While I recall the offense struggling the last year, I’d like to see some data on Graham allegedly missing open WRs consistently. I don’t recall it being markedly worse than Sims. Most of his problems were due to him scrambling for his life or questionable playcalling given our personnel. And even if it was Graham sitting back in a perfectly formed pocket missing open WRs, I would take 3-4 more incompletions per game in exchange for 3-4 less interceptions per game. Having said that, I can’t get behind Graham yet because he seemed unwilling to put in work, whereas Sims was willing to come in early and work all summer.
This is the part I agree with the QB is the leader and if you say you didn't put the effort in at practice the players and coaches see that , actually he should have been on the bench after he did that at practice. I would imagine that is still in the back of the coaches mind.
Did I miss something? It was my impression, based on a press conference about a week prior to the FSU game that Graham had made tremendous improvement over the off season and was making throws now that he could not make in 2019. Where did you hear that he did not put in the work?
To be fair to the defense UCF is a lot better than Texas State, Austin Peay, etc team that other schools played and if the offense isn’t turning the ball over 3+ times a game it looks a lot betterFor those who are all moonbeams and unicorns,
Statistically, the offense is better than last year, considering Tech finished dead last in total offense (in the ACC). There was only one direction to go.
Defense this year, just looking at total defense, is currently ranked 12th out of 15, (in the ACC) just like where Tech finished last year.
2020 Football - Overall Statistics - Atlantic Coast Conference
The official 2020 Football cumulative statistics for Atlantic Coast Conferencetheacc.com
Since this is a thread on starting quarterbacks, my missive is that whoever was the starting quarterback this year, would have a better offense around them than last year. The offensive line is improved, especially in pass protection. So Grahams 45.1% completion percentage would be improved upon no matter who the starter. Sims is currently at 54%. But has 8 interceptions to 3 TDs. Graham only had 7 ints all season. Is Sims an improvement over Graham?
As has been pointed out, we are not at practice or team rooms, so we, as a internet board have no clue how the quarterback competition is going. We can only speculate. And look at stats. I am not convinced after the first three games that Sims is that big an improvement. Nor has he improved over the last 3 games.
Versus:
FSU 23/34 with 277 yards. 1 TD, 2 interceptions
UCF 18/36 with 244 yards. 1 TD, 2 interceptions
Syracuse 13/28 with 174 yards. 1 TD, 4 interceptions
After a bye week, I would not be overly shocked to see a new starter at QB. (Last time I looked there were 4 QBs ATL) Nor would I be shocked to see Sims come back and have an impressive game.
That was last year after one of the games ( and he was one the that said it not the coaches )
One key thing to remember here is that Sims basically did not have a spring and most of summer. I believe he would be further along if he had a normal spring and summer and we would not be having this conversation. Sims is still getting used to the size of players and the speed of the game. I am hoping he can eliminate the turnovers because I truly believe he has the highest ceiling of all the qb's.
The irony is Graham and Sims both have the same amount of Spring Practice experience.
I did watch the games. It may be that I am forgetting, I just don't have any memory of Graham sitting in a clean pocket missing WRs. Sims also throws the ball more than 30 times a game. Graham did not.
I like Graham and hope that he gets to play, but comparing what he did last year with what Sims has done this year is just not fair. He was just trying to survive a good bit of the time. Personally, I think Sims is a far better qb that needs time to develop his understanding of the offense and learn to read coverages much more quickly.
Agreed, was not impressed with Yates. I get that it is hard to judge a guy off that little bit of experience, he has never got to start a game, but the few times we have seen Yates have not been impressive.
