Originally Posted by
SlickRick
OK...I've sat on this topic long enough and here's my take.
As some of you may know, my Dad was a football coach, so I grew up being around coaches, mostly HS coaches, but some were HS hall of famers, many college coaches and even a couple of NFL coaches. They all were different personalities but there was a common denominator that was not deviated from. If you had two RB's with equal talent, do you want the big, fast back or the smaller, fast back? They all would choose the big back. It's a physical game and size trumps decisions most times, especially if other traits are a wash.
Obviously, this debate over CF and BW is still raging because neither has done enough to differentiate himself, one way or the other. I agree....and to be honest, I haven't seen enough of them in person due to being out of state the last 2 years. I haven't missed many games in person, but I usually make practices in the spring and fall that would further justify my thoughts on this issue, at least to me.
But, based on our offensive performance so far this season, I'll go with BW because he's the bigger QB and is a better runner. CF has thrown a couple of passes this season that really stood out, but so has BW. Give me the big guy over the smaller guy, and in this case, height at the QB position is significant while in the pocket....as some may recall my posts in the past. If CF had more elusive wheels than BW, that would make some difference, but he doesn't.
The decision to go with 2QBs was likely due to how close they were in competition and due to BW's reaction to not getting the nod. I didn't like the playing with 2, but that's CMD's call and he has stood by it as he should. This situation is not ideal for the locker room as some have pointed out, how could it. QB1 is the guy. We didn't have that problem with I played! Roy had more talent in his pinkie finger than I had in my whole body, but prior to me getting there, Roy competed with Barry Pollard...and there were divisions on the team during that period. Barry ended up leaving the team in the end. The point is, CMD didn't have a clear cut QB1 starting the season and from the looks of it, it wasn't because they were both all conference talents. In fact, there aren't too many teams in the Belt that I wouldn't want their starting QB over our 2 guys, based on what I've seen so far. That's a tough pill to swallow, but it is what it is. I do think BW has the bigger upside based on the small sampling size so far. I hope he shows that tomorrow.
Lastly, I want to see LL2 in the wildcat (like Taysom Hill) more than a play or two at the end of the game. I'm hoping these long 10 day windows of time between games has allowed them to work on 4 or 5 plays with LL2 in the wildcat. He's too explosive of a runner to not get him the ball more often and we need help in the run game. Sure, he's a great candidate for bubble screens, but not a real fan of that play type. Sad to say, but Chris Smith looks to be the only guy able make people miss and break a long one. Losing Bailey and Johnson has really set us back running the ball. Sure, the OL blocking has been a problem, but those guys we lost made people miss, especially Bailey. I'm waiting for Washington to break out, hopefully soon. So, LL2 will improve our run game...I think dramatically if they plan for it correctly and give him more than run right or run left vanilla plays. He also needs to throw it once a game if he's in enough times or have a Tebowe play for him on goal line.
Peace out!
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