man, i hope that burntorange&white and thatguy are at least getting compensated for their efforts in this thread.
every single page, bow: everything is quinn's fault and he is a giant pussy. thatguy: everything that is good is because of quinn and everyone else on the teams sucks. random poster drop in: i think quinn may still be hurt. hank hill: everyone is an asshole and i hate you all.
you guys are both too extreme.
and, as the arbiter of all truth and facts in this universe, you're both right and you're both wrong and you are both too personally invested in your perception. in my opinion, quinn has been playing ghosts since he got back and cannot string together any consistency at all. he's had horrible turnovers against vandy, kentucky, agro, and georgia that have been brutal and put us in very dangerous positions. our defense has bailed us out a lot. much like the baylor game in 2022, quinn was in such a bad place trying to see the game against uk that we literally ran the entire fourth quarter out with zero pass attempts. the passes he made that were picked (and worse still, should have been picked) against georgia were seriously terrible, as was the one against agro (which would have been picked regardless of deflection). against uga, the miss to moore on the flag (corner post) route on second down in the red zone was an all-time horrible pass. the pass to gunnar on the wheel that would have been called back anyway due to the bond pick was exceptionally terrible given how open he was. the decision to go to golden after the first first down in overtime in the back of the endzone was braindead. on 3rd down, wingo is there for a first down and he dumps it to wisner for nothing. he throws off his back foot and lobs balls way, way too much. he has some of the worst footwork in the history of college football. he's also not really a leader or a guy that extracts the most from his guys...no one is running through a wall for quinn ewers.
on the other hand, he finally had three exceptionally timed and placed deep balls for the first time in a while against uga...building on a couple of nice ones against agro. and it really opened things up for the offense yardage wise. that's a major positive that i had abandoned all hope for prior to the tamu game. he threw some exceptional mid-range balls against uga over the middle of the field as well that looked routine but are much more difficult than they look...especially against uga...one to bond that was much more impressive than it looked on first glance zipped through an over/under zone bracket, a great read on the moore td and good delivery. while the 4th and 2 pass is relatively routine, he put that fucker on a perfect dime in the clutchest of moments. a real nice ball to helm as well through anticipated coverage windows. the bombs to golden were real nice. he moved about the pocket incrementally better in the seccg than he has in a while (still not great but not like regular season uga, ou, or uk). i will say while most of us are frustrated and want better from quinn, his trending from arkansas through georgia has been positive (with a low point in the second half of uk). he was better against uga...and that's a tough team to be good against when they are such an overwhelmingly bad matchup for a sark offense given that they have four linebackers that run like deer that completely destroy all the rinky dink sideways shit.
i think the tamu and georgia games have a lot of positive things to build off of and some seriously braindead shit that nearly killed us. it's quinn's career in a nutshell. but if he keeps up with the turnovers, the teams in the playoffs (including clemson) will punish us in a way that kentucky is not capable. i've said it virtually every week since he's come back: here's hoping we get good quinn. if we can get three quarters of good quinn a game instead of one, we can beat every team in the field.
deep down and gun to my head, my true feeling is that if arch had continued to get experience through the schedule, he would probably be a slightly greater net gain to the offense right now. but that shit is pure speculation. he's an unknown quantity and playing well against miss state, ulm, and utsa is not an indicator of performance against georgia and tamu and all of you slobbing over his highlights against shit teams need to chill some.
here's to a rested and ready quinn lighting the playoff on fire (one can hope).
eta tldr: everyone is right and everyone is wrong. quinn ewers is the duality of humanity in every way. capable of such beautiful dreams and such terrible nightmares.