The Mystery That Is Mertz

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He threw 5 TD’s in a High School All American game, leaving evaluators asking if he was a Five-Star QB.

He once completed 20 of 21 passes in a game for Wisconsin.

He has thrown as many as 5 picks in a single game.

Frankly, it sounds like his confidence gets shaken during bad performances, rendering them horrible.

I found this YouTube film that seems pretty balanced.

Maybe a change of latitude does him good.


The only way to prevent picks is to not throw any passes. Picks happen for many reasons. Receiver runs wrong route. Cornerback jumps the route and makes a play. Receiver fails to make the catch and accidentally tips the ball into the air. Pass gets tipped at the line of scrimmage. Quarterback gets hit by a rusher while in the act of throwing. Wind blows the pass off target. Quarterback overthrows or underthrows. Quarterback misreads coverage. Some of these reasons are the quarterback's fault, some are not. The receiver's skill and assignment discipline are just as important.

Of all positions on the field, experience and system are more important to quarterback than any other.

A quarterback without talent cannot succeed. A quarterback with talent might or might not succeed, depending on opportunity and coaching.
 
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ScrewDuke1

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If Mertz is who Coen wants...than I'm all for it. Sounds like Mertz is a bit up and down...but could do better with all the talent we have on offense (and assuming line play will be better next year too)
 

jr40831

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Coach's schemes can make or break a QB, Tim Couch was ho-hum and would have transferred but Mumme came in and played him the way he could be his best.
 
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93MPH Fastball

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This is my thinking. If he comes here and Coen turns him into a high draft pick, that would add tremendous amo to UK's QB recruiting efforts.
I understand developing a deep QB room requires a lot especially given the portal environment we are in these days. But man I sure would like to see us at least develop thru the recruiting process and not always live year to year in the portal.
 

rucker4

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He threw 5 TD’s in a High School All American game, leaving evaluators asking if he was a Five-Star QB.

He once completed 20 of 21 passes in a game for Wisconsin.

He has thrown as many as 5 picks in a single game.

Frankly, it sounds like his confidence gets shaken during bad performances, rendering them horrible.

I found this YouTube film that seems pretty balanced.

Maybe a change of latitude does him good.


Best chance the kid has is a new school/start..which he will get at Kentucky now. Just can't sugar coat the fact.......he hasn't been very good at Wisconsin the past two years. I've seen him play twice in person and many times on TV since he played in the B1G with Iowa. Hope you guys see him do good things next year.
 
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yoshukai

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Well…….I hesitate to even say this but . The person that told me about Coen , the Vandy running back, and Mertz texted me that we have reached out to Devin Leary . Please temper expectations because he does not know the level of interest from Leary . Just that we made contact with him today.
At first I was a little “Leary” to post this , lol . This guy is definitely in the loop .