QB1 Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

Dan Wentzel praised Quinn in their CFB Enquirer podcast today. Said he had a very good bounce back game after getting benched and showed maturity. 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

OH NO HE MISSED THE THROW (I admitted he missed it) That shit happens to QBs at every level at times.  If you guys were not rolling around in your own feces that he's just absolute shit that one play is the kind of nitpick this thread should be going through.  You all are also packaging it with some ridiculous takes like claiming the other two points were horrible plays. They were not.  QBs with an 11 point lead in scoring position on the road against a scrappy team early in the 3Q shouldn't just be firing balls all over the place just because you say they should.  

 

[Skipper 6128]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Did Majors throw the ball? Did Majors force Ewers to throw right into the hands of the rusher? Did Majors hit Quinn causing the ball to go flying out of his hand?

You expect a QB to anticipate nobody getting a hand on a blitzing LB allowing him free elevation?  That's a QB problem?  JFC.  Post less.

[B00M 6414]

2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

No dude. Ewers is a 5 star and should have no problem lighting up Vandy regardless of what the protection looks like. Don’t try to suggest that the OL full of 5 stars should be able to handle a 3 star Vandy DL regardless of what the QB is doing, that’s different. 

Our OL is full of 5 stars? Banks and…?

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

Just now, B00M said:

Our OL is full of 5 stars? Banks and…?

Banks, Campbell, and Baker(true freshmen) are only 5 stars. 

[MrBig 5385]

53 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

He threw this ball to Bolden after a holding call and got the 1st down. Climbed the pocket to deliver it and everything. Kept him clean. Straight dropback where he can see the routes develop.

 

 

He takes four steps in the 3 step drop. He catches the snap, hops backwards with his left foot and then starts the 3 step drop. As soon as he gets to the top of the drop he hops forward with both feet at the moment Bolden is breaking free. The ball should be thrown to the 30yard line but Quinn is not ready to throw because he hopped forward after the drop. He shouldn’t have to scramble to make this play. 

Top of drop

Hop forward when Bolden is breaking inside

After hop, feet not set to throw 

[B00M 6414]

15 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Dan Wentzel praised Quinn in their CFB Enquirer podcast today. Said he had a very good bounce back game after getting benched and showed maturity. 

On3 did too. 

 

[B00M 6414]

13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Banks, Campbell, and Baker(true freshmen) are only 5 stars. 

I’d forgotten DJ was a 5 star, thanks 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

Madame Defarge knitting the names of the Ewers bourgeoisie for when the surly civil unrest begins. 

[Hank_Hill 18793]

14 minutes ago, Skipper said:

You expect a QB to anticipate nobody getting a hand on a blitzing LB allowing him free elevation?  That's a QB problem?  JFC.  Post less.

If he somehow has the reaction time to elevate his release angle enough to get it over that particular tip it’s an overthrow and probably a pick. If he pulls the throw down he’s sacked and everyone here yells at him for self sacking. 

16 minutes ago, B00M said:

Our OL is full of 5 stars? Banks and…?

Yea I guess Williams is just a high 4. Probably why Vandy ate his lunch

[MirrOlure 14760]

Ah, fuck it.

I’m giving myself a two week break from this shitfest

[Funk Doctor Spock 12178]

I wonder if we can trade Quinn to Kiffen for Dart? 

[6th Street 6390]

After watching Dak struggle to move the ball on that final drive, you gotta think Quinn Ewers could step right in....

 

 

 

 

...as waterboy 

[hook me 2092]

44 minutes ago, MrBig said:

He takes four steps in the 3 step drop. He catches the snap, hops backwards with his left foot and then starts the 3 step drop. As soon as he gets to the top of the drop he hops forward with both feet at the moment Bolden is breaking free. The ball should be thrown to the 30yard line but Quinn is not ready to throw because he hopped forward after the drop. He shouldn’t have to scramble to make this play. 

Top of drop

Hop forward when Bolden is breaking inside

After hop, feet not set to throw 

looks like he’s looking at the Moore/Golden at the bottom. Almost as if he’s got route combos and coverages to read and isn’t sitting at his computer with a birds eye view and 24 hours worth of hindsight. Bolden was maybe the 3rd option on that play and what a fucking play to pick to complain about. “Quinn made an excellent play but not like I like it so he sucks.” What a take.

[Hermanator 7032]

14 hours ago, TexArcher said:

I agree that the banged-up RB room is affecting the QB play.  If we had CJ Baxter, everything would be different, and it will be next year.

I know we all want to see us run the ball more, but the reality is that we don't have a 3rd and 3 type of running back on this active roster.  And, Sark is likely afraid of getting another RB hurt if we start calling a ton of running plays.  We're pretty much forced into trying to use the horizontal passing game as a running game sometimes, but everybody and their mother knows that's what we're doing. 

All of that aside, I'm hoping that having two weeks off will get Quinn right.  If we can get him playing the way he did in the first three games, we're gonna win out and go to Atlanta.  If not, we're gonna lose to aggy or Arky, and maybe both.  So, if Quinn's struggles continue in the Florida game, I want to see both quarterbacks get drives.  I know, everybody hates the two-quarterback thing, and I usually do, too, but Arch's speed immediately fixes our predictability problem, which I believe is the #1 problem we've got.  It's not just that Quinn isn't 100%, it's also that defenses have a very good idea of what's coming.  Give Arch some series and we give them a lot more to have to think about.

Or, 100% Quinn is back for Florida, and not a moment too soon.  We'll see, but it has to be one of those two options.

He was as close to 100 percent as he'll get this past Saturday. 

He was back to proper mechanics (as close as he ever gets) throwing the ball. 

He stepped up in the pocket and made throws. 

He showed he could run a little to get a first down. 

The inability to read the line and maneuver around defenders for throws has always been him. We got burned by his deflected passes in the playoff game. It happened to him in a lot of games last season. If he hasn't learned by now he's not learning here with this program. 

He can't consistently throw an accurate deep ball. Not enough to make defenses respect it. DCs know Sark is going to get him involved in the quick game early because if he doesn't have easy throws early he gets wildly inconsistent and his mechanics go to shit. 

He's just a predictable QB. Very accurate when right on short throws and intermediate throws, but can't throw deep balls. Can't maneuver in the pocket well at all. Can't burn you with his legs. Has to have short rhythm throws early to get him into a game. 

Just too many predictable things a decent defense and good DC can tee off on. 

[Hook1997 5351]

1 hour ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Dan Wentzel praised Quinn in their CFB Enquirer podcast today. Said he had a very good bounce back game after getting benched and showed maturity. 

Literally every ranking list said the same thing…. You want to know how national media doesn’t pay attention to anything but the stat line and doesn’t watch whole games and have no clue what’s actually going on?   

Edited October 28 by Hook1997

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2937]

God our fans suck. Can’t wait to watch Ewers beat aggy twice, win the SEC, and then win the whole fucking thing.

We’ll still have some idiots in here calling him a pussy.

[MrX 727]

Bond’s been hurt for 2.75 games. It’s been a factor. And I’m not saying Ewers has been great or even good. 

[Hank_Hill 18793]

4 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

God our fans suck. Can’t wait to watch Ewers beat aggy twice, win the SEC, and then win the whole fucking thing.

We’ll still have some idiots in here calling him a pussy.

Sir did you see you in the game thread and aggy game thread??

[Hermanator 7032]

1 hour ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Dan Wentzel praised Quinn in their CFB Enquirer podcast today. Said he had a very good bounce back game after getting benched and showed maturity. 

 

53 minutes ago, B00M said:

On3 did too. 

 

These CFB people cant watch every game. There's way too much to see, and with today's 10 second attention spans they feel they have to get content out RIGHT AWAY or else miss out on clicks. They watch the biggest matchup of the week and maybe 1 other game. They all watched out game with Georgia. Not one of them watched is play yesterday. They're just going on stats and repeating what each other say in a big circle jerk. 

Team specific people watch their team's games. Both IT and Bobby's Kids said Quinn was better but lacking and had a decent yet uneven performance. 

Edited October 28 by Hermanator

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2937]

28 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Sir did you see you in the game thread and aggy game thread??

 

I was being a pussy bitch ass. I’ve had a day to get right with the gods, and I now have clear mind.

Edited October 28 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[UTEE97 3513]

If there is nothing wrong with how Quinn has been playing surely he will be drafted in the first round, as was predicted at the beginning of the year. Let's see if the GMs buy the excuses put forth here by a few posters. 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2937]

4 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

If there is nothing wrong with how Quinn has been playing surely he will be drafted in the first round, as was predicted at the beginning of the year. Let's see if the GMs buy the excuses put forth here by a few posters. 

QE will be fine. He looked much better against Vanderbilt despite our OL playing their worst game of the season outside of GA. 
 

Is he a 1st round pick? Probably not. Who cares though, he’s battle tested and I think he thrives when he’s playing with a chip on his shoulder.

Fuck the haters (myself included), Ewers is our guy. I think he finishes the season strong just like 2023.

Edited October 28 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[Hank_Hill 18793]

33 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

If there is nothing wrong with how Quinn has been playing surely he will be drafted in the first round, as was predicted at the beginning of the year. Let's see if the GMs buy the excuses put forth here by a few posters. 

Are the people saying this in the room with us right now? 

[Funk Doctor Spock 12178]

He really does need Bond back in the worst way. He's his security blanket and Bond can make nothing into something, which opens up the passing game for other players like Helm, Moore, and Golden. Once Bond comes back, we'll see a different Quinn, but if that one pkayer is out he just melts into humpback whale squirt shit. 

[Thatguy 8682]

5 hours ago, MrBig said:

He takes four steps in the 3 step drop. He catches the snap, hops backwards with his left foot and then starts the 3 step drop. As soon as he gets to the top of the drop he hops forward with both feet at the moment Bolden is breaking free. The ball should be thrown to the 30yard line but Quinn is not ready to throw because he hopped forward after the drop. He shouldn’t have to scramble to make this play. 

Top of drop

Hop forward when Bolden is breaking inside

After hop, feet not set to throw 

You guys judge everything in a vacuum. Of course that's what he should've done in hindsight. We would all be perfect if we got to go back in time after seeing the test answers. However, he is going through progressions and we don't know what number Bolden is. If he was his first read then yes. What if he was his 3rd read? What matters is he got to the right guy. Also what matters is while he was scanning the field 65 is being pushed back in his lap. So he sidesteps him to the throwing window the LG created when he pancaked him and gets the ball out. Think about this. Dude picked up a 3rd and 20 and here we are bitching about how he could've done better. This is what happens when you hate a guy. Arch picks this up and you guys are cheering.

[Thatguy 8682]

5 hours ago, hook me said:

looks like he’s looking at the Moore/Golden at the bottom. Almost as if he’s got route combos and coverages to read and isn’t sitting at his computer with a birds eye view and 24 hours worth of hindsight. Bolden was maybe the 3rd option on that play and what a fucking play to pick to complain about. “Quinn made an excellent play but not like I like it so he sucks.” What a take.

Should've scrolled back before I posted the exact same comment. Thank you.

[Jkwellborn 6692]

Not true, from PFF: 1 big takeaway is he is not good at hitting the big play against the blitz which is what would deter more blitzes.
Ewers had a 64.6 PFF passing grade against the blitz, which ranked 77th out of 153 qualified passers last year.
also 5 of his 8 turnovers were against the blitz and his yards per attempt went from 8.8 to 7.1.
 

It wasn’t something I was claiming. I remember seeing a graphic during a game talking about how great he was against the blitz. It didn’t mention big plays or ypa. I think it was pretty much completion percentage.

[DFW Horn 6123]

8 hours ago, MrBig said:

The ball should be thrown to the 30yard line but Quinn is not ready to throw because he hopped forward after the drop. He shouldn’t have to scramble to make this play. 

Top of drop

Nope

The ball should be coming out here. Poor footwork and bad timing leads to less YAC, too.

[Codaxx 5728]

7 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

QE will be fine. He looked much better against Vanderbilt despite our OL playing their worst game of the season outside of GA. 
 

Is he a 1st round pick? Probably not. Who cares though, he’s battle tested and I think he thrives when he’s playing with a chip on his shoulder.

Fuck the haters (myself included), Ewers is our guy. I think he finishes the season strong just like 2023.

He definitely took a step forward from OU and Georgia, which was likely. His pocket presence is still a bit sketch at times. I think there needs to be a lot of work done on the offense during the bye. Here is the biggest reason. Pts per drive allowed:

OU: 1.39 10th

Georgia: 1.66 24th

Vandy: 2.51 91st

Florida: 2.25 75th

Ark: 1.97 49th

Kentucky: 1.98 52nd

A&M: 1.76 31st

The 27 pts vs Vandy was not good. Only Kentucky, Alcorn St, and Ball State scored less vs Vandy. That is a Vandy team that turned the ball over twice all season. They turned it over 3 times vs Texas. I believe the defense has created 6 turnovers the last 2 games and the offense has 10 pts off those. That offensive performance is probably enough vs Florida and Kentucky. It probably isnt enough for Arkansas and A&M. 

 

 

 

[DigglerontheHoof 21183]

The offense hasn't looked good since ULM.  MSU was uneven, against OU, it was very pedestrian and UGA/Vandy absolutely sucked.  

Something is rotten in the offensive room. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4739]

8 hours ago, Hermanator said:

He's just a predictable QB. Very accurate when right on short throws and intermediate throws, but can't throw deep balls. Can't maneuver in the pocket well at all. Can't burn you with his legs. Has to have short rhythm throws early to get him into a game. 

We should just sticky this and lock the thread.

It’s frustrating, because he’ll have a game like 23 Alabama or 24 Michigan where it seems like the light switch flips all the way on and he’s finally taken the next step to a game changing, elite QB. But the quarterback we saw at Vandy is by and large what we’re going to get, with a few outlier games like Michigan (tremendous) and Georgia (putrid).

That’s enough to beat most teams, but probably not good enough to win it all. 

[Codaxx 5728]

8 hours ago, Hermanator said:

He was as close to 100 percent as he'll get this past Saturday. 

He was back to proper mechanics (as close as he ever gets) throwing the ball. 

He stepped up in the pocket and made throws. 

He showed he could run a little to get a first down. 

The inability to read the line and maneuver around defenders for throws has always been him. We got burned by his deflected passes in the playoff game. It happened to him in a lot of games last season. If he hasn't learned by now he's not learning here with this program. 

He can't consistently throw an accurate deep ball. Not enough to make defenses respect it. DCs know Sark is going to get him involved in the quick game early because if he doesn't have easy throws early he gets wildly inconsistent and his mechanics go to shit. 

He's just a predictable QB. Very accurate when right on short throws and intermediate throws, but can't throw deep balls. Can't maneuver in the pocket well at all. Can't burn you with his legs. Has to have short rhythm throws early to get him into a game. 

Just too many predictable things a decent defense and good DC can tee off on. 

This is was true. Scip put out the intermediate numbers and they are troubling. Ewers was completing ~69% of his intermediate throws, which represented ~29% of his attempts last year. This year it is ~50% and represented just 16% of attempts since coming back. The intermediate game was Ewers' great asset last year. It has oddly disappeared this year.

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

"I think Arch is better than an 85% Quinn" - Alex Okafor

[Bodowned 709]

 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

 

 

some good discussion here(timestamped).

 

There was some other discussions in the whole video if you want to watch but 3rd and Longhorn is really good with their pre and post game stuff. 

[troph 24781]

28 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

"I think Arch is better than an 85% Quinn" - Alex Okafor

I think most would agree. But a100% Ewers is out best bet for a championship. Work through it the bye week and the next few games and then hope by A&M he’s old firm.

[Skipper 6128]

8 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

If there is nothing wrong with how Quinn has been playing surely he will be drafted in the first round, as was predicted at the beginning of the year. Let's see if the GMs buy the excuses put forth here by a few posters. 

LOL.  There is not a single poster on this thread claiming "there is nothing wrong with how Quinn has been playing".  JFC

[Park Gothic 5016]

9 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

God our fans suck. Can’t wait to watch Ewers beat aggy twice, win the SEC, and then win the whole fucking thing.

We’ll still have some idiots in here calling him a pussy.

Weirdly optimistic considering your post history since the UGA game. Nice to see, though.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2937]

7 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Weirdly optimistic considering your post history since the UGA game. Nice to see, though.

I was a bitchass pussy. Got right with God yesterday.

[taybo20 2825]

1 hour ago, Bodowned said:

 

With arguably the best WRs in the nation…interesting

[Hard Times 302]

10 hours ago, B00M said:

On3 did too. 

 

That’s right JD, this is definitely not your parents Vanderbilt. This team is meaner, tougher, grittier, more athletic and smarter than anything ever before. This team is built to win! Just look at how they blew out Ball State by 10 points on their home field. And just look at how they handled 0-4 Sun Belt powerhouse Georgia State. That too woulda been a total blowout, but they just ran out of time.

[mwaadeeb 1209]

4 hours ago, Thatguy said:

You guys judge everything in a vacuum. Of course that's what he should've done in hindsight. We would all be perfect if we got to go back in time after seeing the test answers. However, he is going through progressions and we don't know what number Bolden is. If he was his first read then yes. What if he was his 3rd read? What matters is he got to the right guy. Also what matters is while he was scanning the field 65 is being pushed back in his lap. So he sidesteps him to the throwing window the LG created when he pancaked him and gets the ball out. Think about this. Dude picked up a 3rd and 20 and here we are bitching about how he could've done better. This is what happens when you hate a guy. Arch picks this up and you guys are cheering.

Not after they hear the glowing KJ Lacy practice reports.

[MissingInAction 25013]

I read this shit because I touch myself.

[closetohumping 17435]

1 hour ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

The offense hasn't looked good since ULM.  MSU was uneven, against OU, it was very pedestrian and UGA/Vandy absolutely sucked.  

Something is rotten in the offensive room. 

I don’t think it’s the receiver play

[B00M 6414]

9 minutes ago, Hard Times said:

That’s right JD, this is definitely not your parents Vanderbilt. This team is meaner, tougher, grittier, more athletic and smarter than anything ever before. This team is built to win! Just look at how they blew out Ball State by 10 points on their home field. And just look at how they handled 0-4 Sun Belt powerhouse Georgia State. That too woulda been a total blowout, but they just ran out of time.

They also played pretty well against Bama (6-2), Texas (7-1), Mizzou (6-2), and VTech (5-3)… hell, they beat Kentucky more convincingly than Georgia did. Seems weird to talk shit about this Vandy team

[troph 24781]

2 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I don’t think it’s the receiver play

Klatt had plenty of criticism of Ewers and the WR room on the Georgia loss. One INT and one sack was on WR/Ewers.  

[Derka 6155]

1 hour ago, Bodowned said:

 

we have years and years of film that show us what a sark offense looks like. having the most conservative passer in all of P5 football is *shocking*. the fact that so many think that everyone except the qb is to blame is just baffling.

[B00M 6414]

1 hour ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

The offense hasn't looked good since ULM.  MSU was uneven, against OU, it was very pedestrian and UGA/Vandy absolutely sucked.  

Something is rotten in the offensive room. 

We cant consistently run the ball. Having a legitimate running game that opponents have to respect is what open up Sark’s offense. He always has thousand yard rushers for a reason. 

[Codaxx 5728]

1 minute ago, troph said:

Klatt had plenty of criticism of Ewers and the WR room on the Georgia loss. One INT and one sack was on WR/Ewers.  

One criticism of the Wr room is they seem to make 0 adjustments to the CB blitz. Dont see much reaction at all to it.