Performance trumps talent every time. Anybody in any other field would be fired for lack of performance no matter how much talent they had.
This! The team appeared to rally around Yates' leadership when he entered the game.
It is too early to start thinking about a quarterback controversy but it was apparent at least to me, that Yates much like he was in high school has that "IT" factor when the lights come on. I am sure that Sims being bigger, stronger, faster with a big time arm to match has all the tools but does he have that ever elusive "IT" factor that separates successful quarterbacks from the clip board holders? Don't ask me to define IT as IT is sort of like what Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote in a decision on pornography. "Don't ask me to define pornography but I know it when I see it" Same with the IT factor for quarterbacks...you can't define it but you know it when you see it. There I think I have worn that personal pronoun out for one post.
Everything seems to “look” like it’s slow developing - this may be a reason why. Sims looks flatfooted when he’s making the read or handoff. He may not be, but it sure looks that way and to my eyes the D is getting time to react. My eyes may be completely wrong on this.
Wake quarterbacks really hold that ball a long time in the mesh which as I think you meant to say "freezes" the linebackers. I don't know though if our quarterbacks want to trust their life and limb to an offensive line that has way too many matador blocks.
I don't understand the bolded comment.
This ^^
He did.
I thought he had some good chances at some shorter passes, a couple of which he hit. Pretty sure he would've gotten into a rhythm if he'd stayed in... hoping to see him do just that this Saturday.
This issue is we were all told how much better Sims was. His accuracy, understanding of the offense, etc all vastly improved. Then he trots out against a bottom feeder defense and misses 60% of his passes, some wide open. Scores ZERO points in 20-25 mins.
It is a tough situation, but the confidence factor also applies to Yates. If he comes in like a new spark plug and brings us from 2 TD's down to the lead but ends up back on the bench...
The FSU game from last year actually has me wondering. He went 12/16 in the first three drives of that game, 15/23 in the first half. He actually looked much better than he did against NIU. How is it that he performs so much better in his first college game, with little real prep time against a talented defense than he does against a pretty bad team in year two with plenty of prep time? Hopefully its just a one game thing and not a confidence issue.
