Some positive parts of Saturday game

[Cats192]

That's mostly on the WRs not getting open. He showed incredible touch on a few passes early, but after the tipped interception that was mostly due to a poor route of the WR, then he appeared to lose trust in the WRs, so he avoided anything contested and chose to go long when the underneath receivers were covered. I encourage everyone to watch the all 22 broadcast and it will enlighten you as to who is to blame most of the time.

You say it's on the receivers. Then you go on to say he chose to throw long passes (which are usually more difficult to complete).

I'm sure the receivers get some of the blame. But 10/23...less than 50% is bad QB play. A good QB can throw receivers open at least some of the time.

 

[Catsfan2025]

"They" say teams improve most between the first and second game, lets hope so. But I think some of you are looking at the Ole Miss score last week and thinking "They are too good". Look who Ole Miss played, they will be really over confident and UK will look significantly better. Not predicting a win, but a close game with a shot to win. JMO, not overly positive nor negative, just what I think will happen.

 

[The_Catfather]

You say it's on the receivers. Then you go on to say he chose to throw long passes (which are usually more difficult to complete).

I'm sure the receivers get some of the blame. But 10/23...less than 50% is bad QB play. A good QB can throw receivers open at least some of the time.

His point was, if the underneath guys are locked up, launching a 1-on-1 deep ball and hoping for a catch or PI is better than forcing a ball into tight coverage. Van Hiles showed a couple instances of this in his film cut-ups when the 1st and 2nd reads were in jail.

Obviously, Calzada needs to be better. But ultimately it's on the staff to scheme guys open if they're not getting open. Even with the horrid QB play last year defenses had to respect Barion Brown and Dane Key. I'm concerned our outside WRs may be such nonfactors that it's going to be hard to get the running game on track. At least we've seen a semblance of a threat from our tight ends. But someone's gotta step up in that WR room.

 

[theKybluedude]

His point was, if the underneath guys are locked up, launching a 1-on-1 deep ball and hoping for a catch or PI is better than forcing a ball into tight coverage. Van Hiles showed a couple instances of this in his film cut-ups when the 1st and 2nd reads were in jail.

Obviously, Calzada needs to be better. But ultimately it's on the staff to scheme guys open if they're not getting open. Even with the horrid QB play last year defenses had to respect Barion Brown and Dane Key. I'm concerned our outside WRs may be such nonfactors that it's going to be hard to get the running game on track. At least we've seen a semblance of a threat from our tight ends. But someone's gotta step up in that WR room.

I would like to see our RBs get some passes particularly if our WRs are having trouble getting separation.

 

[K_TIME]

That's mostly on the WRs not getting open. He showed incredible touch on a few passes early, but after the tipped interception that was mostly due to a poor route of the WR, then he appeared to lose trust in the WRs, so he avoided anything contested and chose to go long when the underneath receivers were covered. I encourage everyone to watch the all 22 broadcast and it will enlighten you as to who is to blame most of the time.

Oh come on…he was air mailing throws out of bounds on go routes, overthrow by five yard a few times, etc. Calzada was terrible…and I’m sure Bush third grade scheme didn’t make it better

 

[yoshukai]

Oh come on…he was air mailing throws out of bounds on go routes, overthrow by five yard a few times, etc. Calzada was terrible…and I’m sure Bush third grade scheme didn’t make it better

Yeah . The wide receivers weren’t causing him to throw off his back foot all day . And neither was Toledos pressure.

 

[satcheluk]

You say it's on the receivers. Then you go on to say he chose to throw long passes (which are usually more difficult to complete).

I'm sure the receivers get some of the blame. But 10/23...less than 50% is bad QB play. A good QB can throw receivers open at least some of the time.

After you watch the All 22, then I'll be happy to discuss with you, so were are discussing visible facts. Most plays had three receivers. Options 1 & 2 are covered and in traffic with LBs dropping. He doesn't trust his WRs to fight for

Oh come on…he was air mailing throws out of bounds on go routes, overthrow by five yard a few times, etc. Calzada was terrible…and I’m sure Bush third grade scheme didn’t make it better

He was air mailing go routes, after being precise on every throw before the interception. I strongly suspect his fear of another interception was stronger than his fear of poor statistics and he chose not to try to thread a pass into a covered receiver and he chose the go routes because he could throw it long, hope his WR might run under it, but knowinging it was going to hit the ground before it hit a defenders hands. I'm not saying he had a good game or that he wasn't responsible for a portion of the passing game performance, but anyone who knows anything about football can watch the all 22 feed and see how his passing definitively changed after the interception on plays (most of them) where no one got separation. Don't believe an anonymous guy on a message board, then go watch Van Hiles cutups because he saw the same thing.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Yeah . The wide receivers weren’t causing him to throw off his back foot all day . And neither was Toledos pressure.

This.
After the safety, he was leaning backward on every throw.

 

[Cats192]

After you watch the All 22, then I'll be happy to discuss with you, so were are discussing visible facts. Most plays had three receivers. Options 1 & 2 are covered and in traffic with LBs dropping. He doesn't trust his WRs to fight for

He was air mailing go routes, after being precise on every throw before the interception. I strongly suspect his fear of another interception was stronger than his fear of poor statistics and he chose not to try to thread a pass into a covered receiver and he chose the go routes because he could throw it long, hope his WR might run under it, but knowinging it was going to hit the ground before it hit a defenders hands. I'm not saying he had a good game or that he wasn't responsible for a portion of the passing game performance, but anyone who knows anything about football can watch the all 22 feed and see how his passing definitively changed after the interception on plays (most of them) where no one got separation. Don't believe an anonymous guy on a message board, then go watch Van Hiles cutups because he saw the same thing.

You seem to be mistaken in thinking you're some expert that I need to pass a test in order to have a discussion.

You again admit he was "air mailing" passes.

You keep contradicting your own arguments. We certainly don't need to discuss it any further.