Hunter Dekkers Concerns?

[clone4sure]

Like Purdy, he will need to learn who his go to guys are and what plays best suit him. I watched him warm up last year when we played Texas. I will say his arm strength is elite. watching him throw the ball to the receivers was amazing. much stronger arm than Brock and he is now in an NFL camp trying to be the #3 QB for San Fran 49ers. Like every new QB, he will have to deal with mistakes and grow from them. we as fans need to be supportive of all our players and cheer them on to be at their best. IMO Hunter Dekkers has the physical tools to be a very good QB.

 

[Montgomery-Magic]

Yea, you know, I love Campbell, but he's very vanilla in his pressers. His interviews on the pods with CW are much better, but he's still very guarded with his answers. I'm fine with how he handles everything. I just don't take much away from his interviews that sway my optimism/pessimism a great deal.

Unspoken part of my post is actually comments from CW on how CMC actually tends to give good info beyond coach speak if you're listening.

I think there may be a drop in accuracy and a jump in arm strength.

I'm interested in Dekkers, but I think some guys are expecting a John Elway/Tom Brady/Jesus type of performance out of the kid.

I don't know about that but we do want a QB with a higher ceiling than Purdy.

 

[CycloneErik]

All CMC does is coachspeak, but this looks like a nice opportuntiy to panic.
It's all over.

 

[CycloneVet]

My only concern with Dekkers is touch and accuracy. He has the rest of the package

 

[Montgomery-Magic]

We will hear more throughout camp.
There’s just not a lot going on right now.
With that said, perhaps more than any other position, you don’t really know what you’ve got at QB until the game is live.
Do you want our coaches to say he will be great/bad because of what they’ve seen in practice? Just not logical

yes I get it, but I'm observing/ maybe reading into much into a lack of excitement or real guardedness I don't think we've always seen.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

All CMC does is coachspeak, but this looks like a nice opportuntiy to panic.
It's all over.

 

[NorthCyd]

Man, OP and I are living in different realities. I feel like all I've heard is hype for Hunter for like a year and a half

 

[Aclone]

Unspoken part of my post is actually comments from CW on how CMC actually tends to give good info beyond coach speak if you're listening.

This. I don’t get how other people don’t catch this.

 

[CoachHines3]

Man, OP and I are living in different realities. I feel like all I've heard is hype for Hunter for like a year and a half

thats because you have but for some reason no one else has?

 

[BoxsterCy]

At least OP didn't title thread "Dekkers" in the classic CF manner.

 

[Montgomery-Magic]

You’re joking, right?

If anything, they aren’t “excited”, they’re confident.

Guess which one I’d rather have?

Excited?? Wait, was that a rhetorical question?

 

[NorthCyd]

thats because you have but for some reason no one else has?

Guess I really am living in my own reality.

 

[Aclone]

Excited?? Wait, was that a rhetorical question?

I think that the word I really wanna use is…smug.

Yep, that’s it, the coaches are smug.

Because they know what they’ve got in Hunter, and everyone else is going to find out the hard way.

 

[FeedBreece]

50 posts in an hour. Sheesh people.

 

[Cymon]

Last year Dekkers would have probably started if it hadn't been for a 4 year starter in Purdy.

He outshined Purdy all year.

I've heard the same.

 

[ScottyP]

I've heard the same.

I've heard this as well. Dekkers was practicing better, but it is hard to bench a guy like Purdy.

 

[stretchclone]

Accuracy???? If you saw him play in HS, then you won't be worried. He threw a lot of passes on screens, crossing patterns, sideline throws, deep balls...... He didndt get all those passing yards in HS because he missed his receivers!!!!!! He was probably a better baseball pitcher than a QB, he threw strikes!!!!!! He will be more accurate than Purdy!!!! I am not worried one bit. I just hope the OL can protect him because he wont run out of the pocket after a half second like our last QB. He is patient and confident!

 

[Gunnerclone]

I'm interested in Dekkers, but I think some guys are expecting a John Elway/Tom Brady/Jesus type of performance out of the kid.

No one is expecting that if they’ve been around during the Tom Manning without Hakeem Butler years.

 

[madguy30]

Definitely concerned.

Skip football and get right into throwing a fit over the basketball team playing hard.

 

[GMackey32]

Is Hunter even sweating?!