I mean, there is a world. Its an uphill battle though
I’ve never seen a high school QB performance that made me go “Oh … oh no” like Tyler’s day at the Elite 11 in Nashville. His QB coach should be sued for whatever he did to Tyler.
I continue to believe this is being under appreciated by some. He completely fucked his throwing motion and has not been able to consistently deliver the ball since. A few wow plays are covering up the greater problem which is the repeatability of the simple and mundane.
I hope Rees doesn't get too cute with the RPOs, obviously use them if the opportunity presents itself but I'd rather see them run more designed QB runs and turn Buchner loose in the read-option game and set up the PA pass. Don't overcomplicate things on Friday against a team you SHOULD be able to run against early and often if we even have a semblance of a passing threat established.
true that. The off season throwing video of him a full year younger where the ball was exploding out of his hand with consistency and a much more compact, high release, no drag throwing motion in comparison to what he showcased in Nashville and has since become is actually sad. It likely permanently changed the trajectory and ceiling of his football career. He went from a super athletic QB with high end arm talent to well, not that.
I completely agree. His current throwing motion is not what was initially recruited. He does not have the accuracy to be a championship level quarterback. I would love to be proven wrong. Assuming we get Hartman, I think Minchey overtakes him in ‘24 due to his accuracy
I might be wrong but I don't recall Marcus or Tommy saying those kinds of things back in August. It felt to me like there was tempering expectations.
I would think with Buchner’s stronger arm we’d take more deep shots, and he won’t have Mayer to lean on with eight yard outs to the tight end. But the strength of this offense is running the ball - and those four WRs aren’t here yet - so, not sure why we’d change things up too dramatically?
Yea, they didn't take a transfer QB because of Buch and Pyne. Then, Freeman said post OSU that "we got ourselves a QB" and Buchner proceeded to fall apart against Marshall." We're 8-4 largely because they misjudged the QB room. But, I don't think it's unicorns and rainbows to believe a once highly touted QB recruit, who's shown flashes, can put it together. I'm just in the show me phase of this process. And, looking forward too it.
Well then it’s a good thing that we will barely have any TEs to focus on in this bowl game!
well its coachspeak, he wouldn't say anything otherwise hes all they got right now
Agree with all of this. I also feel just so much better about Buchner now than I did before the game. He flashed much more today than I expected, and had much better pocket awareness than expected. I think he could be really great eventually. He’s in a weird and tough spot of needing the game reps, but we really can’t afford to roll with him next year unfortunately. Really hope he’s willing to sit behind Hartman for a year because I think he could be special one day.
I’m basically here. He badly needs reps, but ND can’t afford to give them to him again next season. If he’s willing to learn behind Hartman, they might have something.
My hope is that they convince Buchner to stick around and play the Taysom Hill role again, and then be in the driver's seat for the starting job in 2024 (unless Minchey/Carr/Angeli beats him out then which is also perfectly fine!)
Lax once again you've said everything that I wanted to say. Also, Buchner would have 2 years of eligibility if he sticks around and competes for the job in 2024.
