Sitkowski

[RU2055]

On it's face that is good. But passing attempts matter.

Other B1G stats:

Thorson, NW-- 35 sack/489 attempts- 1 sack/14 attempts

Blough, Purdue 28 sacks/462 attempts=1 sack per 16.5 attempts.

McSorley, PSU 27 sacks/361 att=1 sack/13.4 attempts

Ramsey, IND- 27 sack/447 att=1 sack/16.5 attempts

Martinez, NEB- 23 sack/347 att=1 sack/15.1 attempts

Patterson, MI- 22 sack/325 att=1 sack/14.8 attempts

Lewerke, MSt= 19 sack/339 att= 1 sack/17.8 attempts

Annexstad, MINN- 16/187= 1 sack/11.8 attempts

Bush, ILL, 15/217- 1 sack/14.5 attempts

Hornibrook, WI- 14/205-- 1 sack/14.6 attempts

Sitkowski--12/273--1 sack/22.75 attempts.

On this stat alone, it seems that the Rutgers OL did a stellar job of protecting Artur, as he was sacked at a much lower rate per attempt than the other B1G QBs listed. However, perhaps other stats such as completion % and INTs, which we know are low for Artur. But it is better to throw the ball away for an incompletion than take a sack. INTs are another story

You (not you per se) cannot spin away 16 sacks. That's a really really low number. No amount of "throwing away" or whatever reason given can explain 16 sacks given up by a supposedly "bad OL".

Trying to come up with a reason or a reasonable explanation for the ineptitude of the offense last year reminds me of Occam's Razor. In the end, it's really very simple - we had terrible QB play. That's it. We had horrible QB play last year. It was like Gary Nova against Kent State - only it's for the entire year. It was bad at an epic level. Our QB play last year was as bad as our OL was in 2010 when we gave up 61 sacks. Epic bad.

Hopefully it doesn't take our coaches more than 1 season to figure out what IMG coaches figured out in only a few games. Otherwise it will be a loooong season again and BlockR will get his wish.

 

[Knight Shift]

You (not you per se) cannot spin away 16 sacks. That's a really really low number. No amount of "throwing away" or whatever reason given can explain 16 sacks given up by a supposedly "bad OL".

Trying to come up with a reason or a reasonable explanation for the ineptitude of the offense last year reminds me of Occam's Razor. In the end, it's really very simple - we had terrible QB play. That's it. We had horrible QB play last year. It was like Gary Nova against Kent State - only it's for the entire year. It was bad at an epic level. Our QB play last year was as bad as our OL was in 2010 when we gave up 61 sacks. Epic bad.

Hopefully it doesn't take our coaches more than 1 season to figure out what IMG coaches figured out in only a few games. Otherwise it will be a loooong season again and BlockR will get his wish.

I was going to give you like until you mentioned BlockR. Agree on everything else. :fistbump:

 

[Plum Street]

If that happens Sitkowski will transfer and the QB room will be a wasteland.

Sitkowski is not the problem. An AAC OL and WRs that cannot separate are the problem.

You’re right about the OL and WRs. But the quarterback stunk too. Whole offensive unit was pathetic.

 

[RU_DIO]

You (not you per se) cannot spin away 16 sacks. That's a really really low number. No amount of "throwing away" or whatever reason given can explain 16 sacks given up by a supposedly "bad OL".

Trying to come up with a reason or a reasonable explanation for the ineptitude of the offense last year reminds me of Occam's Razor. In the end, it's really very simple - we had terrible QB play. That's it. We had horrible QB play last year. It was like Gary Nova against Kent State - only it's for the entire year. It was bad at an epic level. Our QB play last year was as bad as our OL was in 2010 when we gave up 61 sacks. Epic bad.

Hopefully it doesn't take our coaches more than 1 season to figure out what IMG coaches figured out in only a few games. Otherwise it will be a loooong season again and BlockR will get his wish.

O-Line was well below average. Not sure what games you were watching. 16 sacks tells only a small portion of their play.

 

[DJ Spanky]

O-Line was well below average. Not sure what games you were watching. 16 sacks tells only a small portion of their play.

The O line was not great, no question about that, and it didn't help that Cole was nowhere near his potential due to injury. But Sitkowski threw 3 interceptions including a pick 6 against Texas State, a team which did not record a single interception in 2017. That was a harbinger of the season.

 

[RU_DIO]

Here's a quote pulled from a NJ.com article today from a rival B1G coach. B1G coach was talking to Athlon Sports.....

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/...ights-rival-coach-says-in-season-preview.html

Whoever the quarterback, he will need protection. That is an area where Rutgers struggled last season. The Scarlet Knights’ offensive line also needs to make big strides under new position coach Peter Rossomando, according to the unnamed coach.

“The offensive line doesn’t look like or execute like a Big Ten line,” the anonymous coach told Athlon. “They need to get fundamentally better if they’re going to have any kind of shot.”

And of course, Art was terrible.

 

[Knight Shift]

The O line was not great, no question about that, and it didn't help that Cole was nowhere near his potential due to injury. But Sitkowski threw 3 interceptions including a pick 6 against Texas State, a team which did not record a single interception in 2017. That was a harbinger of the season.

That was also his first college game. How many INTs did he throw against Wisconsin and Northwestern?
And in his last 4 games including his PSU bad performance, he threw a total of 3 INTs in 96 attempts. Compare that with the 15 INTs over 177 attempts in his first 7 games, and one could argue that is a big improvement.

 

[DJ Spanky]

And that improvement continued through the Spring Game - oh, wait......

 

[Bilderberg_News]

That was also his first college game. How many INTs did he throw against Wisconsin and Northwestern?
And in his last 4 games including his PSU bad performance, he threw a total of 3 INTs in 96 attempts. Compare that with the 15 INTs over 177 attempts in his first 7 games, and one could argue that is a big improvement.

A lot of chuck and duck passes in front the sticks. The last half of the season was about keeping games close. Nice little shell game to sell improvement that worked wonderfully.

 

[Bilderberg_News]

You (not you per se) cannot spin away 16 sacks. That's a really really low number. No amount of "throwing away" or whatever reason given can explain 16 sacks given up by a supposedly "bad OL".

Trying to come up with a reason or a reasonable explanation for the ineptitude of the offense last year reminds me of Occam's Razor. In the end, it's really very simple - we had terrible QB play. That's it. We had horrible QB play last year. It was like Gary Nova against Kent State - only it's for the entire year. It was bad at an epic level. Our QB play last year was as bad as our OL was in 2010 when we gave up 61 sacks. Epic bad.

Hopefully it doesn't take our coaches more than 1 season to figure out what IMG coaches figured out in only a few games. Otherwise it will be a loooong season again and BlockR will get his wish.

Rutgers OL1 sack every 22.75 attempts best in BIG 10 MSU next best 1 sack every 17.8 attempts. Also pressured less than the other BIG 10 teams per 100 attempts.

 

[newwavedave1]

Wrong again. Sitkowski had an unimpressive Spring, throwing the ball and checking down to the best option. He looks the same he looked at IMG when they benched him. Unless Carter is injured or Sitkowski shows a huge jump in improvement in August, Carter will start. Ash and staff know their careers depend on winning some games this year, and they painfully saw what Sitkowski did in live action last season.

Your probably right, but I'm still hoping the light goes on.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Your probably right, but I'm still hoping the light goes on.

But what if the light goes on and nobody's home?

 

[Knight Shift]

But what if the light goes on and nobody's home?

 

[RU19931]

The OL doesn't suck. Please stop it with that nonsense.

The OL has the potential this year to be pretty good. Nice size across the line, center is a little undersized but the kid makes up for it with strength and toughness

 

[DJ Spanky]

 

[RU19931]

That was also his first college game. How many INTs did he throw against Wisconsin and Northwestern?
And in his last 4 games including his PSU bad performance, he threw a total of 3 INTs in 96 attempts. Compare that with the 15 INTs over 177 attempts in his first 7 games, and one could argue that is a big improvement.

He was 18 years old at the start of the season, and got better as the season went on. Hopefully he will continue to develop this year and a couple of receivers will step up

 

[Knight Shift]

Can the one on right play right guard?

 

[Knight Shift]

He was 18 years old at the start of the season, and got better as the season went on. Hopefully he will continue to develop this year and a couple of receivers will step up

Was it a mirage?

A lot of chuck and duck passes in front the sticks. The last half of the season was about keeping games close. Nice little shell game to sell improvement that worked wonderfully.

Was that by design because the WRs could not get separation?

 

[RU05]

If that happens Sitkowski will transfer and the QB room will be a wasteland.

Sitkowski is not the problem. An AAC OL and WRs that cannot separate are the problem.

If Sitkowski, who is coming off just an awful true freshman year, loses his job to a guy who has one year of eligibility remaining, he will transfer? Why? He'd have 3 years left of eligibility here with as you say not much competition.

 

[RU05]

This season has 2-11 written all over it. Where have we improved? I hope I am wrong, but then again, it will be "successful" if Ash is canned.

The hope is we improve at the QB position, either as the OP points out, by maturation from Sit's, or a change in starter.

 

[RU05]

You mean like this?

This was certainly not a int caused by pressure.

But I don't think it was a terrible pick either. I think it shows just how precise a QB needs to be. He just needed a little more loft on the ball.

 

[koleszar]

If we can get on the positive side of TD to Int. ratio we'll be in contention for a bowl bid. So I went with 5 wins, but a lucky bounce here or there could get us to 6.

2017- 7 TD/11 int.
2018- 5 TD/ 22 int.

It'll open up the run game and take pressure off the Oline. Right now the Oline is being bombarded by defenders as no one has a fear we can complete a forward pass. Watch the game within the game, I do. It's not all their fault, as teams bring 5 to 6 rushers every play and stack the box. Watch last year as the game progressed Safeties creep up to within 10 yds.. That's NO FEAR.

Problem: I don't see it happening, with a QB who can't throw and WR's who can't catch.

 

[BoroKnight]

He is 100% going to be the starter on Aug 30

Then I am 100 percent sure we will suck. Nobody improves enough from one year to the next to justify someone who had his 2018 season starting this year. Nobody. Then again, nobody has ever played that poorly, either.

 

[rutgersal_rivals139582]

Wrong again. Sitkowski had an unimpressive Spring, throwing the ball and checking down to the best option. He looks the same he looked at IMG when they benched him. Unless Carter is injured or Sitkowski shows a huge jump in improvement in August, Carter will start. Ash and staff know their careers depend on winning some games this year, and they painfully saw what Sitkowski did in live action last season.

Makes zero sense to start Carter because he’s played less than Artur at this level, and didn’t put up great stats in a far better situation where the receivers catch the ball and the line blocks people. His college football career will be over in 5 months, and we’ve already invested last season in Artur and the spring. That’s a huge head start and I expect Artur to outplay Carter during fall camp and retain his starting job. Carter is also damaged goods, but hopefully will be ready for fall camp, but he had surgery which caused him to miss all spring. He’s going to be rusty, and learning a new system. Finally he doesn’t have a strong arm. He’s got a good enough arm, whereas Artur has a rocket launcher that has to be tamed. This is important because McNulty wants to use every inch of the field and spread defenses out. If Arturs rockets are delivered accurately, it will be tougher for the defense to adjust. Now that we have a Stanley King, Washington, and Daevon Robinson who will go up and get the ball, Artur should be more successful, whereas last year, we didn’t have anyone who could consistently beat their man.

 

[RU677381]

I have rooted for Rutgers for over six decades but am sitting this one out. I feel the same way I
felt when Craig littelpage was in his last season as basketball coach: I wanted the team to lose because I knew that there would not be a major improvement until we made a coaching change. Five or six wins might be “significant” in the AD’s thinking, but it is still mediocre.z

 

[jessiejames2]

Then I am 100 percent sure we will suck. Nobody improves enough from one year to the next to justify someone who had his 2018 season starting this year. Nobody. Then again, nobody has ever played that poorly, either.

He sucks period if he plays put L on board

 

[jessiejames2]

Then I am 100 percent sure we will suck. Nobody improves enough from one year to the next to justify someone who had his 2018 season starting this year. Nobody. Then again, nobody has ever played that poorly, either.

He plays 0-12 start sweeping up the ashes

 

[jessiejames2]

But what if the light goes on and nobody's home?

Don't worry lights will not go no switch or workable parts empty

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

Makes zero sense to start Carter because he’s played less than Artur at this level, and didn’t put up great stats in a far better situation where the receivers catch the ball and the line blocks people. His college football career will be over in 5 months, and we’ve already invested last season in Artur and the spring. That’s a huge head start and I expect Artur to outplay Carter during fall camp and retain his starting job. Carter is also damaged goods, but hopefully will be ready for fall camp, but he had surgery which caused him to miss all spring. He’s going to be rusty, and learning a new system. Finally he doesn’t have a strong arm. He’s got a good enough arm, whereas Artur has a rocket launcher that has to be tamed. This is important because McNulty wants to use every inch of the field and spread defenses out. If Arturs rockets are delivered accurately, it will be tougher for the defense to adjust. Now that we have a Stanley King, Washington, and Daevon Robinson who will go up and get the ball, Artur should be more successful, whereas last year, we didn’t have anyone who could consistently beat their man.

And yet Carter's tape shows far more promise than anything Art did last season. Stop being an Art troll. Art is basically damaged goods if they had to get a grad transfer to shore things up for this season.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Question for someone that knows the QB position better then I do...Everyone talks about Art having happy feet in pressure but I notice that even with zero pressure at all and a perfect pocket, his feet still do not ever set and appears to have the same happy feet. Is this a timing thing for him? Does this affect his throws at all? And why hasnt it been corrected?

 

[Knight Shift]

Then I am 100 percent sure we will suck. Nobody improves enough from one year to the next to justify someone who had his 2018 season starting this year. Nobody. Then again, nobody has ever played that poorly, either.

Except for Mike Teel.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/mike-teel-1.html

 

[RU_DIO]

Except for Mike Teel.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/mike-teel-1.html

That's right. Teel was absolutely terrible his redshirt frosh year with 2 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Luckily Ryan Hart was around to relieve Teel and do a good job at qb. Unfortunately, we didn't have a good back up option last year.

 

[rutgersal_rivals139582]

And yet Carter's tape shows far more promise than anything Art did last season. Stop being an Art troll. Art is basically damaged goods if they had to get a grad transfer to shore things up for this season.

That’s a load of nonsense.

They got Carter Because there had been no one to backup Art, and thrusting Cole Snyder into a must win situation would have been grossly unfair, had Art gone down.

Artur threw for 261 yards, 1TD, and 0 ints, vs Wisconsin, an overall performance better than any of Carter’s.

 

[DJ Spanky]

And yet Carter's tape shows far more promise than anything Art did last season. Stop being an Art troll. Art is basically damaged goods if they had to get a grad transfer to shore things up for this season.

Don't bother, al will defend this just like he defends his upset predictions of Michigan and Ohio State.

 

[rutgersal_rivals139582]

Question for someone that knows the QB position better then I do...Everyone talks about Art having happy feet in pressure but I notice that even with zero pressure at all and a perfect pocket, his feet still do not ever set and appears to have the same happy feet. Is this a timing thing for him? Does this affect his throws at all? And why hasnt it been corrected?

Don’t know the qb position better than you, but that is something Artur should be coached out of.
Artur does drill proper mechanics with Tony R, his personal QB coach.

but in the heat of battle, you revert to what you know, and sometimes carry over bad habits. Artur continues to stare down receivers and needs to learn to look off defenders.

That is why I would like to see Rutgers hire a qb coach like Fridge or Terry Shea. I know McNulty is doing his best, but He also has 800 other priorities as OC. It would be nice to have someone dedicated.

 

[Knight Shift]

That's right. Teel was absolutely terrible his redshirt frosh year with 2 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Luckily Ryan Hart was around to relieve Teel and do a good job at qb. Unfortunately, we didn't have a good back up option last year.

In his sophomore season (2006), Teel had a TD/INT ratio of 12/13. Ray Rice had a huge year (also a sophomore) rushing for 1794 yards.
There wasn't a standout receiver in 2006 with gaudy numbers.
Clark Harris (senior) has 493 yards and 2 TD
Britt (Freshman) had 440 yards and 2 TD
Leonard had 294 yards
Underwood (Sophomore) had 290 yards and 4 TDs
Tim Brown (Freshman) had 202 yards and 3 TDs

Not going to go all rutgersal, but there are parallels to the 2006 season. Could Pacheco (or Blackshear) have an explosive year? Our receivers are all young, and if 2 can step up, could be a decent year.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

That’s a load of nonsense.

They got Carter Because there had been no one to backup Art, and thrusting Cole Snyder into a must win situation would have been grossly unfair, had Art gone down.

Artur threw for 261 yards, 1TD, and 0 ints, vs Wisconsin, an overall performance better than any of Carter’s.

Carter's game against Baylor (while playing on that ankle that needed surgery) was equal to Art's stat line and we all know that Art's yards against Wisky were mostly the result of Blackshear's YAC not any throwing downfield.

Sitkowski - 20/39 261 yds 1 TD 0 INTs 116.0 QB Rating
Carter - 21/37 247 yds 2 TDs 2 INTs 119.9 QB Rating

So please stop with the bold face lies because you've gone all in on Art and don't know how to extricate yourself from the mess you've created. We know you're ego can't accept being wrong but Art needs way more time to become a B1G QB and throwing him out there this year is a recipe for disaster.

 

[jessiejames2]

Don’t know the qb position better than you, but that is something Artur should be coached out of.
Artur does drill proper mechanics with Tony R, his personal QB coach.

but in the heat of battle, you revert to what you know, and sometimes carry over bad habits. Artur continues to stare down receivers and needs to learn to look off defenders.

That is why I would like to see Rutgers hire a qb coach like Fridge or Terry Shea. I know McNulty is doing his best, but He also has 800 other priorities as OC. It would be nice to have someone dedicated.

Why not Charlie Weis for qb coach look at the ones he had plus come on cheapside.

 

[RU2055]

Carter's game against Baylor (while playing on that ankle that needed surgery) was equal to Art's stat line and we all know that Art's yards against Wisky were mostly the result of Blackshear's YAC not any throwing downfield.

Sitkowski - 20/39 261 yds 1 TD 0 INTs 116.0 QB Rating
Carter - 21/37 247 yds 2 TDs 2 INTs 119.9 QB Rating

So please stop with the bold face lies because you've gone all in on Art and don't know how to extricate yourself from the mess you've created. We know you're ego can't accept being wrong but Art needs way more time to become a B1G QB and throwing him out there this year is a recipe for disaster.

Career .......

Junior Year at Old Bridge:
5 TDs, 10 INTs, 50.2% completion rate, 1190 yards, 10 games

Senior Year at IMG:
2 TDs, 4 INTs, 57.0% completion rate, 370 yards, 7 games

Freshman Year RUTGERS:
4 TDs, 18 INTs, 49.1% completion rate, 1158 yards, 11 games

 

[scarletbergen]

Career .......

Junior Year at Old Bridge:
5 TDs, 10 INTs, 50.2% completion rate, 1190 yards, 10 games

Senior Year at IMG:
2 TDs, 4 INTs, 57.0% completion rate, 370 yards, 7 games

Freshman Year RUTGERS:
4 TDs, 18 INTs, 49.1% completion rate, 1158 yards, 11 games

Did someone check his eyesight