PFF: Fewest turnover worthy plays among SEC QBs (another JG thread)

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Could explain him getting hit or dropped so often. Just wait, don't take a chance, "little or nothing is better than taking a chance". We will see. A new "dawn" is approaching.
 
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And that's with getting pulverized every snap. I wish we had a competent line and a good OC during his time here. It could have been a lot different. Hopefully this year it'll be a lot closer to what we all hope it could be.
 
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Just listened to this on the radio. He is at the top or near in a lot of advanced stats.

He just needed way more attempts. The coaching inexperience and conservative run-first strategy killed us last year
 
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k-town_king said:
Just listened to this on the radio. He is at the top or near in a lot of advanced stats.

He just needed way more attempts. The coaching inexperience and conservative run-first strategy killed us last year
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I was surprised by Pruitt’s confidence in JG. I really hope with an improved OL, that he does well. I expect to see him taking open avenues and using his legs this year if he is pressured (showed it in the spring game), hopefully he can stay healthy.
 
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For me, the toughest thing about reading into these type of stats is trying to discern if it's going to translate to production on the field. Is the number lower because JG was that good, or because he was under pressure more and he was sacked or scrambled...or, because he was under such pressure, that a higher percentage of his throws had to be shorter, low-risk throws. Maybe a mix of all. Don't take this as a negative...I think JG and the offense are going to have a good year...but I'm not sure if I really believe it, or if it's the off-season, and I always seem to talk myself into delusions of grandeur for the upcoming season...at least for the past 10+ years. BVS...
 
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k-town_king said:
Just listened to this on the radio. He is at the top or near in a lot of advanced stats.

He just needed way more attempts. The coaching inexperience and conservative run-first strategy killed us last year
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Didn't think about this... I think you're right. Though Pruitt isn't a "stat sheet stuffer guy", there were PLENTY of games last year where we could have aired it out in second half, when we were "toast", but, I guess, probably credit to Pruitt didn't want to just fill the stat sheet, but opted for trying to instill mindset of toughness around the run game. Would be interested to know if he'd do it differently if he had to do it over again, because our guys were obviously gassed at the end of the year, for lack of any depth.
 
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njvols said:
Didn't think about this... I think you're right. Though Pruitt isn't a "stat sheet stuffer guy", there were PLENTY of games last year where we could have aired it out in second half, when we were "toast", but, I guess, probably credit to Pruitt didn't want to just fill the stat sheet, but opted for trying to instill mindset of toughness around the run game. Would be interested to know if he'd do it differently if he had to do it over again, because our guys were obviously gassed at the end of the year, for lack of any depth.
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Or possibly just didn't want to get JG carted off on a stretcher.
 
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njvols said:
Didn't think about this... I think you're right. Though Pruitt isn't a "stat sheet stuffer guy", there were PLENTY of games last year where we could have aired it out in second half, when we were "toast", but, I guess, probably credit to Pruitt didn't want to just fill the stat sheet, but opted for trying to instill mindset of toughness around the run game. Would be interested to know if he'd do it differently if he had to do it over again, because our guys were obviously gassed at the end of the year, for lack of any depth.
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We were going to be gassed no matte what esp after the Auburn win. Losing Kongbo killed us ... plus all the freshman we were playing were just out of it by game 8 or so. The only chance we had was to stay extremely healthy and that didn t happen.
 
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cHiZzLeVOL said:
You trying to bring LittleVol back on his Maurer rant.... kid throws 2 interceptions in a spring game against the 2nd team defense and is going to be a starter this year.... lol
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I don’t agree that BM will be the starter but putting those stats out there as an attempt to discredit how he looked is ridiculous. He was in his first college atmosphere, in front of the biggest crowd he’s ever seen, on national TV and technically still in hs. He wasn’t phased a bit which shows the mindset of a qb that no game will ever be “too big”. Yes he was against the #2s but he was playing WITH the 2s as well. It balances out and therefore wouldn’t have changed a thing in his personal performance. And for the life of me I can’t seem to wrap my head around why anyone can talk about his “2” ints WITHOUT talking about our highly touted WR (Keyton) lack of effort for a 50/50 ball that his qb put in a winnable spot. That’s far more concerning to me than the qbs decision to give him a chance. At the end of the day yes he threw 2ints but he also completed 70%, threw for over 100 in a total of only 16 plays, showed pocket awareness and ability to escape. 0 plays went backwards and the only time the O was “behind the sticks” was due to penalty which he also showed his ability to overcome. Call me optimistic but I for one thought he was very impressive given the circumstances.
 
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k-town_king said:
Just listened to this on the radio. He is at the top or near in a lot of advanced stats.

He just needed way more attempts. The coaching inexperience and conservative run-first strategy killed us last year
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It's called minimizing risk.

Helton or Scott before him didn't trust JG.

Helton wasn't nearly as bad as some think.
 
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But how can that be????? JG sucks. If you don't believe me just hang around and watch this thread. JG is not the GOAT but he is a LOOOONG
way from being as bad as some of the HATERS on here believe. That is one of the biggest problems when you argue with and idiot. You can't get them to see or understand both sides of the conversation. SMH
 
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LittleVol said:
It's called minimizing risk.

Helton or Scott before him didn't trust JG.

Helton wasn't nearly as bad as some think.
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Pruitt deliberately tried to slow the game down and for good reason. We didn't have the depth to be competitive. If you look at the stats, though, it's pretty obvious that Pruitt was essentially doing the exact opposite of the Butch Jones "hurry up" offense.

Of course, the other part of it is that our run blocking was so terrible, we couldn't stay on offense for long.

That said, I still think we were way too conservative early on. Our passing stats were so much better than our run stats. When we aired it out more (e.g. vs Auburn), we did a lot better. Albeit, that means that JG would've gotten murdered back there even more.
 
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1vol8 said:
I don’t agree that BM will be the starter but putting those stats out there as an attempt to discredit how he looked is ridiculous. He was in his first college atmosphere, in front of the biggest crowd he’s ever seen, on national TV and technically still in hs. He wasn’t phased a bit which shows the mindset of a qb that no game will ever be “too big”. Yes he was against the #2s but he was playing WITH the 2s as well. It balances out and therefore wouldn’t have changed a thing in his personal performance. And for the life of me I can’t seem to wrap my head around why anyone can talk about his “2” ints WITHOUT talking about our highly touted WR (Keyton) lack of effort for a 50/50 ball that his qb put in a winnable spot. That’s far more concerning to me than the qbs decision to give him a chance. At the end of the day yes he threw 2ints but he also completed 70%, threw for over 100 in a total of only 16 plays, showed pocket awareness and ability to escape. 0 plays went backwards and the only time the O was “behind the sticks” was due to penalty which he also showed his ability to overcome. Call me optimistic but I for one thought he was very impressive given the circumstances.
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First off my opinion wasn’t a personal attack on you... 😂 second the ball thrown to Keyton was behind him on a fade route where he had his defender beat (meaning he had to stop his momentum and come back to the ball) if he would have been led there wouldn’t have been a need for him to come back to the ball at all it was poorly thrown.

Both of Maurers interceptions can be corrected but they were bad. Especially the first one. I never said the kid wasn’t good. Just thought it is absolutely ridiculous that he would be a starter over JG or Shrout this year
 
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I don't care if they run a single wing, a triple option or start Trey Smith at QB as long as they win.
 
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