I thought this was a good breakdown of the offense... and it only confirmed my feelings that offense will be limited with Whitmer at QB. There is a lot of blame being thrown at the O-line and much of it is deserved, but Whitmer was to blame as well. As the analysis confirmed, Whitmer kept running out of the pocket unnecessarily and you could tell as the game progressed he was rushing everything even when he had time, he was as the analysis stated, "seeing ghosts." Whitmer also fumbled a snap, and on his one interception it really highlighted the fact that he is an undersized QB.
Even though I am cheering for Whitmer (and the whole team) to just light it up every time he steps on the field, it is starting to become apparent that at the end of the day Whitmer is undersized, not fast, has relatively poor mechanics, and limited arm strength. Whitmer has a limited ceiling and even at his best is just an an average QB.
I know our options are limited right now at the QB position b/c it is in the best interest of the program's future to redshirt both our freshman qbs and we don't know how much better CC is then Whitmer if he even is better, but I would like to see CC play a few series and even though I just said it would be better to have both freshmen redshirt I still think it maybe worthwhile to have Kivon Taylor play a few series as well. KT has good height, he is a very fast athletic qb with what seems like decent arm strength. Having a fast and athletic qb would help the offense when the pocket collapses, and would help the run game as well by making the defenses play more honest.
If Boyle seems to be the future at the QB position why not get the most out of Kivon Taylor right now and make the competition for the position that much more competitive by having KT get some on field experience this year.
