Again this is a Worley/Dobbs situation all over again, one QB seems like a practice warrior, not so much when live bullets start flying, hell this is the same coach who started Nate Peterman over Dobbs
Nope. While the OL still isn't great, it is nowhere near as bad as it was.
AND... Dobbs played well when given his chance. JG has not.
And FIVE games man, FIVE! How many games and INTs do you need to see to know the kid sucks?
When WR's stop giving up on routes and dropping passes into the hands of defenders... we can talk.
There are two kinds of posters who post things like you just did. One, those vested in JG for some personal reason. Two, those whose knowledge of football is so shallow that they don't understand that a QB "looks bad" often because of the mistakes of others. Both Jones and Scott have indicated that's been the case sometimes. Not all of the time and NO ONE is saying that Dormady has played "great". But you have to give both of these guys a "chance" before condemning them... and UT's WR's aren't doing that.
You're also talking about the UMass game where JG got what two series? Yeah that's really enough to tell if the kid is good or not.
Three consecutive series with the #1 O. In the previous 4 series, QD had led the O to 17 points... but Jones thought the O needed a "spark".
You are making FAR more irrational and less fact based declarations about Dormady. JG has played worse... and he hasn't played against the best competition UT has faced. He couldn't get it done vs ISU or UMass.
So... you are faced with a choice. Admit that he sucks WORSE than Dormady or that the biggest problems with the O are with the OL and WR's.
I think QD and JG are talented players. I think with support both could be very good QB's. They're not getting it and Jones isn't helping by refusing to put the QB under center to simplify blocking and play action routes.
Either they need to change the QB to be able to run this offense correctly or they need to change the offense all together cause having a statue at QB for a read option offense does no good
They do need to change the O. There aren't many guys around who can bail it out as consistently as Dobbs did with his legs.
Dormady is not a statue.
JG is not a runner like Dobbs. In fact, he is MUCH closer to QD than Dobbs. He's a passer... which is a GOOD thing if he has someone dependable to throw to.
This isn't a "read option" offense. It is a west coast spread offense with the read option in the playbook. When he first arrived, Jones said his goal was for the QB to be a distributor and run just enough to keep the D honest.
There are NUMEROUS NFL and CFB teams running the west coast spread successfully without a running QB.