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[giddyup]

Interesting thing with the QBs. Look at the final four teams in CFB. None of them have a QB that stands out as a great passer. None of them look like sure fire NFL stars.

What you see is leadership, game management and the ability to make a play when needed. Coaches are finding ways to win without a gunslinger. Not seeing Leinart vs Young type performances.

That’s probably the best we can hope for, a guy who doesn’t to anything great, but know how to lead a team and doesn’t make costly mistakes. Like JF did this year.

Pretty interesting observation. Im not sure though if it is just a bad cycle. Ewers (who I think it is nothing special to your point) is effectively getting booted for Manning.

 

[rich1122]

I agree wholeheartedly with almost everything you said. The exception is that while OL is very important and should be priority #2, the #1 priority has to be QB. Evers simply has not shown that he’s good enough and bad QB play can kill a team. It’s incredible to me how horrible UConn’s quarterbacks have been for the majority of the last two decades. Even when we won the Big East and went to the Fiesta Bowl, our quarterback was Zach Frazier, who- although he presided over a lot of wins- was an awful passer to put it mildly.

Welliver

 

[Coach J]

Any inside on if we are okay going with an untested/freshman kicker next year? Freeman was great this year, I'd hate to see a measurable drop-off there.

 

[KembaKek]

Any inside on if we are okay going with an untested/freshman kicker next year? Freeman was great this year, I'd hate to see a measurable drop-off there.

Unless you've heard otherwise it seems we won't have to worry about kicker for 2025

Chris Freeman - Football - University of Connecticut Athletics

Chris Freeman (28) Kicker - PRIOR TO UCONN: Heads to Storrs after kicking at Indiana University…A grad transfer who will have two seasons of eligibility remaining…Started

uconnhuskies.com

"Heads to Storrs after kicking at Indiana University…A grad transfer who will have two seasons of eligibility remaining"

 

[AllHusky]

Welliver

Prayers up.

 

[Patman]

Prayers up.

Yeah we don't make a bowl with Evers. I'm all hoping for progression but I hope the NIL folks realize the best man plays

 

[Coach J]

Unless you've heard otherwise it seems we won't have to worry about kicker for 2025

Chris Freeman - Football - University of Connecticut Athletics

Chris Freeman (28) Kicker - PRIOR TO UCONN: Heads to Storrs after kicking at Indiana University…A grad transfer who will have two seasons of eligibility remaining…Started

uconnhuskies.com

"Heads to Storrs after kicking at Indiana University…A grad transfer who will have two seasons of eligibility remaining"

I'm pretty sure he walked on senior night.

 

[Jetskies]

Yeah we don't make a bowl with Evers. I'm all hoping for progression but I hope the NIL folks realize the best man plays

IMO, the UAB game was the evidence we needed to shut up every last evers fan hiding under a rock. there was no way you could look at the two QB performances against the same defense, and say that evers deserved to ever start again over Joe Fagnano.

Unless they see some serious serious improvement in accuracy and progression reading this april, I say cut your losses and let evers go in the spring. Welliver go get it.

 

[gioff2323]

Good lord, the takes here. A bagman told Mora who to play. And now we cut a kid at a position we’ve almost never had skill or depth at. Let’s take advice from jets fans b/c no one knows more about building programs or top qb play than them.