State also had some passing problems early but Armstrong's legs got them first downs. Then their WRs where able to get some separation. We played vanilla D. I guess we decided not to adjust at half time.
He had quick slants open often. He had opportunities for for TE routes (which were never called or used), unless we're calling Joly a TE now. And as bad as the offense played, the defense was worse. The missed tackles cost us this game.
The lack of joly until late wasind boggling
Houston is a true athlete. Just a lapse in concentration I’d say….give it to him again. And again. And again……
Fagano looked really good for a while. That side arm throw was Mahomes esc. NCS has two corners who will be playing in the NFL. But I remember he did take a hard hit on the ncs sideline and seemed gun shy after that. I don’t know but his play definitively dropped off.
Why? He isn't a runner. He is the same style as Fagnano.
We played the RE bend don’t break. Everything in front of you. Good pressure from front but the gap between the line and LB’s never changed. Armstrong could have walked for first downs.
Neither ZT or Fagnano are runners, not so sure Fagnano is a thrower either.
Busted and had surgery on knee just prior to his senior season.
Terrible play calling. No use of TEs. Trying to take the edge all day against a super fast D. Had the pounded tackle to tackle and mixed in play action we would have been fine. Charlton is no P5 OC.
ZT also completed 12-30, or something like that, and had 2 picks. Not throwing the ball away and avoiding fumbles and multiple interceptions has its own value. I don't even count a last-play, desperation pick against Fagnano. I feel encouraged by the relatively mistake-free offense and think they'll come good as they get more practice together and face less stiff opposition.
I don’t raise this to be argumentative but I thought he has a really bad overall game.
Watch a replay of the game. Maybe he isn’t Brady or a top shelf college QB, but he was not as inept as people think. He was 14-26 that included 2 drops and that busted play that was ruled an incompletion. One irrelevant INT. NC State has a pretty experienced D and if the announcers knew what they were talking about, maybe we purposely didn’t challenge the corners. Do we want a QB whose main strength is running or a passer who can scramble a bit. Right know i think we need a passer. I can’t conclude off of yesterday that JF is a mistake. We also don’t know if he was picked because Roberson is unavailable
The comparison can’t be “ well he is better than the #3 guy on our quarterback depth chart”. We need him to be an average D1 quarterback. 200 yards/game passing. I think last year the anverage was 218/game last year. We were 107. If he can’t out perform Zion Turner, he should be out there, honestly. Add some rushing yard though those can be tough to count for the position because the NCAA count sacks as negative rushes. And didn’t we have enough of game manager quarterbacks during the Edsall 2 years? We need a guy who can make plays. Not somebody who throws dumb passes but someone who can make them.
maybe... it is just one game though I haven't totally given up on him, but I was just trying to keep it real cause last night. He really didn't do much after the first TD
The main point is, I don’t see how you can reach any ultimate conclusions off of yesterday. NC State isn’t chopped liver. A QB can’t catch his own throw, make receivers get open. He had a couple of good scrambles, made several good throwing decisions including going to secondary targets. The NC State QB looked more like a runner who can make some throws. His pass into the end zone that resulted in an interference penalty should have been picked. It was a lousy pass.
