Brady Gustafson

[AZGrizFan]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

 

[AZGrizFan]

Eh people on this board are clueless. Dude ended with a 140 rating, which is pretty good. Obviously he had a bad half but you can't just look at Brady when it comes to the two fumbles. The biggest flaw in our entire team for the last year has been o-line and that is still the case so far. Maybe don't go so fast to criticize Brady when he's getting hit 2.5 seconds after the snap. People also seemingly ignore the fact that he had one of the prettiest balls on that long ball. Next week might be more of a clue but even then... 2 games, let alone 2 quarters, isn't enough to judge a player

That bad half was his 4th consecutive bad half dating back to the SDSU game last year. Again, it was against THE weakest team on our schedule. If he plays like that against ANYBODY else on our schedule, we will get blown out.

Brady can totally answer his critics with a road win and a big performance next week. I don't think anybody will care about his string of bad quarters if he does that. This debate will get settled one way or another here very shortly. You can count on that.....

Yeah, that's the problem. We all thought it was "settled" after his great EWU and MSU games last year....then the "other" Brady showed up at halftime of the SDSU game and stayed until halftime of the St Francis game....it's like our kicking woes of recent times....always wondering when "bad Brady" is going to show up....

And after ALL this, I fully acknowledge he's our best option on the roster.

 

[jcu27]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

Spot on. But, you know the homers will try to refute it.

 

[grizpsych]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

Well. When you put it that way...

 

[stubbins]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

Spot on. But, you know the homers will try to refute it.

No, the homers aren't disagreeing that it was an ugly half of football. The homers are saying that there is a lot more that goes into it other than "Brady sucks!"

It was an ugly half of offensive line play, qb play, and receiver play. I texted Brint halfway through and asked him why the hell the receivers can't get any separation...The homers know it's not one guys fault, although at his position, it's normal to take all the blame...

 

[PlayerRep]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

It was not a horrid half of football. The defense was good. To the extent you believe the offense was horrid, then I don't blame it all on BG. There are 10 other players on the field on each play, and coaches calling plays and creating game plans. Only the combo of 2 fumbles and a pick were horrible.

Sorry, but the last part of the half is part of the half. How about if we back out the 2 fumbles and the pick, as they surely occurred in less than 1:18.

You apparently don't understand the many of the passes, like bubble screens, are designed to be behind the line of scrimmage. Isn't that what a bubble screen is? Also, Stitt's offense is designed to get the ball to players with some space, and let them run, so YAC is what the offense is trying to achieve. That's not a negative; it's a positive.

Had BG not had 3 turnovers, no coach would not have thought BG played poorly. 3 turnovers in a half is truly inexcusable.

You need to attend the games, and talk to the coaches, to understand what is going on. I'm sorry, but watching the game on tape, with crappy camera work and weak announcing, is not substitute for watching the game in person and interacting with knowledgeable fans on every play.

BG did many good things in this game, and that's why he ended up with big passing yardage, so many passing TD's, reasonable high passing efficiency, 35 points scored in one half, 41 points in the game, receptions by so many receivers, and a win. Besides the turnovers, he made other mistakes and incorrect reads/progressions. The offense and Stitt ask much of him; maybe too much at times. He has much to improve. He will improve. We'll see how much he improves. UNI will be a tough game to show vast improvement.

 

[PlayerRep]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

Spot on. But, you know the homers will try to refute it.

You know little about football that you don't even know that the listing doesn't prove anything.

 

[Sam A. Blitz]

Eh people on this board are clueless. Dude ended with a 140 rating, which is pretty good. Obviously he had a bad half but you can't just look at Brady when it comes to the two fumbles. The biggest flaw in our entire team for the last year has been o-line and that is still the case so far. Maybe don't go so fast to criticize Brady when he's getting hit 2.5 seconds after the snap. People also seemingly ignore the fact that he had one of the prettiest balls on that long ball. Next week might be more of a clue but even then... 2 games, let alone 2 quarters, isn't enough to judge a player

That bad half was his 4th consecutive bad half dating back to the SDSU game last year. Again, it was against THE weakest team on our schedule. If he plays like that against ANYBODY else on our schedule, we will get blown out.

Brady can totally answer his critics with a road win and a big performance next week. I don't think anybody will care about his string of bad quarters if he does that. This debate will get settled one way or another here very shortly. You can count on that.....

I agree. We can go in circles debating about the first half, point fingers, make excuses, overreact, etc... None of it really matters. Brady and the offense will either prove that they have improved from last year or not this weekend. I personally still think that Brady is capable of being one of the better QBs in the division, but he needs to put a full game together against an undeniably good defense to prove that his bakers are right on him. Hopefully the rest of the offense can help him accomplish that.

 

[Bscwatcher]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

It was not a horrid half of football. The defense was good. To the extent you believe the offense was horrid, then I don't blame it all on BG. There are 10 other players on the field on each play, and coaches calling plays and creating game plans. Only the combo of 2 fumbles and a pick were horrible.

Sorry, but the last part of the half is part of the half. How about if we back out the 2 fumbles and the pick, as they surely occurred in less than 1:18.

You apparently don't understand the many of the passes, like bubble screens, are designed to be behind the line of scrimmage. Isn't that what a bubble screen is? Also, Stitt's offense is designed to get the ball to players with some space, and let them run, so YAC is what the offense is trying to achieve. That's not a negative; it's a positive.

Had BG not had 3 turnovers, no coach would not have thought BG played poorly. 3 turnovers in a half is truly inexcusable.

You need to attend the games, and talk to the coaches, to understand what is going on. I'm sorry, but watching the game on tape, with crappy camera work and weak announcing, is not substitute for watching the game in person and interacting with knowledgeable fans on every play.

BG did many good things in this game, and that's why he ended up with big passing yardage, so many passing TD's, reasonable high passing efficiency, 35 points scored in one half, 41 points in the game, receptions by so many receivers, and a win. Besides the turnovers, he made other mistakes and incorrect reads/progressions. The offense and Stitt ask much of him; maybe too much at times. He has much to improve. He will improve. We'll see how much he improves. UNI will be a tough game to show vast improvement.

Talk about dumb. Do coaches watch the tape of games, especially their own to grade their players, and COACH?

 

[Grizzoola]

I will be surprised if any of his critics and naysayers give him the praise and respect he deserves for his 2nd half play. Thankfully, Coach Stitt and the team have much more faith in Brady than many GRIZ fans. It takes some amazing fortitude to bounce back from a terrible 1st half to play a brilliant 2nd half. .... GREAT job in the 2nd half Brady, the whole offense, and the coaches for terrific adjustments!!!! :thumb:

If he has THAT first half against just about any other team on our schedule, we're down 28-0 and even the 2nd half he had yesterday wouldn't bring us back. Gonna be tough to win a lot of games with a QB who regularly plays half a game.....let's hope Brady's not that guy.

Posters are acting like this was Brady's first game, new receivers, first game jitters, etc.

No. This was Cal Poly, last half of SDSU, the whole of NDSU, and now the first half of SFU. In fully half of the games Brady played in last season, he had games like that first half, including the last six quarters of the season when the team was at its most experienced, the receivers as tuned in as you're going to get.

Nailed it! Brady has enough game experience to show improvement over last season; he didn't, far as I'm concerned. During the game I was thinking, "Brady maybe knows Stitt's offense, hands down, but he can't execute. Simple as that. What game was it last season, Liberty, where he got pulled in the 1st half, supposedly because of injury? This kid is inconsistent. That's it in a nutshell.

 

[AZGrizFan]

1: -1 yard bubble pass, 23 YAC by JLM
2: -1 yard bubble pass, -2 YAC by JLM
3: 8 yard pass, 7 YAC by Calhoun
4: 7 yard pass, 4 YAC by Curran
5: -3 yard bubble pass, 7 YAC by Favors
6: 18 yard attempt into double coverage to Horner after staring down receiver, INT by #22 Jerome
7: sails ball 5 feet over Calhoun's head in pass out to the flat
8: incomplete pass to Calhoun (missed it on replay, so can't tell you what he did)
9: 8 yard attempt to Curran, Staring him down, TIGHT double coverage, almost picked off
10: 7 yard pass, 0 YAC by Horner (on 3rd & 18)
11: 32 yard attempt into EZ, pass was short (lucky it wasn't picked)
12: 7 yard attempt; pass sailed 5 feet over Calhoun's head out in the flat again
13: 20 yard attempt to Homan into TIGHT coverage, again against #22, AGAIN stared down receiver, AGAIN almost picked off.
Sacked (on Brady, took too much time)
14: -2 yard dump off to Nguyen, 3 YAC
14a: Fumble because of piss poor ball control (not actually a pass attempt, but it was ON a pass attempt)

At this point he's 8 of 14, 1 INT, 2 fumbles (first one I'll give him a pass on), but he's just 3 of 9 after completing his first 5 and hasn't completed a pass further than 7 yards downfield. The INT seems to REALLY have discombobbled him for an extended period of time. And the reason my numbers didn't add up before is because he was doing MULTIPLE things wrong on EACH attempt during that 9 pass stretch...

15: -2 yard bubble pass, 18 YAC by JLM
16: 24 yard pass attempt to Curran, short by 10 yards...VERY weird pass
17: 9 yard out route pass to Calhoun, 1 YAC
18: 1 yard pass to JLM, 7 YAC
19: 3 yard pass, 3 YAC by Horner
20: 25 yard pass attempt to Calhoun, hit as he threw, knocked away by defender
21: -3 yard pass to Calhoun, 17 YAC by Calhoun

So, he started out 5/5 with a fumble (or 6/6 if you count the INT like you wanted to yesterday) :lol: , then went 3-9 with the INT and all around terrible play (and another fumble thrown in for good measure), and finished up 5/7. Just FIVE pass attempts over 9 yards, and every single one was piss-poorly executed. Virtually ALL the yardage in the first half was YAC by his excellent group of receivers.

You can sugarcoat it all you want, PR, but it was an absolute horrible half of football, up until about 1:18 to go. So, if you want to split hairs, he played 28:42 of horrible football. 111 yards passing in the first half....409 in the 2nd. Hmmm.....even coach Stitt thought he played poorly....

It was not a horrid half of football. The defense was good. To the extent you believe the offense was horrid, then I don't blame it all on BG. There are 10 other players on the field on each play, and coaches calling plays and creating game plans. Only the combo of 2 fumbles and a pick were horrible.

Sorry, but the last part of the half is part of the half. How about if we back out the 2 fumbles and the pick, as they surely occurred in less than 1:18.

You apparently don't understand the many of the passes, like bubble screens, are designed to be behind the line of scrimmage. Isn't that what a bubble screen is? Also, Stitt's offense is designed to get the ball to players with some space, and let them run, so YAC is what the offense is trying to achieve. That's not a negative; it's a positive.

Had BG not had 3 turnovers, no coach would not have thought BG played poorly. 3 turnovers in a half is truly inexcusable.

You need to attend the games, and talk to the coaches, to understand what is going on. I'm sorry, but watching the game on tape, with crappy camera work and weak announcing, is not substitute for watching the game in person and interacting with knowledgeable fans on every play.

BG did many good things in this game, and that's why he ended up with big passing yardage, so many passing TD's, reasonable high passing efficiency, 35 points scored in one half, 41 points in the game, receptions by so many receivers, and a win. Besides the turnovers, he made other mistakes and incorrect reads/progressions. The offense and Stitt ask much of him; maybe too much at times. He has much to improve. He will improve. We'll see how much he improves. UNI will be a tough game to show vast improvement.

Yes, I understand the purpose of a bubble pass, but the point of the play-by-play was to show that he was incapable of completing any OTHER type of pass for essentially the entire first half. PR, if you can't see (and admit) that the INT rattled him, that he immediately began staring down receivers AND THEN throwing to that same receiver, and couldn't complete (even come CLOSE) a pass further than 9 yards downfield for the vast majority of the first half then there's no point in discussing it further. He played 28:42 of horrible, crappy football. Against an inferior opponent. One he should have absolutely FEASTED on for 60 minutes, not just 31. Yes, there's other players on the field, but The other 10 players weren't staring down receivers. The other 10 players weren't missing wide open receivers by throwing the ball 5 yards over their heads. The other 10 players weren't fumbling the ball just about every time they got hit. The other 10 players weren't missing longer range passes by 10-15 YARDS (even Mick and Grady were incredulous that he could be off by that much). And even STITT called Brady out at the halftime interview.

Chalk it up to what ever you want...first game jitters, lack of chemistry with receiver set, whatever...dude had 111 yards passing and three turnovers in the first half, generating just six points, and FOUR HUNDRED AND NINE in the 2nd half, generating 35 points. His first half is in the damned dictionary when you look up "crappy football". Try it. It's true.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Oh, and any sane person KNOWS you get a much better view, with slow motion, instant replay, expert analysis, etc., etc., watching the game on TV than sitting in the stands. Not to mention I was able to watch and re-watch plays and focus on specific players each time to see what went right/wrong. Can you do that in real-time sitting in the stands. With "knowledgable fans"? Lol...

That might be the weakest argument you've ever made on here, and that's saying something.

 

[AllWeatherFan]

I don't know, I just googled "Brady sucks," and all I got was Tom Brady posts.

 

[AZGrizFan]

I don't know, I just googled "Brady sucks," and all I got was Tom Brady posts.

:lol:

The new, unabridged dictionary apparently.

 

[Eriul]

Next week might be more of a clue but even then... 2 games, let alone 2 quarters, isn't enough to judge a player

Is 29 quarters enough? Is he finally warmed up?

sorry I don't recognize your personal vendetta against him. I'm sorry if he stole your girl or whatever it is Brady did to hurt your feelings but fact is before his injury last year he was on the Walter Payton watch list with most passing yards in the FCS. Sorry you hate him so much. Sure, he's no Peyton Manning but he's the best QB we have by far and it has been discussed in full and I'm sorry that you can't admit you are wrong. Seeing as how you are basically the ONLY person in the world who thinks there is a better option on our team, maybe you should look at yourself.

 

[UMGriz75]

Next week might be more of a clue but even then... 2 games, let alone 2 quarters, isn't enough to judge a player

Is 29 quarters enough? Is he finally warmed up?

sorry I don't recognize your personal vendetta against him. I'm sorry if he stole your girl or whatever it is Brady did to hurt your feelings but fact is before his injury last year he was on the Walter Payton watch list with most passing yards in the FCS. Sorry you hate him so much. Sure, he's no Peyton Manning but he's the best QB we have by far and it has been discussed in full and I'm sorry that you can't admit you are wrong. Seeing as how you are basically the ONLY person in the world who thinks there is a better option on our team, maybe you should look at yourself.

Thank you Grandma Gustafson for your usual psychosis-driven rant. Brady will be just fine. You have to let go at some point. He's a grown man now.

 

[Eriul]

Yah he's older than me XD

 

[UMGriz75]

Yah he's older than me XD

Yah, and pointing out that he's played 29 quarters as Griz QB is a "personal vendetta." Can't get much more personal than that.

OK. I accept your claim that you are actually his little sister. Run along and play now.

 

[Grizzoola]

It just seems to me that the 1st QTR, esp., was indicative of Stitt teams coming out flat. I could be challenged on this, but it's my impression from last season, as well. I'm wondering how fired up Stitt gets his team to start the game. Their first snap should be sharp, aggressive, and effective, setting tone for rest of the game. This catch-up nonsense is, well, nonsense. The fight should start from the gitgo.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

How about: He's the QB of the Griz, and he showed his ability to make in-game adjustments to lead us to a win? I'm all about constructive criticism from those who are qualified to provide it, but name a better option at QB at this point. If you can't do that, you're just an old complainer, and you can get the fuck off my lawn. That's right. I'm calling out all the geriatrics who come over and piss themselves on my front lawn whilst trying to talk to me about "frankfurters used to cost a nickel" and "everyone's out to get me with these gas prices" while I'm trying to get shit done. Go home and talk to the wall.