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6 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

Why couldn't Bama scheme quick hitters for Young? He is supposed to get them into the best play possible. Were there never any of those type plays available?

 

Folks claim Stroud is a one read QB. How many reads can Young make when he is running around looking for a passing lane?

https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-week-7-quarterback-rankings
 

Key Stat: 88.2 passing grade on non-first-read throws since 2021, second-best in the nation.

There is no one better at processing defenses and getting through progressions. Young is a natural when it comes to making plays when knocked off rhythm and rarely allows the defense to make a play on the ball.

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9 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

Why couldn't Bama scheme quick hitters for Young? He is supposed to get them into the best play possible. Were there never any of those type plays available?

 

Folks claim Stroud is a one read QB. How many reads can Young make when he is running around looking for a passing lane?

You’d have to ask Saban/O’Brien about why they structured the offense the way they did but there are numerous spots on tape where Bryce goes through a full field progression before deciding to take off and scramble to create. 
 

You’ve been framing stuff as if Bryce looks at one read from the pocket and takes off, which just isn’t the case on the tape. He plays the game from the pocket first, and scrambles to create when he needs to. 
 

Stroud is the better pure pocket passer, but to act like Bryce doesn’t play from within the pocket is kinda crazy to me.

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2 minutes ago, BlackPanther22 said:

You’d have to ask Saban/O’Brien about why they structured the offense the way they did but there are numerous spots on tape where Bryce goes through a full field progression before deciding to take off and scramble to create. 
 

You’ve been framing stuff as if Bryce looks at one read from the pocket and takes off, which just isn’t the case on the tape. He plays the game from the pocket first, and scrambled to create when he needs to. 
 

Stroud is the better pure pocket passer, but to act like Bryce doesn’t play from within the pocket is kinda crazy to me.

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2 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

Richardson could play Cam in a movie straight up!

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Man I really wish people would stop trying to act like AR is Cam reincarnated…..

AR coming out is not what Cam was coming out at all. They have similar Athletic profiles, but that’s about where it stops. The year Cam got drafted he was coming off one of, if not the best single season in CFB history. AR is coming off a below average at best CFB season. 
 

As Panther fans, we probably should let go of the idea of finding the “next Cam” because he was 1 of 1. 

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Thanks to all who actually tried to have a convo. I appreciate it.

 

You know what. This has turned into a troll fest.

 

Lock this fuger up. 

 

It seems like trolling is actually more fun. Plenty of it in this thread. Seems like a good way to go. 

11 minutes ago, BlackPanther22 said:

You’d have to ask Saban/O’Brien about why they structured the offense the way they did but there are numerous spots on tape where Bryce goes through a full field progression before deciding to take off and scramble to create. 
 

You’ve been framing stuff as if Bryce looks at one read from the pocket and takes off, which just isn’t the case on the tape. He plays the game from the pocket first, and scrambled to create when he needs to. 
 

Stroud is the better pure pocket passer, but to act like Bryce doesn’t play from within the pocket is kinda crazy to me.

 

You may have inferred it, but I never said it. All I said was Bryce spends more time running around, than he does in the pocket.  

 

People say CJ is bad under pressure. And Young is some savant. Well is sure is easier to evade pressure when you are running from the pocket. 

 

But hey, I'm done. This was not worth the effort. Too many trolls to have any honest discussion. 

 

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3 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

so avoiding pressure, then extending and making a play is somehow a bad thing? you’d prefer that he stayed in the pocket and got sacked?

this is some next level stretch armstrong wtf

 

 

Again, not what the question was. But hey, I made a bad thread so that's on me.

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10 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

Why couldn't Bama scheme quick hitters for Young? He is supposed to get them into the best play possible. Were there never any of those type plays available?

 

Folks claim Stroud is a one read QB. How many reads can Young make when he is running around looking for a passing lane?

I thought this too but saw more footage BEHIND him, and that really allowed me to watch his head, and how he goes through his reads and what he sees. 
 

Sometimes when he holds the ball, he actually sees an open guy, but checks a potential better option, and if covered, he goes back to the open man he saw. 
 

He won’t have that option as frequently in the NFL, but that can be coached, since he does indeed go through reads quickly. 
 

I think he naturally was confident in his line, so his inner clock knew he had the time to do that. If he gets accustomed to less time, he will adjust. 
 

At least that’s what it looked like to me. We shall see. 

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