Doege can dink and dunk around, throw for 250 and 2tds and maybe even put a few nice passes on the money in a game. I don't think anyone is denying that. The problem with the "his numbers look good" thinking is
Doege rarely ever takes a chance throwing the ball giving a WR a chance for a 50/50 ball. WVU has some guys on the outside who can win these battles and make plays yet Doege never pushes the ball downfield. Negative
Doege has zero mobility and when a line is struggling and all you have is a quick slant the defense figures this out quickly and you get stopped or get guys killed coming across the middle, we saw that against Baylor. Sacks happen at an increased rate. Next defenses will jump those routes and the picks will pile up. Negative
Greene has shown the ability to throw a beautiful ball on the run twice in two different scenarios. Escaping the pocket to make a play. Positive
Greene makes the run game TWICE as effective and opens up the field for Leddie. Positive
Greene has a different energy and it shows, the offense responds better to him and they are excited when he's in the game. He's a leader. Positive
Greene has a Swagger that Doege does not. That kind of thing can cause a Team to believe in each other even if taking some lumps along the way. Big Positive
Can Doege throw a "better ball{" than Greene? I don't know, maybe. I'm not convinced he can. Can Doege read a defense "better" than Greene? Not exactly convinced that's true either because Greene has made more big plays from a defensive win pre snap than Doege in limited action so far. Can Doege have better passing stats than Greene right now? Sure because he's getting more reps than Greene and more scripted passes with no option to run if it breaks down or takes too long to develop.
Doege "looks' like he played pretty good at the end of the day based on stats. Greene makes the offense better all around because of options. How many times you think Maziel went "off script" and just made something happen? All the great scrambling QB's do it. Greene hasn't proven he's anything more than a running QB who can throw but he also hasn't been given that chance. Brown can say whatever he wants about Greene and Doege in practice but we also understand now that 1) The back end of the defense is not nearly as good as it needs to be and 2) Brown said Doege was "the most improved player"
Doege rarely ever takes a chance throwing the ball giving a WR a chance for a 50/50 ball. WVU has some guys on the outside who can win these battles and make plays yet Doege never pushes the ball downfield. Negative
Doege has zero mobility and when a line is struggling and all you have is a quick slant the defense figures this out quickly and you get stopped or get guys killed coming across the middle, we saw that against Baylor. Sacks happen at an increased rate. Next defenses will jump those routes and the picks will pile up. Negative
Greene has shown the ability to throw a beautiful ball on the run twice in two different scenarios. Escaping the pocket to make a play. Positive
Greene makes the run game TWICE as effective and opens up the field for Leddie. Positive
Greene has a different energy and it shows, the offense responds better to him and they are excited when he's in the game. He's a leader. Positive
Greene has a Swagger that Doege does not. That kind of thing can cause a Team to believe in each other even if taking some lumps along the way. Big Positive
Can Doege throw a "better ball{" than Greene? I don't know, maybe. I'm not convinced he can. Can Doege read a defense "better" than Greene? Not exactly convinced that's true either because Greene has made more big plays from a defensive win pre snap than Doege in limited action so far. Can Doege have better passing stats than Greene right now? Sure because he's getting more reps than Greene and more scripted passes with no option to run if it breaks down or takes too long to develop.
Doege "looks' like he played pretty good at the end of the day based on stats. Greene makes the offense better all around because of options. How many times you think Maziel went "off script" and just made something happen? All the great scrambling QB's do it. Greene hasn't proven he's anything more than a running QB who can throw but he also hasn't been given that chance. Brown can say whatever he wants about Greene and Doege in practice but we also understand now that 1) The back end of the defense is not nearly as good as it needs to be and 2) Brown said Doege was "the most improved player"
