So how did they break Cade?
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Exactly. They are so afraid to make a mistake they overthink , hesitate, miss opportunities or are simply half a second too late.
It’s not a dominant OL but I would say they are better than last year by a good amount. Some of the problem is that Cade basically has Petras’ mobility with his injury. The passing by him wasn’t very good though today. Hopefully just a bad day.
After Brian ripped him about the interception at the end of the first half he looked scared to make a mistake
He doesn’t have the same skill talent around him including a top notch OL. Throw in an incompetent OC/Qb coach and that = regression from his Michigan days.
Yeah — not a real professional or constructive demeanor with his QB. Pretty much a basket case on the sideline. Sure to be fodder for plenty of memes. Pretty embarrassing display by an OC. I’m sure Cade wasn’t impressed.
BF is an entitled shit who deserves nothing but ridicule. I know several people who have had interactions with him, and not one had anything positive to say about the guy. He’s fvcking garbage.
Lots of passes with lots of time today. Route tree is brutally flawed.
Far too many cases where the DL was pouring in and swarming Cade, especially at home against a very weak opponent. This OL will get destroyed in Happy Valley.
Made a comment on it in August from a practice video. During practice (no rush, no pads), every time he threw the ball, he patted it at least once, maybe twice. Should have been addressed then. INT will keep coming when he hesitates.
I think he’s fine. As Anthony Herron mentioned a couple times, his mechanics looked a tiny bit off, likely due to his injury. Think about how much those guys use their legs in throwing. That’s going to bite him at times.
You are correct. And it is my understanding it didn't end there.
Pretty ironic. QB makes one wrong read and cost Brain some points. Brain has called terrible games for years and usually gets bailed out by the D. I would guess Parker would love to share some choice words with Brain on the sidelines.
I wondered if he double pumped at Michigan. So I watched the Michigan highlights for him. I only watched 3:30 minutes but he probably threw 12-15 passes. Not once did he double pump. So maybe a combination of him worrying about getting sacked and not trusting his receivers to be where they are supposed to be. So he waits for them to come wide open which isn't happening.
As a friend said to me. It’s just so agonizing watching us try and pass. We make it look so difficult. You don’t even see Iowa try or barley see us doing basic slants and 5 yard outs as we use to see in the past. But today was just so predictable we threw on obvious throwing downs or 5 wide sets in early downs. Not till late in 4th hit play action to All and was wondering where was the play action all day. That’s one of my biggest gripes with BF he doesn’t put his unit in a position to succeed with his play calls, formations etc.
Yeah. We also have some assholes in here. Intellectual midgets who add nothing but insults.
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Seems like the wr trust is low and is holding on the ball a little long and making sure wr's route is correct, he had Anderson wide open had he thrown it Early on the pick before half.
He's been late on a lot of throws this year. It might be trust like you're saying. In any case there seems to be a lot of hesitation and it's hard to see it getting better after 2 bad picks today followed by Brian's histrionics on the sideline.
I'm more confident in the oline than I was a week or 2 ago. My confidence in our QB and passing game in general couldn't be much lower. I keep waiting for it to improve but today against a defense that allowed almost 350 yards against Syracuse last week, Iowa throws for 133 on 50% passing. They didn't need it, but 6.0 yards per attempt is bad against that opponent and Cade was worse than that.
Still light years better than what we've sat through ever since Stanley graduated. hoping things continue to improve especially next week in a tougher environment.
Umm, Cade threw for 103 yards and two interceptions.
How many seconds did he have before the sacks? At least two he had plenty of time.
On the pick in end zone. He stared the entire time at Seth and threw too late. Safety knew it as did everyone paying attention.
He missed two weeks of preseason and they haven't been able to get the timing down yet. Hopefully they made progress today. He also knows this so his confidence isn't where it needs to be.
That requirement by the coaching staff has been one of the keys to our historically subpar passing attack.
I'm always amazed over the ability of people to ignore/overlook anything that contradicts their belief in something or someone being good even when the numbers prove otherwise. Everyone thought that Cade was going to be great and make the passing game much stronger than it's been the last few years. Everyone still wants to believe that Cade is going to make this passing offense go. The reality is that over 3 games against 2 of the worst defenses Iowa will face, the passing game is still one of the worst in the country and it looked worse in game 3 than in the previous 2. Could it get better? Sure, but so far it's been bad.
But they didn't make progress today. 9/19 for 103 yards and 2 ints against that defense doesn’t reflect progress.
The first half was awful but I thought the offensive line started finally working some things out in the second half. They aren't ready for PSU by any means, but I thought they made progress.
So, we're talking about Cade and the Iowa passing game. In the second half he was 4/6 for 50 yards which is great, but he was sacked 3 times for 26 yards so the net was 24 yards for the half. That ain't so great.
Nope. Baby steps. But they did have a few pass plays that looked good. But given past history, it definitely makes sense to be skeptical that things will get better. After all, the receiver routes will still end up having everyone in the same spot.
They finally committed to running the ball today in the second half. The previous two games they didn't really commit to anything. Play action works really well in this offense when they commit to running the ball and are able to run it.
Good descriptor of your posting style. Try to be a little more sophisticated next time. Do you even attend the games?
What a stupid ass take. he’s just getting back into form after a long lay off and injuries. Iowa is 3-0 if that s all you got you are reaching.
"able to run it" being the inconsistent/missing piece here
