Quarterback Depth Chart

[IrishFan4L]

We won those games, and that is the only stat that means anything.

I guess we can agree on that & I hope it continues to work out that way. Is just frustrating to watch such close games week after week against teams I consider much less superior. Hope it continues!!!

 

[kmoose]

I'm sorry but Hendrix or Zaire are not that far behind Tommy you act like he's a top QB in college football. He's a 8-5 qb at best who might squeak out a extra win bc we have more athletes around him. Tommy damn near couldn't put up enough points to beat Temple, Purdue, or Michigan State the other 2 have just as good as shot as he did at winning if not our QB recruiting needs to pick it up!

You know what he is? He's the guy who beat out both of the guys that you are crying about not playing. Tell your boys to step it up, and maybe you will get your wish. As for your assessment of how far behind they are? Unless you are on Brian Kelly's staff, your assessment means the square of fvck-all, when determining who will start at QB.

 

[Buster Bluth]

I vote that the next person that creates a "Tommy sucks" thread be permanently banned.

This.

 

[TheSunIsRising]

I vote that the next person that creates a "Tommy sucks" thread be permanently banned.

Second this. Soooo many other threads to post their concerns in

 

[IrishFan4L]

You know what he is? He's the guy who beat out both of the guys that you are crying about not playing. Tell your boys to step it up, and maybe you will get your wish. As for your assessment of how far behind they are? Unless you are on Brian Kelly's staff, your assessment means the square of fvck-all, when determining who will start at QB.

Your right means about as much as yours!

 

[Buster Bluth]

I'm sorry but Hendrix or Zaire are not that far behind Tommy you act like he's a top QB in college football.

Like you have any ****ing idea what you're talking about.

This is seriously one of the dumbest things I've read in all my time on IE. A true freshmen who played in a wing-t offense in high school, and a quarterback who goes deer-in-the-headlights every time he's on the field are not "not that far behind" Rees. Jesus lord.

He's a 8-5 qb at best

What a stupid way to describe a quarterback.

who might squeak out a extra win bc we have more athletes around him.

Making him a ...10-2 QB? wut?

Tommy damn near couldn't put up enough points to beat Temple, Purdue, or Michigan State the other 2 have just as good as shot as he did at winning if not our QB recruiting needs to pick it up!

I'm going to assume that Brian Kelly knows a little bit more than you do in this situation. Your judgment is not "not that far behind" his. Get over yourself and this worthless opinion. Say something even remotely constructive other than insinuate "hey let's put the true freshmen in!" or "somethings wrong, we must pull the QB at the first sign of trouble!"

Even if he was an "8-5" quarterback (whatever the **** that means), by putting in someone you've said is worse...what the hell is the point? You want a "7-6" QB in there? Huh? Brilliant move, armchair coach. You've solved all of the problems.

 

[aubeirish]

Your right means about as much as yours!

That's his point...

 

[Buster Bluth]

Your right means about as much as yours!

You're*

But anyway I think that's his point. 0=0.

 

[IrishFan4L]

You're*

But anyway I think that's his point. 0=0.

I apologize I took it the wrong way .

 

[EifertPower]

how many threads of this **** exist already??? tommy sucks blah blah ....we wouldn't be 3-1 without him..he has been soooooo far from the problem...why can't people get this out of their minds....the guy has thrown the most yards vs fbs schools, 12th in total passing yards, 17th in td's thrown and he hasn't been a turnover machine..the guy gets **** on for not throwing the deep ball and then all of a sudden we start doing that it's "why don;t we do more intermediate routes"? how about get a damn running game so he doesn't have to do it himself

My issue with Tommy Rees is that he's very easy to game plan against. The other teams know he will never tuck the ball in and run. Just knowing this changes things entirely on defense. Not every quarterback has to be fast or run the ball like Johnny Manziel but you have to keep defenses honest. Hendrix would keep defenses honest.

On 3rd and 1 teams know Notre Dame will never fake the run and have Tommy roll out and either make the sure pass or run for it.

 

[eNDzone]

The question is , what attributes make a QB a great QB. Look at our QBs and ask yourself Which QB has or can develope those attributes. Some of these qualities are God given and some can be polished with hard work and playing time.

In your minds with all our QBs attributes who is the one that could be great? What makes a QB great?

 

[scUM Hater]

If Tommy would've had 5 more completions he could've thrown for another 100 yards easy. I believe Tommy is doing a great job considering ND has no running game as a threat. Zaire or Hendrix would've (in my opinion) not had nearly the game Tommy did yesterday, not to mention Michigan. Tommy just seems to put the offense in the right plays. IF ND's running game gets going at all, look out.

 

[ulukinatme]

I vote that the next person that creates a "Tommy sucks" thread be permanently banned.

This, I'm all for it.

Tommy has been the least of our problems this year. Everyone complained that he was Turnover Tommy as an underclassmen. Thats not completely unexpected for a Frosh or Sophomore to turn the ball over. Now, as an upperclassman, he's been careful with the football and he's running the plays that are given him...and people complain for entirely new reasons despite the fact he's playing well.

He's also taking what the defense is giving us. Yesterday against MSU the short passes over the middle were taken away as was the run, so we took our 1 on 1 matchups deep on the outside. Sometimes Tommy was long, but that's better than being short with it. Other times MSU had to commit PI to prevent our receivers from getting the ball. Tommy is taking care of the ball, and if he continues to do that we'll succeed.

 

[ulukinatme]

I'm sorry but Hendrix or Zaire are not that far behind Tommy you act like he's a top QB in college football. He's a 8-5 qb at best who might squeak out a extra win bc we have more athletes around him. Tommy damn near couldn't put up enough points to beat Temple, Purdue, or Michigan State the other 2 have just as good as shot as he did at winning if not our QB recruiting needs to pick it up!

If Hendrix and Zaire were THAT close to Tommy, why wouldn't they be starting? Both are more mobile than Tommy and would provide another element/wrinkle to our offense. Instead we're playing Tommy.

Is Tommy the best QB in college football? No, but he's the best one we have on roster right now, and he does a pretty damn good job taking what the defense gives us and running the plays that are called. Any struggles we've had on offense this year have little or nothing to do with Tommy's play. I'd say it's revolved mostly around the execution of the running game (Doesn't help when teams are loading up to stop the run), and the play calling. We should have been pushing the ball down the field more like we did yesterday when defenses inch up on us.

 

[dad4aa]

I think a lot of people here put too much emphasis on mobile quarterbacks. Peyton Manning is a HOF QB that has to have is 40 timed with a calendar. His strength is his knowledge of the game and his ability to check out of wrong plays and into the right ones that will work against the defense he is playing. Understand I am in NO WAY saying Tommy Rees is as good as Peyton Manning. I am just saying it is possible to be a good QB without having to be a dual threat.

The problem I saw in the game was two fold with only one of them falling on Tommy's shoulders. The play calling was pretty pitiful IMO. It seemed like we only had 2 or 3 different runing plays the whole second half. I mean, how many times did we send our WR in motion and then hand off up the middle behind him? The part to me that falls on Tommy's shoulders was the passing accuracy. I'm not sure how windy it was on the field but he was overthrowing everything...which has not been a problem for him this year. The problem for me with trying to blame any of that on the wind is that he overthrew his receivers in both directions so I think he was just off yesterday. It happens. The fact is he was accurate enough to help us get the win. Just my two cents

 

[ulukinatme]

The part to me that falls on Tommy's shoulders was the passing accuracy. I'm not sure how windy it was on the field but he was overthrowing everything...which has not been a problem for him this year. The problem for me with trying to blame any of that on the wind is that he overthrew his receivers in both directions so I think he was just off yesterday. It happens. The fact is he was accurate enough to help us get the win. Just my two cents

I can tell you that it was pretty windy at times earlier in the afternoon (Strong storms came through during the night and early morning). Later in the afternoon it didn't seem to be as windy down on field level (I was just 5 rows up), but the flags were blowing pretty good at times. I can also tell you that most of the overthrown passes we had were going with the wind, not against it. MSU also had some passes overthrown when they went with the wind. So...the wind may not have been much of a factor on short passes, but the longer ones seemed to sail. Still, it's better to overthrow a receiver and give him a chance to make a play, rather than underthrow it and give the defense a chance to make the play.

 

[dad4aa]

I can tell you that it was pretty windy at times earlier in the afternoon (Strong storms came through during the night and early morning). Later in the afternoon it didn't seem to be as windy down on field level (I was just 5 rows up), but the flags were blowing pretty good at times. I can also tell you that most of the overthrown passes we had were going with the wind, not against it. MSU also had some passes overthrown when they went with the wind. So...the wind may not have been much of a factor on short passes, but the longer ones seemed to sail. Still, it's better to overthrow a receiver and give him a chance to make a play, rather than underthrow it and give the defense a chance to make the play.

Definitely agree with this part. I was always taught throw a long pass long and a short pass short...pretty common sense. I was curious how the wind was down near the field. I was in row 28 behind our band and it didn't seem too bad there but it could still be swirling down on the field.