Top Passers....so far

[getgrizzy]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

 

[grizcountry420]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

 

[Htowngriz]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

A lot of that low completion % is on the receivers for dropping good passes.

 

[marceagfan5]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

Ewu won't split time at the qb position moving forward so I'd expect West to top the yardage category considering where he is at in less than 6 qtrs of play...

 

[brewskis]

Good point. You never want your QB to be among the top QBs in the nation in passing yardage. Because if he is, it means that he is passing the ball way to much, and you have no balance on offense. Notice each week in the NFL, that most of the teams who put up 350-yard+ passing numbers lose the game. The teams who win have a 100-yard rusher, and efficient passing numbers, but not sky-high in yardage. Balance is the key, and that, my friends, is what our problem will be with a weak O-line and average RBs.

Well shoot. I guess we have no chance this season, Stitt's offense is doomed to fail, we should have hired Hauck.

 

[Atlanta Griz1]

Nope. I interview people every day. I think I'm a pretty good judge of sincerity. I also don't like to assume 16-21 year old athletes feel the need to lie. 30-60 year-old politicians. That's a different story. If BG was asked about his development and he said Shay helped him, I have zero reason to doubt that statement. Also knowing for an absolute fact that Shay was one of the most popular and highly respected players on last year's Griz team, I'm sure Brady wouldn't be the only one to say he was mentored by him.

Too bad he wasn't an FCS caliber QB. Being "popular and respected" does not get it done in college football. Brady would be 100% better now if he had taken the snaps that SSH got last season!

 

[Griz2k]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is correctable.

 

[Atlanta Griz1]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

Very good post, sugar-free too!

 

[Atlanta Griz1]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

Uh, so you're sayin' that Brady is not very accurate, and overthrows his receivers a lot? Those two qualities, my friend, will lead to many many interceptions!

 

[brewskis]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

I think we are going to see some great things from Brady this year. Everyone critiquing his performances after playing his first two games since high school, one of which consisted of a W over the 4x defending champions? I think he's doing fine and he's only going to get better.

 

[Griz2k]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

Uh, so you're sayin' that Brady is not very accurate, and overthrows his receivers a lot? Those two qualities, my friend, will lead to many many interceptions!

Nope, that's not what I'm saying at all.

 

[SaskGriz]

Honestly not trying to discredit BG here because I think he has the potential to be a damn fine QB, but if your offense is designed to run 95 plays a game, and you can't or don't want to get the ground game running, you're going to end up with what, 65-70 passes a game?[/quote]

Good point. You never want your QB to be among the top QBs in the nation in passing yardage. Because if he is, it means that he is passing the ball way to much, and you have no balance on offense. Notice each week in the NFL, that most of the teams who put up 350-yard+ passing numbers lose the game. The teams who win have a 100-yard rusher, and efficient passing numbers, but not sky-high in yardage. Balance is the key, and that, my friends, is what our problem will be with a weak O-line and average RBs.[/quote]

Atlanta Griz1 appears to be right about value of passing yardage, at least in the NFL the metrics confirm that total passing yardage is nowhere near as important as TD/Int ratio. Those numbers for Gus are not great at the moment 1:1. I think this will improve because I am a maroon glass wearer and after only two starts Gus has more upside than Kate Upton.

I also think TO's won't hurt as much in Stitt's scheme as in a more traditional set-up. My reason for this thinking is two fold; first statistically we should have gotten killed by Cal-Poly, the metrics for a team that commits 4 TO's and only generates 1 are terrible and yet we lost only on a career long FG. Secondly, converting 4th downs basically cancels out TO's (though I don't think on a 1:1 ratio), we didn't convert any against the Mustangs and that really hurt but will not continue. Going for it on 4th is still seen as a gamble, the players will become more efficient as they relax and adjust and it becomes more of a routine.

 

[Griz2k]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

I think we are going to see some great things from Brady this year. Everyone critiquing his performances after playing his first two games since high school, one of which consisted of a W over the 4x defending champions? I think he's doing fine and he's only going to get better.

This.

 

[grizcountry420]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

That's ok to disagree but from where I sit you can see that Brady doesn't take his eyes off the receiver he throwing to. He doesn't look at other options on the field. The overthrows and miscommunication with his receivers are in regards to rushing his passes and getting to excited once the ball is snapped. He just needs to settle down a little more back there. I know he has only played 2 games, hopefully he will get comfortable back there.

 

[Griz2k]

Gus will lead the nation in yards passing this year and he should, but he might not be in the top 10 in the Big Sky in pass efficiency. He isn't currently. Only one Big Sky QB has a worse TD to INT ratio. His efficiency rating is 118.7. He has as many interceptions as touchdowns. He's under 60% completion pct. and under 7 yards per attempt. He throws a lot of short passes, which should lead to a higher completion pct.
He's new and has played against two good defenses, so I expect all his efficiency numbers to trend upward as the season progresses. But teams are also getting film on him. He makes the whole thing go, so it'll be interesting to follow.

That is my biggest knock on him is that he tries to force the ball into coverage while looking at the receiver the whole time. Im sure he'll get better once he's more comfortable with the offense but he'll keep throwing picks if he continues the path he is on.

I respectfully disagree 420. Brady's picks have mostly been overthrows or miscommunications with his receivers. All of which, like you alluded to, is collectable.

That's ok to disagree but from where I sit you can see that Brady doesn't take his eyes off the receiver he throwing to. He doesn't look at other options on the field. The overthrows and miscommunication with his receivers are in regards to rushing his passes and getting to excited once the ball is snapped. He just needs to settle down a little more back there. I know he has only played 2 games, hopefully he will get comfortable back there.

No, it's not ok to disagree. We're supposed to get into a name calling, pissing match. You better read the eGriz bylaws again mister! :rule:

 

[grizcountry420]

No, it's not ok to disagree. We're supposed to get into a name calling, pissing match. You better read the eGriz bylaws again mister! :rule:

Well you dirty SOB don't ever tell me that again you POS!

:lol:

 

[Griz2k]

No, it's not ok to disagree. We're supposed to get into a name calling, pissing match. You better read the eGriz bylaws again mister! :rule:

Well you dirty SOB don't ever tell me that again you POS!

:lol:

Now, was that so hard you non-football knowledge having moron? (I feel so much better now.)

 

[grizatwork]

In reality as a fan base we were likely too optimistic after the win against NDSU and we are too pessimistic after the loss to Cal-Poly. Our expectations should really be somewhere in between.

 

[Buttegrizzle]

Good point. You never want your QB to be among the top QBs in the nation in passing yardage. Because if he is, it means that he is passing the ball way to much, and you have no balance on offense. Notice each week in the NFL, that most of the teams who put up 350-yard+ passing numbers lose the game. The teams who win have a 100-yard rusher, and efficient passing numbers, but not sky-high in yardage. Balance is the key, and that, my friends, is what our problem will be with a weak O-line and average RBs.

Well shoot. I guess we have no chance this season, Stitt's offense is doomed to fail, we should have hired Hauck.

Its just more ignorant manure from (the new) AG1. Who gives a damn where your yardage comes from as long as you get a lot of it and win? The '95 NC team did a lot of passing (vs running) too and they more than managed. As Coach Read explained it then, "our passing game is our running game."

 

[bgbigdog]

only two starts Gus has more upside than Kate Upton.

Wait...What?