They'd have played him in the blowout games (NWST) if he was better than Shikenjanski or Wittke. They'd want to get him as many live reps as humanly possible if he truly was the second best QB in the room.
I don't understand why he'd go somewhere else at this point since he really wouldn't gain much. At MN he gets to be a big fish in a smaller pond and will play against almost the exact same teams he'd play against if he transferred somewhere else. At least if he stays here he's the top guy who...
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JJ Watt is the biggest miss in recent(ish) Gopher history. Could you imagine his brothers following him?
Agreed. They mentioned during the Vikings game that with Brosmer they wanted to switch to a pro-style offense instead of the RPO scheme we ran with Ciarocca and Co. I feel like our OL wasn't good enough to really truly allow us to run that offense like we had wanted to. I hope we either are able...
I'm calling out playcalling in the sense that we run a lot of inside zones that always go for losses. It's up to the OC to adapt to the team and OL that he currently has to put them into positions to succeed.
Our OL has been terrible but let's not act like OL under Brian Callahan hasn't been a strength for a majority of his time here. It's definitely more player execution (and play calling) this year.
Had a little time today so let's do a breakdown of the 2008 class, which is the highest rated class in MN history (16th via rivals and how it unfolded. Outside of Gray and Cooper, this group didn't amount to much! :/
4 Stars:
Marquies Gray: Ended up starting at WR/Qb and was a solid player...