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Some Day...Maybe said:
You are clueless. If you want to bitch about an offensive position bitch about the receivers, they are subpar. Our QB is light years better than our receivers. Also, our OC is nowhere near good enough.
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Unless, and until, we get better - and tougher - in the trenches, and on both sides of the LOS, you are seeing reality.
 


For all you Gopher fans that remember how absolutely pathetic the 2017 Gopher offense was, this Gopher offense is on track to be worse. That shouldn't even be possible.

The defense has gone from one of the country's best to Swiss cheese.

The talent seems to be an upgrade to 2017-2018 (except offensive line which is ass) but the coaching scheme on both sides of the ball seems totally amateur.

Fleck needs to clean house if he's going to stick around. Boil it down to the simple - Gopher receivers are never open while opposing receivers are always open. Simple as that.
 

Panthadad2 said:
For all you Gopher fans that remember how absolutely pathetic the 2017 Gopher offense was, this Gopher offense is on track to be worse. That shouldn't even be possible.

The defense has gone from one of the country's best to Swiss cheese.

The talent seems to be an upgrade to 2017-2018 (except offensive line which is ass) but the coaching scheme on both sides of the ball seems totally amateur.

Fleck needs to clean house if he's going to stick around. Boil it down to the simple - Gopher receivers are never open while opposing receivers are always open. Simple as that.
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The defense has regressed. Agreed.
 




Have no idea what to expect against Northwestern. Will watch them tomorrow against Michigan for my own personal scouting report.

That said, it is an away game. Even in the same time zone we have been vexxed this season away.

Another big game. Again.
 











Clairemont Gopher said:
Pride cannot fix a lack of foot speed.
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We have a whole litany of guys that shouldn’t be playing 97, 9, 7, 24, 17 and I’m not sure 1 is going to be any good on defense 73, 74, 65, all those non-de script tight ends other than 86 that see a ton of reps collectively; and I’m wavering on our QB on offense. I have no idea why they continue to get thrown out there.; other than the QB we just hope that he needs to take his lumps and next year will make a massive move upwards. That said, I believe we do not suffer from a talent issue. 2 and 49 should be getting a ton of reps on D along with whatever freshman DBs we have now that we don’t have to worry about burning their red shirt. Hell, I’d be OK if we ran out five brand new OL guys next week couldn’t get any worse. I think PJ more than any coach I have maybe ever seen sticks with “his guys“ to the bitter end regardless of evidence every week that they are not up to the job.
 


Clairemont Gopher said:
It would be helpful if our receivers could achieve some separation downfield. Underneath stuff is all that is available.
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On the other hand, it pretty much seems that with the other team's receivers someone gets open. Is that our D or just their receiver's talent?

We may never know...
 




BilldGopher said:
On the other hand, it pretty much seems that with the other team's receivers someone gets open. Is that our D or just their receiver's talent?

We may never know...
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I'm starting to wonder if it is more play design or the QB. There were some pretty obvious open guys missed for much more yardage. In some cases they were they next layer beyond the guy he is throwing to so Drake is looking right at them but choosing the two yard check down. Drake has shown he can make most of the throws. The online sucks but there are other ways to try and help the QB beyond tunnel screens and two yard routes. Yes, check downs are better than lost yards or no yards but that cannot be your offensive identity.
 






GopherGuy82 said:
I'm starting to wonder if it is more play design or the QB. There were some pretty obvious open guys missed for much more yardage. In some cases they were they next layer beyond the guy he is throwing to so Drake is looking right at them but choosing the two yard check down. Drake has shown he can make most of the throws. The online sucks but there are other ways to try and help the QB beyond tunnel screens and two yard routes. Yes, check downs are better than lost yards or no yards but that cannot be your offensive identity.
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Well stated. I wonder if with this coach and system we can ever really develop a quarterback. The ball is the program mentality makes the check down the only correct throw in our system. I think Drake has a good arm but he is scared to throw the ball down the field. Of course it does not help that our offense tackles stand by as defense ends run pass them like they are on their way to a old country buffet line. Every aspect of this offense needs to be better but even with shity players you need to do more then 15 wr screens and hope to win. Throw the ball down the field. If you get intercepted they might score 55 instead of 42 but who cares try to develop something!
 

BilldGopher said:
Have no idea what to expect against Northwestern. Will watch them tomorrow against Michigan for my own personal scouting report.

That said, it is an away game. Even in the same time zone we have been vexxed this season away.

Another big game. Again.
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Because we played a bunch of great teams on the road ... other than Cal. Sure, that one we could have won but did not play great.
 



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