If Chaney does for JG, what he did for Crompton, there's actually a good chance the OP article is correct.Bottom line is improvement.
He played in 3 more games in 2018 than 2017 yet..
only had 1 more interception
8 more TD's
4 fewer sacks despite over 100 more passing attempts. (Huge imo)
No denying that he still has work to do but definitely headed in the right direction.
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Did you actually see a poster say "I hate JG"? Can you give a link? Or are you just like free typing here......throwing words out.....being creative......The haters have retreated for now...realizing Maurer and Shrout aren't prepping to start for game 1 as so many of them touted they would be back in January.
The haters have retreated for now...realizing Maurer and Shrout aren't prepping to start for game 1 as so many of them touted they would be back in January.
Figured this would've already been posted but didn't see it. (Hopefully not a miss on my part)
So I randomly went to the ESPN NCF page and lo-and-behold, I saw orange in the header photo. Turns out there is an Insider article with under-radar players ready to break out this season.
(The good news is that because JG is the first player profiled, you can read all of it without needing a subscription).
LINK >>
Under-the-radar players ready for a breakout season in 2019
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Didn't the article say UT was last in total defense and next to last in scoring offense last year? (If it wasn't that article, there is another one on this subject that does say that). There's a lot of blame to go around there.
The flaw with JG is what this writer touts as a strength. He holds the ball too long. As a result, rather than throw a ball in a tight window and risk a pick, he takes a sack.
A lot of the JG criticisms I see are along these lines, but mathematically, it's a flawed criticism.
A sack is typically a lose of 3-6 yards and you live to fight another day. An Interception is typically a swing of 30 - 60 yards, often even resulting in an opposing score. So even if a QB was so conservative that he took 10 more sacks in order to avoid 1 INT as a result, he'd likely come out ahead.
Frankly, there are too many "gunslingers" out there who try to force passes to make a play, rather than just take the sack. The analytics say taking a sack is far better than a risky pass. IMO, this was one of the major reasons why JG was far superior to Chryst last season and Dormady in 2017; both Chryst and Dormady tried to force too many passes as a result of pressure.
But really, we just need the O-line to run-block and pass-protect better, so we're not taking so many sacks and tackles-for-loss to begin with.
Better, yes. Vastly, no. They allowed as many sacks as ours , and Ehlinger was pressured all season just like JG.
Ehlinger was however much better with his legs having almost 500 rushing yards and 16 rushing TDs.