I honestly think a WR with a head on his shoulders can see that he could be the difference maker. GW makes some insanely good throws and has good mechanics. A lot of the lack of throwing "success" also falls on us playing with a bunch of number 3 WR's- the two guys that were to be 1 and 2 have not played a single snap.
This post is a phenomenal point of what GS likes to develop.
BTW, KC considers balance this:
whatever works is what I want.
The title of the thread is 39 yards passing? Will go back and look, but then we have posters saying WR and TE recruits will pass on RU because there is no passing game. Well, that narrative could be flipped, and in line with what Howard Griffith (Griffin?) said on BTN, Rutgers will get "better" players. The pass game is developing. That's all. But we have a 4-5 page thread with multiple people seemingly crying the sky is falling.
Great post. Here's the direct comparison with Gavin. Teel obviously threw more and has a higher completion rate, but didn't really have a better TD/INT ratio until his 3rd year, and these stats don't include running yards/impact at all and we all know Gavin has far better/more impactful running stats than Teel. I think everyone can agree that Gavin can improve his accuracy (look at Teel's progression and similar progressions for many other young college QBs), but those who are throwing him under the bus saying he can't be a successful passer, in addition to being a very successful runner (which he has absolutely demonstrated), are simply wrong and often very mean-spirited about it.
| Passing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| *2021 | Rutgers | Big Ten | FR | QB | 4 | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 45 | 2.1 | -2.1 | 0 | 2 | 41.8 |
| 2022 | Rutgers | Big Ten | SO | 8 | 65 | 145 | 44.8 | 757 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 5 | 7 | 90.4 | |
| 2023 | Rutgers | Big Ten | JR | QB | 8 | 91 | 181 | 50.3 | 1134 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 111.2 |
| Career | Rutgers | 165 | 347 | 47.6 | 1936 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 12 | 13 | 98.3 |
It has been mentioned there were three drops by receivers. If Gavin was 8 for 12 and closer to 100 yards maybe people would have been a little happier.
In the spirit of Christmas which is 2 months away. Bah Humbug. Oh, Army and Navy lost with more than 39 passing yards. So there's that.
I think what you are saying is McNulty!!!! 😜
I really hope they give us a better bowl than that
He's an analyst at The Nick Saban Home for Coach Rehabilitation. Maryland may need an OC, so we can hope he lands!
We don't need to overhaul the offense to entice potential WR recruits, we can merely use more of the passing plays currently in the playbook.....which we have done(to some extent) in previous games, and probably will do so more in upcoming games.
Really?
Injuries will definitely happen but more so when your QB’s throws are all over the place , receivers get hurt when they try to catch highly inaccurate passes, hence the term hung out to dry in football.
I always used to think the same thing until I talked to a couple of NFL WR's about some of the hits they take...And this was before all the new rules protecting them.
