to their advantage.

No one is moving goal posts. What I am saying is he is just like every other quarterback except that he has a golden arm. So expect him to have flaws and shortcomings. Expect him to need a complimentary running game to play at his peak. That is the case for most QBs. Expect him to make mistakes.

9-1 and 7 TD passes in the last two games with no picks. Yeah lets bench that guy lol.

If you don't know what's going on then why are you commenting? Lol

I m not defending that throw. Ewers always misses that deep post. He cannot throw it and I've said it over and over again. He throws it vertical every time.

Again. You are voicing your own personnel expectations based on what some 9.95ers told you. So if you are upset about his throwing velocity then that is on you. I have never seen him rifle balls and so I don't expect him to. He throws the way he throws. Also, Beck threw for 347 vs Tenn and looked like a whole new man. Like all those interceptions were behind him right? Wanna know why? Tenn pretty much plays straight bump and run man coverage. No confusing zone schemes. Perfect for a QB who struggles reading defenses but is otherwise a solid passer. Wait til he faces another good zone team.

Are we really arguing whether it's harder to throw deep vs 3 safeties over 2 safeties? Lol. Seems self explanatory.

Yeah that dude CANNOT hit a deep post to save his life and this route combo we run a bazillion times a game. He misses it every time and Sark calls it over and over. He cannot make this throw. The few times we've completed it the receiver turned vertical to run under it. Not sure why we are still calling it but here we are. It doesn't fit his eye but Sark is extremely stubborn about it.

Let me know when we run 11 personnel or 5 wide all game and not 50% 12 personnel. Get mad at Sark for not spreading it out and taking advantage of one v ones.

Everyone can see that. Everyone can also see how tight a window it was because they dropped 8 defenders and had 3 safeties. Throw had to be perfect.

Says "Teams aren't running 3 high because they are scared of the deep ball against us They are running it because with that look they know Quinn will become Checkdown Charlie 90% of the time" then follows that up by citing a play where the fact that they were in 3 high is why they were able to bat a deep ball away that would've hit Golden square in the hands. lol. Did you see us running a bunch of intermediate middle of the field routes?

Technically the 6 Oline package was just 12 personnel with a really good blocker. Our problem is we aren't very good blocking out of 12 personnel so we can't force teams out of 3 high. We are currently number 64 in the country and 8th in the SEC in rushing despite seeing light boxes every week. People keep saying we run fine but we are doing exactly what teams want us to do. They know that our running game is inconsistent and we will suffer a negative play somewhere in the drive and they can then take advantage of.

You know what the adjustment is to 3 high safeties? Running the football until they stop it.

And that is correct but those aren't misses. Ball was there but the DB just made a play on them. We aren't even talking abut those if they don't have 3 safeties on the field. Two safeties and the DB isn't close enough to make a break on them. Touchdown.

Outside of that same deep post he always misses what deep ball did he "miss" vs Pig? I saw a few the DBs made plays on two and one that was absolutely a PI. Now ask yourself why they made plays on them. Because they were 3 safeties across, ignoring the run game by playing a 3 man front and dropping 8. Most teams see that and bully them in the run game to get them out of that. We tried and they stayed in it. Also, Tom Brady was a 6th round pick because people thought of him what you think of Ewers. We forget how he started out.

Yes I saw that. They ran some 3 high usually in long yardage situations or vs 11 personnel, but not against heavy run packages. With us they stayed in 3 high with 3 man fronts pretty much the entire game no matter if we trotted Helm and Davis out there in 12 personnel or not. They were determined to keep our passing game in check and completely ignored our running game. It's a pretty consistent theme with us. I know you know that.