I liked watching Bailey

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DustyRockSolid said:
I don't care about the picks. I liked what I saw from him. Keep in mind he has barely practiced yet he looked okay enough. He has to be the guy going forward. He needs all the first team reps and maybe we can get 2 more wins.
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“He has to be the guy going forward” That is the 412th post about this. If only the coaching staff listened to volnation.
 
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I did too.

Looked fairly decisive and more zip on the ball than Mauer and more accuracy ( other than the doink off the goal post) than Guarantano.

I get not starting him at the beginning of the year but they should have been working him in gradually with the gameplans especially with some of the blow out games getting him snaps at least.

And they could have built up to him starting this week with the bye week. Instead, it looked liked they spent the bye week inserting their thumbs into various orifices.
 
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DustyRockSolid said:
I don't care about the picks. I liked what I saw from him. Keep in mind he has barely practiced yet he looked okay enough. He has to be the guy going forward. He needs all the first team reps and maybe we can get 2 more wins.
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Well, of course. He's the only one that offers the most important thing we lack everywhere else, and that is hope and potential. There is no reason he shouldn't be the starter from here on out. None of the others offer either of those things, especially not JG.
 
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Sad part is they were just mainly check downs and it showed how much faster he was at making a decision and not staring his receiver down because the receivers were able to gain yards after. At least that’s how it seemed to me, not sure how fast he got the ball out.
 
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USMC-TNVOL said:
Sad part is they were just mainly check downs and it showed how much faster he was at making a decision and not staring his receiver down because the receivers were able to gain yards after. At least that’s how it seemed to me, not sure how fast he got the ball out.
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Got a quick release and no wasted motion.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
I did too.

Looked fairly decisive and more zip on the ball than Mauer and more accuracy ( other than the doink off the goal post) than Guarantano.

I get not starting him at the beginning of the year but they should have been working him in gradually with the gameplans especially with some of the blow out games getting him snaps at least.

And they could have built up to him starting this week with the bye week. Instead, it looked liked they spent the bye week inserting their thumbs into various orifices.
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They needed somebody they trusted to hand the ball off. 😏
 
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DustyRockSolid said:
Bailey got us in field goal range by being decisive and quick with it. He took the checkdown because it was the smart thing to do. It got us where we needed to be....then pruitt happened
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Well it really wasn't the smart thing to do after the first couple of times. You can't keep doing that with time as a factor, Arkansas was gonna give you that all day to chew clock up lol. But he's a freshman so I understand why he was doing it
 
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UTK said:
Well it really wasn't the smart thing to do after the first couple of times. You can't keep doing that with time as a factor, Arkansas was gonna give you that all day to chew clock up lol. But he's a freshman so I understand why he was doing it
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Yeah, I get that I just meant he got us to field goal range and did it the way he felt safest. Poor kid was probably terrified of doing one thing wrong, knowing if he did pruitt would never let him see the field again.
 
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Does feel like he's the best QB, but tough to say on small sample size. Regardless, I'd rather roll with Bailey than bang our heads against the wall with JG.

Feel like the bigger problem right now is Pruitt. You can't run the ball at an 80-20 ratio. The announcers kept saying "they got away from what was working." No, we didn't. It's just when you run the ball literally almost every play, the defense kinda catches on at some point. You can't win games in 2020 without passing the ball.

The last few weeks have made it abundantly clear that in spite of what the coaches say ("JG gives us the best chance to win"), they have absolutely no faith in him to do anything other than hand off the ball. Can't win games like that.

I'd rather implement a bold game plan and lose with HB than a super-conservative gameplan and lose with JG.
 
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UTK said:
Neither of his INTs were bad. First one was because of missed PI. Second was the end of the game, just toss it up there
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But, you have to admit, he dropped that ball into a basket, and the WR had a chance for it. Most would overthrow, to the point of being un-catchable, or throw too short. The missed PI was BS. Even the biased announcers called it. But, it would've been short of the yardage needed.
 
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DustyRockSolid said:
I don't care about the picks. I liked what I saw from him. Keep in mind he has barely practiced yet he looked okay enough. He has to be the guy going forward. He needs all the first team reps and maybe we can get 2 more wins.
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If Pittman's defense had played like they did against Bailey the whole game we'd have won by 50 points. Bailey just took what was given until the clock ran out.
Would like to see him get reps every game at least the rest of the way though.
 
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UTK said:
Neither of his INTs were bad. First one was because of missed PI. Second was the end of the game, just toss it up there
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What I don't get is the concern about Bailey turning the ball over. Like JG isn't a risk? At least Bailey has a valid excuse in being inexperienced. JG is just a lost cause. My only concern is in throwing Bailey into the fire and ruining his confidence. If he's mentally strong and can handle the adversity, I say play him the rest of the year.
 
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DustyRockSolid said:
I don't care about the picks. I liked what I saw from him. Keep in mind he has barely practiced yet he looked okay enough. He has to be the guy going forward. He needs all the first team reps and maybe we can get 2 more wins.
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I agree, I felt he was going through progressions quickly and played with a sense of urgency. Granted they were playing prevent, but he got us in field goal range and the one pass down the middle was spot on. But what I really loved was his awareness and HE STEPPED UP INTO THE POCKET. Maurer and JG both scramble into defenders for some reason. But seems footnall IQ smart, and honestly I dont blame either INT on his ability or because of poor decision making, etc as reasoned earlier in this thread. Season is a wash, get him the reps for his freshman year next year and lets BALL OUT the next 4 years!!!
 
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Serious question for those in the know as I don't want to begin a new thread. We all talk about JG being a head case and after seeing HB who seems to make quick decisions........do they test recruits football IQ and/or knowledge like they do in the pros? And/or can they administer those type tests before extending offers?
 
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