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ZooCougar said:
Hopefully with some more tools to play with we can put together a makeshift offense like we did in 2022.

But those P4 games sure do look like Ls at this point.
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I think our WR pickups were as good as we could have hoped for. Two P4 players who have shown some athleticism and a G5 guy with experience, decent stats on a bad team, and a couple years of eligibility. I hope they make a difference. I think lack of separation was a big issue last year, and I think all 3 of our new additions can achieve it. The P4 games look like Ls, but I'm very cautiously optimistic, and I'm trying to decide which game to drive back to CT to see.
 
AllHusky said:
Start the best of Roberson vs Fagnano, give the best of Welliver vs McDonald(or Wisconsin kid) a set number of reps/series in first few games, enough for them to give a glimpse of how ready they are. Maybe the best young'un shows it is close enough to their time to turn it over to them.

I do like that Fagnano stayed and fought for his job(so far).
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All of this.
 
Here's a look at drops.

Well Known QBs 2023:
Caleb Williams 3.9%
Quinn Ewers. 4.1%
Kyle McCord. 6.5%
Tyler Van Dyke. 7.2%
JJ McCarthy. 7.3%
Drake Maye. 8.2%

UConn QBs 2023:
Ta'Quan Roberson 9.2%
Joe Fagnano. 18.2%

UConn QBs 2022:
Turner. 9.7%

UConn Receivers >20 targets 2023:
Porter. 4.3%
Buckman 8.0%
Joly 9.7%
Ross. 12.0%

Recent UConn Receivers Career:
Joly. 7.6%%
Turner 9.7%. (8.3% at Cincinnati)
Clercius: 14.0%

UConn Portal Adds 2023:
Sheffield. 3.0%
Gathings. 8.3%
Bell. 15.6%

I think UConn as a team needs to have 8% or less drops. As for Fagnano, the receivers weren't helping him during his starts with 18.2% drops and he played against one of the best defenses UConn faced last season, so I think we need to give him a break on last year's limited performance.
 
Why not start Cole? NC State did the Freshman route with Philip Rivers. It seemed to work.
 
Never was crazy about Fagnano, was actually really disappointed that neither Zion or Roberson who had seen considerably better competition on and off the field were the starters

That being said I felt it was mostly a scheme and wr issue last year, lack of TE involvement and drops were exhausting
 
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RC111 said:
He only played 5 quarters. And he kept us within a touchdown of a far superior NC State team if you consider the poor officiating and short field that directly led to a touchdown after the Rosa penalty. I thought he looked far better than Roberson when Roberson came in. And he might have grown into the role just as well if not better than Roberson.

Fagnano may have come from FCS, but he had tons of experience with Maine against superior FBS opponents. Low on turnovers and even managed to put up some decent points on ranked teams. Having a doom and gloom and negative vibes because of second-guessing the coaching staff isn't the best way to start the season.
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I wouldn't say "he kept us within a TD". More like 'we were within a TD despite zero production from the QB spot'. I mean heck, we had less that 115 total passing yards.

Outside of the very first drive of that game, he was so uninspiring and missing throws constantly. I am not particularly for Roberson this year, he too was very uninspiring at times. But, I can't deny that we were able to see him improve and get more comfortable the second half of that year. Which to me gives more hope that the hypothetical of maybe Fagnano also would have improved over time. I think ideal world for me is give Roberson the keys Week 1, with the idea that McDonald or Welliver takes over if we start the season 2-3 or worse.
 
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History Geek said:
May the person who gives us the best chance to win Week 1 be the starter coming out of camp. We are not in a position to take Ls in the name of development.
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And, we have to find a way to develop our anointed rookie "in game". Kind of like a pitch count in baseball. "The next coming of Dan Orlovsky" will get x# of reps or x# of series in each game. Requires the OC to have discipline and creativity to figure that out.
 
Huskiefan78 said:
I wouldn't say "he kept us within a TD". More like 'we were within a TD despite zero production from the QB spot'. I mean heck, we had less that 115 total passing yards.

Outside of the very first drive of that game, he was so uninspiring and missing throws constantly. I am not particularly for Roberson this year, he too was very uninspiring at times. But, I can't deny that we were able to see him improve and get more comfortable the second half of that year. Which to me gives more hope that the hypothetical of maybe Fagnano also would have improved over time. I think ideal world for me is give Roberson the keys Week 1, with the idea that McDonald or Welliver takes over if we start the season 2-3 or worse.
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I'm not really opposed to this either, honestly. But jeez was Roberson mediocre at best. If Fagnano looks better during practice, I have to believe he can't really be worse for a couple games? I'd almost say that if we get pummeled at Maryland we let one of McDonald or Welliver give it a go sooner than later. No difference than Zion stepping in and handling himself well
 
RC111 said:
I'm not really opposed to this either, honestly. But jeez was Roberson mediocre at best. If Fagnano looks better during practice, I have to believe he can't really be worse for a couple games? I'd almost say that if we get pummeled at Maryland we let one of McDonald or Welliver give it a go sooner than later. No difference than Zion stepping in and handling himself well
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Merrimack is game two. Ideally that should be a cake walk. Maybe give the freshman a shot there.
 
Skies2018 said:
Merrimack is game two. Ideally that should be a cake walk. Maybe give the freshman a shot there.
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I forgot the schedule after game 1, but that would be a perfect time for some reps at the very least
 
History Geek said:
May the person who gives us the best chance to win Week 1 be the starter coming out of camp. We are not in a position to take Ls in the name of development.
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True. That is correct. I do believe if he is given an equal opportunity and if he is darn close, then go with him.. We need a thrower.
 
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If we do what Michigan did to us is probably the only way the true frosh gets a snap or 2...
 
I like McDonald.
Based on nothing but old film and a coach's comment recently. It really is a guessing game at this point and no one should be considered probable starter. Follow Summer progress and give them all competitive snaps in scrimmages in the fall. Nobody has proven anything at this point.
 
RC111 said:
I think our WR pickups were as good as we could have hoped for. Two P4 players who have shown some athleticism and a G5 guy with experience, decent stats on a bad team, and a couple years of eligibility. I hope they make a difference. I think lack of separation was a big issue last year, and I think all 3 of our new additions can achieve it. The P4 games look like Ls, but I'm very cautiously optimistic, and I'm trying to decide which game to drive back to CT to see.
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yeah, I think it became convincing that without a world class running back, not having any WR that can get open is just death.
 
When you say you like a guy you’ve never seen in action, what you’re saying is he’s gotta be better than what we have. Nothing more.

I simply hope the staff continues to play guys who don’t win the job so the BY can continue its annual tradition.
 
ktuck911 said:
If we do what Michigan did to us is probably the only way the true frosh gets a snap or 2...
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LOL. Yep. They played like 7-8 QB’s that game. Mora doesn’t do the first series, second quarter sorta thing some schools do, or did. Maybe there is a good reason.
 
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-> "We're blessed to have what we have right now with those guys, and they have experience," UConn first-year offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis said. "I've been places where we went to the first game and all four quarterbacks on the roster hadn't taken a college snap. That was not fun, because you don't know what you're going to get.

"In terms of the two older guys, they are battling. You can kind of see Ta'Quan running a lot better with his knee when he keeps the ball than we have seen him in the past. So from the ACL in 2022 until now you can just see how much better his knee has gotten. Joe is just steady as hell. He is a great quarterback. You know what you're going to get out of Joe every day. He makes the right throw, makes the right decision and he has a lot of command out there."

"Tucker and Cole have really progressed this spring," Sammis said. "Tucker kind of adds a little more of a running element for us that I like and he has really progressed with his reads and stuff like that. Cole has a cannon for an arm and is really advanced in terms of being a thrower which is great to see. He is kind of what you would expect from a guy who played Texas high school football and played for Jason Witten. He learned some high level stuff from him." <-
 
I guess happy talk is better than "boy we are in trouble at QB". Scheme the whole field, don't give away plays by how team lines up/personnel and use deception (not tricks) and either of the veterans should be better than showed last year. Nice if young guys get some game experience to see what they can do and coach can come up with some packages/plays for some of non starters. QB position takes a beating (at least last few years) so everyone needs to be ready. Want to be one of top two independents in 2024 and need QB's to lead the way.
 
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-> "We're blessed to have what we have right now with those guys, and they have experience," UConn first-year offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis said. "I've been places where we went to the first game and all four quarterbacks on the roster hadn't taken a college snap. That was not fun, because you don't know what you're going to get.

"In terms of the two older guys, they are battling. You can kind of see Ta'Quan running a lot better with his knee when he keeps the ball than we have seen him in the past. So from the ACL in 2022 until now you can just see how much better his knee has gotten. Joe is just steady as hell. He is a great quarterback. You know what you're going to get out of Joe every day. He makes the right throw, makes the right decision and he has a lot of command out there."

"Tucker and Cole have really progressed this spring," Sammis said. "Tucker kind of adds a little more of a running element for us that I like and he has really progressed with his reads and stuff like that. Cole has a cannon for an arm and is really advanced in terms of being a thrower which is great to see. He is kind of what you would expect from a guy who played Texas high school football and played for Jason Witten. He learned some high level stuff from him." <-
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Well put. This is the right tone which is all you really want at this stage. I think we have confidence that none of the QB's are Mike Beaudry in disguise. UConn is way past those days now. Study hard, guys.
 
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