Oh 100%. Even though Whitmer had a good game today, his decision making skills are that of a high school QB. The O-Line is terrible. The WR's can't catch when they hear footsteps. The OC is bad.
But hey, we're a basketball school.
I see some progress in Whitmer, I really do. He made some absolutely perfect throws in the intermediate range. One would have hit Shakim Phillips in stride and he tripped over his own feet. The other was a completion to Geremy Davis.
What concerns me about Whitmer right now is two extremely important things:
1. He locks on to one receiver. Every play. I have never seen him scan the field. And when he sees his receiver covered he freaks out,
2. His footwork is beyond atrocious. I would say he throws 50% of his passes off his back foot. I rarely see him step into throws. And it's not just because of pressure.
Footwork is correctable. But he needs alot of work on reading a defense.
I have completely given up on his long ball skills. He can't throw an accurate ball over 25 yards.
O Line is a train wreck right now. Mental lapses (how many false starts do they have this season?), the interior of the line is getting abused regularly.
Receiver's should be able to do one thing above all else - Catch the ball. Ours have trouble with that. Geremy Davis looks like an All Big East performer one play, and on the next play he looks like a back up for a NESCAC Schhol. Coming back to the ball is a fundamental football lesson. But something he does not do.
