He isn’t reading the safeties and nickel/mLB to understand which routes he can throw a receiver open .
Does it matter ?
you seem to assume a lot Pharm, incorrectly
Very few do as RS freshman. Should we assume Garrett Nussmeir, Nico Iamaleava, and Jalen Milroe are all poorly coached?
The Pitt offense finally entered into the 21st century this year. If Kade Bell were to leave that would hurt the program more then can be imagined. The Pitt offense was doing well, until injuries to the OL and Holstein happened.
Several interviews where he said last year they basically paid everyone. But this year it sounded more like you earned money for how you performed each game. There were several write ups when we hit 7-0 about it.
Huh? Offense regressed starting in the Cal game. The D absolutely won Pitt the Cal and Syracuse games. What are you talking about? You think Narduzzi got involved and requested the OL to regress and pile up injuries?
let me preface this, not moving any goalpost!
Kenny never could make it through his progressions, even as a Steeler. His passing skills were never top-notch until year 5 when he had Jordan as both a receiver and a focus for the defense, allowing other receivers to get open. That coach didn't help Kenny much on the mental side. You're quick to judge Bell after only 1 season.
It's crazy to even compare a guy that played at Pitt for 5 years, and 3 for the same coach to a guy that has been in the program for exactly one year. Why didn't the real coach do anything for Casey Thompson?
Eli’s QBR is 50.5
I agree that Eli isn’t great, far from it, but can improve with experience and hope he does.
Probably my biggest complaint of Kade. Seemed like he stuck with so many slow-developing pass routes, even as the OL got progressively worse and was providing less and less time to get a pass off.
but what was Eli's QBR through the first 5-6?
Thats because they could not run the fast scheme he is known for. They had to slow the whole scheme down, because Yarnell could not run it, and the revamped OL could not keep up with a speed offense.
Everything you’re saying may or may not be true, sounds like a lot of speculation. But even if so, why/how does any of it preclude calling or changing to some shorter pass routes.
More says when you play bad defenses in WVU , YSU, and UNC - two of which fired their HC- it helps
agree with that context
Eli has the tools to become a very good qb .
Correct. Many other instances.
No they aren't, how about Pitt getting directly under center on 3rd/4th and inches instead of snapping the ball 6 yards deep only to lose two yards, over and over again. Trying to go up tempo on 3rd and short and getting stuffed repeatedly, awesome idea when it hasn't worked in three games....how about numerous pre-snap shifts with the defense simply ignoring the movement, meanwhile causing delay of game ,illegal procedure penalties...etc.
