Franks/Trask situation all over again; AR lights up USF

[GatorJ]

Not disagreeing but so are the Browns. And taking my youngest down to just behind the players, I watched Vernell(‘02-05) make a shocked face like “wth” after Richardson made a big play on the final drive. I also saw Malik Davis do the same. The whole team responded to AR. I’ve been a big believer in Jones and love all that he’s done. But AR is night and day at this point.

I also think it was garbage that EJ came in on a drive he didn’t start and got stuck throwing a pick because of poor play calling, but the second one was egregious and every other throw was really low or too high. Not sure where the kid from Lsu and Aub ‘19 went, but this was nothing like that. I expect him to start the USF game, but not confident he finishes. The whole flow of the first half was botched, hindering both QBs.

AR had to come out. His helmet got knocked off.

 

[GatorJ]

Every throw with EJ was behind the LOS. AR’s were downfield.

Either EJ only threw those because he didn’t have the confidence to throw downfield or Mullen only had him throw those because his accuracy downfield sucks.

 

[Gatorbait25]

Every throw with EJ was behind the LOS. AR’s were downfield.

Either EJ only threw those because he didn’t have the confidence to throw downfield or Mullen only had him throw those because his accuracy downfield sucks.

The first one to Cope was down field and
I think a couple to Wells over the middle . But yeah almost everything else was a bubble or some kind of quick hitter around the LOS. I can’t remember Henderson getting a target all game

 

[GatorJ]

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Every throw with EJ was behind the LOS. AR’s were downfield.

Either EJ only threw those because he didn’t have the confidence to throw downfield or Mullen only had him throw those because his accuracy downfield sucks.

I was assured here that ej throws a beautiful deep ball

 

[Durty South Swamp]

great. Dckhead Dan gonna ride him all the way to a Birmingham bowl berth.

 

[GatorJ]

I was assured here that ej throws a beautiful deep ball

Maybe it is. But it’s only accurate 50% of the time.

 

[UFHealthGator]

Maybe it is. But it’s only accurate 50% of the time.

50% on a deep ball would be a massive improvement from what we saw yesterday.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Maybe it is. But it’s only accurate 50% of the time.

that's actually really good deep ball accuracy

 

[gatormandan]

I think we see both QBs get time next week against USF. And then I think AR starts against Bama.

If Treon doesnt get hurt Mullen rides him to a losing record. AR wont start Bama.

 

[GatorJ]

50% on a deep ball would be a massive improvement from what we saw yesterday.

yeah. He did not play well at all. He was locking on receivers and behind on every throw. He’ll need to be miles better next week. His biggest issue is that he doesn’t throw a very catchable ball. It reminds me a lot of a Doug Johnson throw. Goes right in the dirt or doesn’t hit them in stride. He doesn’t really lead the receiver.

 

[GatorJ]

that's actually really good deep ball accuracy

With EJ in the game I consider anything over 5 yards beyond the LOS a deep ball.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

AR wont start Bama.

Honestly, Id just as soon he not start vs them. It is sometimes hard to overcome a disastrous game for a freshman QB.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

With EJ in the game I consider anything over 5 yards beyond the LOS a deep ball.

We have achieved full Mullenball status.

Sideways passing. Mostly option running (though honestly the I formation innthe redzone the couple of times we saw it was refreshing).

Running QBs with limited passing abilities.

Full Mullen achieved for sure.

 

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Can you imagine Bama game planning after looking at last night’s tape? They’ll stuff the run, prevent EJ from all those stutter-step gains up the middle, and dare the guy to air it out three yards downfield.

I don’t even want to look.

 

[-THE DUDE-]

I'm not sure I would go as far as saying Randy Moss. Randy Moss was just incredibly fast. Randy Moss was like a high school star playing sandlot ball with 6th graders, especially in 1AA.

I would say he is definitely that kind of game changer that Cam or Tebow were. maybe not quite the power back. the passing frankly at first glance comparing you know basically freshmen, looks better than Tebow to me and tons better than freshman Cam, who was an absolute mess throwing the ball. I wasn't even sure he was going to be at quarterback until he got his motion fixed at junior college.

Not sure if you were at the game or watching the game but the announcers seem to be having that " did we just see the birth of a superstar" moment.

I'm the world's worst bandwagon guy, but right now I suspect the AR15 bandwagon is huge and everyone else is on it too.

Probably even EJ.

I can't help but notice that EJ was efficient for the first two drives. then AR came out there and did his thing, which immediately ups the pressure on EJ. Maybe it wasnt just the pressure of seeing AR be AR, maybe it was something else, but I don't really believe in coincidences.

Everyone but Dan and EJ’s parents are on the AR15 bandwagon

 

[Gatorraid81]

Honestly, Id just as soon he not start vs them. It is sometimes hard to overcome a disastrous game for a freshman QB.

Exactly, let’s sacrifice what’s left of EJ’s confidence in that game, then turn the reigns over to AR the rest of the season.

 

[UFHealthGator]

We have achieved full Mullenball status.

Sideways passing. Mostly option running (though honestly the I formation innthe redzone the couple of times we saw it was refreshing).

Running QBs with limited passing abilities.

Full Mullen achieved for sure.

 

[MertzJay26]

We can say one thing about AR's passing. It's better than Cams' when he was here and Franks too when he arrived. So there's hope that it will get better.

Yup. He also was taking deep shots to a walk-on so I’m not putting too much stock into him being 3-8

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I always read the board and am surprised when I'm not as pessimistic as some others. Of course, those that are now pessimistic seem to be the ones that thought this was the year we were going to compete with Trailerbammer.

I'm actually weirdly optimistic because the offense looked like what I expected it to look like, option and sideways passing. EJ was about what I expected.

But AR was more than I expected. even against a terrible team like FAU, making 8 guys look stupid, some by making them miss and somebody just running over them, is a huge deal. Running 73 yards and out running all the defensive backs is a huge deal.

the defense look like what I expected. More Third and Dewgthem. Sack or nothing.

It is what these coaches are, on both sides of the ball.

I don't think I'm changing my prediction. it's going to be really hard to lose more than three games with this schedule. The teams in the SEC East are just trash. it won't surprise me for Mullen to somehow lose to a couple teams he should not though. His resume is clear.