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

[F250 28927]

LOL What in the fuck?

[HtownHorn 14884]

Just now, Jersey Man10 said:

I’m in favor of playing both QBs. That Arch appearance was unexpected.

Yeah, Arch gave the aggy defense something to think about, He nearly broke the 2nd tackle for another TD, ended up being a FG.

[Jimmy Two Times 849]

Quinn was badass in the first half and largely dogshit in the second half (per usual), but I honestly feel bad for the everyone who felt compelled to jump in this thread and argue about him tonight. We just curb stomped those retards tonight, would suggest enjoying it for a couple hours. Sark is going to keep starting him until the wheels fall off, it is what it is at this point.

[Patrick Bateman 3942]

1 hour ago, CurlyDumps said:

I will say this in defense of him. The turnovers were uncharacteristic. Taking care of the ball has not really been an issue since Georgia. That's one thing he's been good at.

He went out there less than 100%, hit a deep ball, drew some flags, made off schedule plays, and appeared to be cruising to a dominant win, until he drove us into a ditch. 

Sort of.  2 picks vs Vandy.  Sark blames it on tipped balls but those were batted balls in his face when there was little to no throwing lane and he needed to throw it in the dirt or adjust his arm angle.  Kentucky with the fumble, although he shouldn't have been in there so that's on Sark.  He's very inconsistent in hitting plays to sustain drives and because his deep ball is poor, he doesn't have the upside for long TD passes.  Instead it's more dinking and dunking which necessitates very consistent playmaking.  He throws a nice intermediate ball but for some reason we haven't schemed a ton of those except for the occasional crossing pattern to the TE.  We had a few really nice digs or curls the last month including one to Golden today.  Wish we could see more of those because it feels like that's why he's good at. 

Again, he's not a scrub at all, he's a good, solid QB, but we're talking about probably needing elite playmaking to get deep in the playoffs and doing it for 4 quarters generally.  He hasn't played a complete game except for maybe Florida or some of the warm up games like UTSA or UL-M.  A lot of very good first halves and very inconsistent or poor 2nd halves.  We're all grateful to be 11-1 and going to the SEC Championship but it feels like the defense is championship level.  The running game since Georgia is championship level.  Our ST's...... eh, not really in the kicking game -- Bert is average and our punting sucks.  Is the QB play?  I don't know.  Feels like we'll need a bit more consistency to get us where we want to be.  I think he has it in him, but we need him to find it.  Like tonight should have been 27 or 30-0.

 

[UTHornFan014 718]

3 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Quinn played pretty great tonight outside of 2 plays. I’ll take the guy that played tonight 

Why do people keep saying this?

He threw two terrible passes in the first half that should have been interceptions and then was indecisive on a 3rd and short where he easily could have run for the 1st down but instead changed his mind and threw it behind the receiver (who thought Quinn was going to run). 

With that said, I will give some credit as he did have great plays in the 1st half (like the long run where he avoided the sack and the long completion!). But, then he undid all that with the 3rd quarter from hell (a lot of that falls on Sark, too)

[7KHorn 2672]

3 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

Why do people keep saying this?

He threw two terrible passes in the first half that should have been interceptions and then was indecisive on a 3rd and short where he easily could have run for the 1st down but instead changed his mind and threw it behind the receiver (who thought Quinn was going to run). 

With that said, I will give some credit as he did have great plays in the 1st half (like the long run where he avoided the sack and the long completion!). But, then he undid all that with the 3rd quarter from hell (a lot of that falls on Sark, too)

Yeah, fuck this take.  Quinn had a couple bad plays but also floated in some beauties, made a long important run on third down, and showed grit.  And putting in Arch for some plays empowers the team, our team 🤘

[dec3169 515]

1 hour ago, Jersey Man10 said:

I’m in favor of playing both QBs. That Arch appearance was unexpected.

At one point late in the game I actually wanted Sark to put both Quinn and Arch in at the same time.  I mean it could be fun, but I wanted it so that Elko would short-circuit and burn one of his timeouts.  To me it seems like an absolutely easy way to force a coach to call timeout so he can figure out how to defend that formation.  Then only 1 QB comes back out after the timeout.

[UTHornFan014 718]

6 minutes ago, 7KHorn said:

Yeah, fuck this take.  Quinn had a couple bad plays but also floated in some beauties, made a long important run on third down, and showed grit.  And putting in Arch for some plays empowers the team, our team 🤘

Quinn did show grit/toughness and played a solid 1st half overall, but to say he only had a "couple" bad plays (which people keep saying) in the game is disingenuous/revisionist history. 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20576]

27 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

Why do people keep saying this?

It was Quinn's 26 yard scamper on the second drive of the game that got Texas' offense going.  We had gone three and out on the first series and, after two short completions, it was third down and five.  After that 26 yard gain, we moved the ball efficiently down the field and scored our first TD. 

[UTexasFight 9600]

17 minutes ago, dec3169 said:

At one point late in the game I actually wanted Sark to put both Quinn and Arch in at the same time.  I mean it could be fun, but I wanted it so that Elko would short-circuit and burn one of his timeouts.  To me it seems like an absolutely easy way to force a coach to call timeout so he can figure out how to defend that formation.  Then only 1 QB comes back out after the timeout.

That’s the next chapter… this coming Saturday. 

[UTHornFan014 718]

11 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

It was Quinn's 26 yard scamper on the second drive of the game that got Texas' offense going.  We had gone three and out on the first series and, after two short completions, it was third down and five.  After that 26 yard gain, we moved the ball efficiently down the field and scored our first TD. 

That has nothing to do with my question. I asked why some people keep saying that Quinn only had "two bad plays" in the game.

His long run was an awesome play that he gets full credit for as he made lemonade out of chickenshit with his effort. But, he did the exact opposite on some other plays (more than two/a couple).  

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20576]

3 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

That has nothing to do with my question. I asked why some people keep saying that Quinn only had "two bad plays" in the game.

His long run was an awesome play that he gets full credit for as he made lemonade out of chickenshit with his effort. But, he did the exact opposite on some other plays (more than two/a couple).  

The last part of @Reynolds Woodcock's statement was: "I'll take the guy that played tonight."

You answered: "Why do people keep saying this?"

My answer was a response to that question. 

[Codaxx 5933]

Good see everyone back on the Great Quinncoaster this morning 

[TreatyOak 16705]

Reminder to all that Tom Brady’s last pass for New England was a pick six to end a playoff game. Playing quarterback is hard. Winning is hard. Being Tom Herman is hard. Tom Herman’s wife makes me hard. 

[BurntOrange&White 40407]

Outside of the two turnovers he played well and showed grit for the first time in a long time. 

[Irish Wrist Watch 1413]

On Quinn's fumble, he was indeed trying to slide, but the refs didn't see it or interpret it as such. Had they done so, the fumble would have been disallowed. Gotta wonder if his ankle boot prevented him from executing it properly. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Irish Wrist Watch

[wong 1]

21 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Outside of the two turnovers he played well and showed grit for the first time in a long time. 

I generally agree, but those were two really bad turnovers and are part of what makes Ewers so frustrating. If we were playing a team with a pulse those two turnovers would have lost us the game. 

[Gandalfish 360]

On 11/4/2024 at 2:02 PM, Gandalfish said:

I suggest a Five Point Plan to settle this disagreement once and for all.

1. We watch the Texas vs. Florida game. Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss.

2. We watch the Texas vs. Arkansas game. Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss.

3. We watch the Texas vs. Kentucky game. Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss.

4. We watch the Texas vs. Aggy game. Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss.

5. We watch the next Texas game of the season (Bowl game, SEC Championship, or First round playoff). Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss -30 if this is a bowl game +10 if it's the SEC championship.

 

Then we find the average of these five sums. This gives us his measure on the ULTIMATE SCALE OF PUSSYTUDE/BOSSNESS (working title...in process)

 

0-65.0 : THE ULTIMATE PUSSY : Sorry Quinn, you are officially and forever a Huge Pussy

65-75 : PRETTY MUCH A PUSSY : Quinn, you had so much potential but you ended up playing like a Pussy for us. There might be hope for you in the future though.

75-85 : KIND OF A PUSSY : Quinn, we would have had a real shot this season if you didn't play like a pussy one too many times. Good luck in the NFL though bro.

85-95 : MOST LIKELY NOT A PUSSY : Quinn did enough to win, but could he have done more? (I admit if we end up here the argument will go on. I'll take my chances)

95-100 : DEFINITELY NOT A PUSSY : You can say what you want about Quinn Ewers, but he ain't no pussy.

100+ : DUDE IS A BOSS : It turns out you guys have just been haters the whole time. Potential Longhorn Legend.

 

(This is all completely arbitrary and not based on any kind of science or intelligence)

May the testes be with you, Quinn.

 

1. Texas 49-17 vs. Florida. Score = 100.0 (QBR 90.0 +10 for win)

2. Texas 20-10 vs. Arkansas Score = 72.0 (QBR 62.0 +10 for win)

3. Texas 31-14 vs. Kentucky Score = 77.6 (QBR 67.6 +10 for win)

4. Texas 17-7 vs. Aggy Score = 89.1 (QBR 79.1 +10 for win)

5. We watch the next Texas game of the season (Bowl game, SEC Championship, or First round playoff). Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss -30 if this is a bowl game +10 if it's the SEC championship.

 

Again, despite the win, Quinn is still hanging out in KIND OF A PUSSY territory with an average score of 84.7 so far.

Gentlemen, take ten paces, turn and fire.

[immamac 43537]

We have years left with Arch. Let Quinn have his moment with his team. 

[immamac 43537]

1 minute ago, Gandalfish said:

1. Texas 49-17 vs. Florida. Score = 100.0 (QBR 90.0 +10 for win)

2. Texas 20-10 vs. Arkansas Score = 72.0 (QBR 62.0 +10 for win)

3. Texas 31-14 vs. Kentucky Score = 77.6 (QBR 67.6 +10 for win)

4. Texas 17-7 vs. Aggy Score = 89.1 (QBR 79.1 +10 for win)

5. We watch the next Texas game of the season (Bowl game, SEC Championship, or First round playoff). Sum Ewers QBR +10 for a team win -10 for a team loss -30 if this is a bowl game +10 if it's the SEC championship.

 

Again, despite the win, Quinn is still hanging out in KIND OF A PUSSY territory with an average score of 84.7 so far.

Gentlemen, take ten paces, turn and fire.

This has easily become my favorite thing about this season so far in surly lore. 

[B00M 6570]

33 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

On Quinn's fumble, he was indeed trying to slide, but the refs didn't see it or interpret it as such. Had they done so, the fumble would have been disallowed. Gotta wonder if his ankle boot prevented him from executing it properly. 

I wondered about that. Your forward progress is down as soon as you lean back to initiate a slide right?.. but you can still fumble until your knee touches? 

[6th Street 6525]

Points given up last two games:

Quinn Ewers: 14 
Texas Defense: 10

[Revolution512 1499]

The people expecting perfection will never be pleased with any QB. He was hobbled as fuck and gutted it out.
 

The turnovers are what’s the most frustrating about him, he can be lazy with the ball.  The int was a horrible decision, I don’t care that it was tipped. I would’ve rather he took two sacks down there. Well, I’d rather the head coach feed the RB but it doesn’t matter. We still stomped that ass.

Bond has his head up his ass and could’ve cost us dearly with route running.

[msucolt45 4142]

I wondered about that. Your forward progress is down as soon as you lean back to initiate a slide right?.. but you can still fumble until your knee touches? 

Yes - knee, butt, or forearm etc. Something has to hit the ground to kill the clock.

Hook’em!!!

[GTJ1982 397]

Quinn played  his heart out.  He made some mistakes but I'll accept that because he  lot of good plays  too and played with passion.  

[StassneyHorn 6685]

12 hours ago, closetohumping said:

We need a Carson beck pbp thread

he didn't play yesterday. How fucking retarded are you?

[Dignan 363]

I think (and hope) we will see more Arch packages in the SEC title and playoffs. He is a weapon and Sark will continue to use him effectively. It’s gonna be fun to watch.

[Reese Bennett 3624]

Since both teams could not lose, the Cruz Curse had to manifest in some way and unfortunately, Quinn took the brunt of it. 

[Codaxx 5933]

1 minute ago, Dignan said:

I think (and hope) we will see more Arch packages in the SEC title and playoffs. He is a weapon and Sark will continue to use him effectively. It’s gonna be fun to watch.

I would like to bet Arch throws the 1st TD prop bet in SEC title game at long odds. You know Sark is drawing up the pass play to that package this week 

[dcar00 14574]

near the goal line in the 3rd quarter was all on Sark.  take the 3 and don't put the ball in your QB's hands who is known to make lazy plays and have not so good ball security.

Sark is starting Quinn.  He knows who Quinn is, he has to manage Quinn and the game.

the only way we lose that game in the 2nd half is throwing pick 6's, fumble returns for TD's., ST's disasters  Their offense wasn't scoring 10 points after that first drive was stoned.

Quinn was fine. We won the game in a hostile environment but Sark is the one that put the game in jeopardy. 

Priority one besides OL(which is always priority one) is kicker and punter.  holy jesus what a train wreck.

[BurntOrange&White 40407]

28 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

The turnovers are what’s the most frustrating about him, he can be lazy with the ball.  The int was a horrible decision, I don’t care that it was tipped. I would’ve rather he took two sacks down there. Well, I’d rather the head coach feed the RB but it doesn’t matter. We still stomped that ass.

Even if not tipped I think it’s still an interception and potential pick 6. Just a bad decision all around 

[Vic Mackey 47289]

near the goal line in the 3rd quarter was all on Sark.  take the 3 and don't put the ball in your QB's hands who is known to make lazy plays and have not so good ball security.
Sark is starting Quinn.  He knows who Quinn is, he has to manage Quinn and the game.
the only way we lose that game in the 2nd half is throwing pick 6's, fumble returns for TD's., ST's disasters  Their offense wasn't scoring 10 points after that first drive was stoned.
Quinn was fine. We won the game in a hostile environment but Sark is the one that put the game in jeopardy. 
Priority one besides OL(which is always priority one) is kicker and punter.  holy jesus what a train wreck.

And there lies the problem. If you have to manage your QB and take the ball out of his hands, you are behind the 8ball. This limits the playbook. You should be able to trust your QB on a #3 ranked team not to diarrhea all over himself when it matters.

Quinn was dog shit all 2nd half. And let's not pretend he dropped his nuts on aggy in the 1st half either. Arch had to come save a drive for our 1st TD after Quinn threw into triple coverage.

The win last night changes nothing about Quinn. He's the sole reason we damn near blew the game. He better thank this defense because without them, aggy could have snuck out of there with a win. Quinn made a few good plays and against aggy even with his terrible 2nd half, it was enough. How many teams in the playoffs is going scoreless and scoring 17pts total going to work against? I'd say none.

[BurntOrange&White 40407]

56 minutes ago, B00M said:

I wondered about that. Your forward progress is down as soon as you lean back to initiate a slide right?.. but you can still fumble until your knee touches? 

It wasn’t a slide so it doesn’t matter 

[B00M 6570]

8 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

near the goal line in the 3rd quarter was all on Sark.  take the 3 and don't put the ball in your QB's hands who is known to make lazy plays and have not so good ball security.

Sark is starting Quinn.  He knows who Quinn is, he has to manage Quinn and the game.

the only way we lose that game in the 2nd half is throwing pick 6's, fumble returns for TD's., ST's disasters  Their offense wasn't scoring 10 points after that first drive was stoned.

Quinn was fine. We won the game in a hostile environment but Sark is the one that put the game in jeopardy. 

Priority one besides OL(which is always priority one) is kicker and punter.  holy jesus what a train wreck.

As well as we were running the ball and how mentally important it was to cap those drives with ANY points rather than risk coming away with nothing, you just hand the ball off and see what happens. There was no reason to put QE in a position where he could make those mistakes.

[Codaxx 5933]

1 minute ago, Vic Mackey said:

And there lies the problem. If you have to manage your QB and take the ball out of his hands, you are behind the 8ball. This limits the playbook. You should be able to trust your QB on a #3 ranked team not to diarrhea all over himself when it matters.

Quinn was dog shit all 2nd half. And let's not pretend he dropped his nuts on aggy in the 1st half either. Arch had to come save a drive for our 1st TD after Quinn threw into triple coverage.

The win last night changes nothing about Quinn. He's the sole reason we damn near blew the game. He better thank this defense because without them, aggy could have snuck out of there with a win. Quinn made a few good plays and against aggy even with his terrible 2nd half, it was enough. How many teams in the playoffs is going scoreless and scoring 17pts total going to work against? I'd say none.

This game was a microcosm of Quinn’s career. Rough start, great 2Q, and then some WTF moments. Just time to accept this is Quinn. He going to give fans the full range of emotions every game. 

[DFW Horn 6493]

8 hours ago, Jersey Man10 said:

I’m in favor of playing both QBs. That Arch appearance was unexpected.

Yes, Arch in an RPO red-zone package. 

[dcar00 14574]

4 minutes ago, B00M said:

As well as we were running the ball and how mentally important it was to cap those drives with ANY points rather than risk coming away with nothing, you just hand the ball off and see what happens. There was no reason to put QE in a position where he could make those mistakes.

what Sark doesn't seem to get is that 3 with this D is like 7 with a good D.  I know his kicker is meh and he expects his QB to not have shit ball security but there is mounds of evidence that "something" will happen during a game with Quinn.  take the 3 from 30 yards go up 20 and win the game. hell a TO on downs would be better.

We are lucky his fumble didn't get returned for a TD as well.

Edited 6 hours ago by dcar00

[B00M 6570]

4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

And there lies the problem. If you have to manage your QB and take the ball out of his hands, you are behind the 8ball. This limits the playbook. You should be able to trust your QB on a #3 ranked team not to diarrhea all over himself when it matters.
 

Harsh but fair… but one could easily argue, this year particularly, there are very few FBS QBs you could trust against that aggy D in the RZ at Kyle field. 

[StassneyHorn 6685]

[6th Street 6525]

Wtf is going on in his head. We need him to be a game manager and he almost single handedly pissed away a 2nd half lead. 

[B00M 6570]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

what Sark doesn't seem to get is that 3 with this D is like 7 with a good D.  I know his kicker is meh

All of Bert’s misses are from 40+ … he just doesn’t get many chances. 

[Hank Kingsley 21077]

5 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

This game was a microcosm of Quinn’s career. Rough start, great 2Q, and then some WTF moments. Just time to accept this is Quinn. He going to give fans the full range of emotions every game. 

Yep. Winning this game and making the SEC championship makes a lot of that frustration go away. 

I do think it would be smart for Sark to keep using Arch situationally here and there. Don't need to worry about a QB controversy anymore, do whatever it takes to win from here on out. 

 

[mdmost 43267]

Sark did Ewers no favors in his play calling in the 2nd half in the redzone. Just run Wisner and Gibson if you're afraid of Blue's fumbling. Get Arch back out when you get inside the 20. Quinn has to get out of his own head when he makes a mistake. His first half was great. 

Edited 6 hours ago by mdmost

[dcar00 14574]

4 minutes ago, B00M said:

All of Bert’s misses are from 40+ … he just doesn’t get many chances. 

sure.  I'm fine with him from 35isn in but he's erratic even on his makes.  they rarely go down the middle.

[scottsins 1992]

We have years left with Arch. Let Quinn have his moment with his team. 

Lol wut?

No. And that’s not why he’s the current QB1. The thought that any coach worth a fuck would agree with that sentiment and act on it is crazy.

[6th Street 6525]

Sark is starting this bum and has to know how limited he is and how error prone he is. Run Wisner and take a couple of short FGs. We win 23-0

[scottsins 1992]

Yes, Arch in an RPO red-zone package. 

It’s well documented that Arch isn’t comfortable or particularly effective with the RPO game. Zone reads, designed qb runs and play action passing are the things we will feature for him.

[Horn Dogg 4160]

Fuck man, we won and Quinn did just enough good things to make that happen.  We’re 11-1 with a chance to avenge our only loss next week and enter the playoffs as the #2 overall seed.  Quinn isn’t perfect, but he’s made a few of my days in the last 3 years and we could be a lot worse off than we are now.

[Slacks 6914]

Did we win? Yes.

Y'all some hoes? Also, yes.

[Deej 77129]

28 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

what Sark doesn't seem to get is that 3 with this D is like 7 with a good D.  I know his kicker is meh and he expects his QB to not have shit ball security but there is mounds of evidence that "something" will happen during a game with Quinn.  take the 3 from 30 yards go up 20 and win the game. hell a TO on downs would be better.

We are lucky his fumble didn't get returned for a TD as well.

But then you have to trust our kicker.