Hunter Dekkers Concerns?
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I’ll agree with you for every position except QB. You need that guy to be even keel. Look who wins that game: Sage, Seneca, Meyer. Even keel. Arnaud and Purdy get all amped up and throw 3-4 picks. No thanks.
You should have looked up stats for these guys. Here are INT numbers for the years those guys started:
Purdy: 7, 9, 9 8.
Rosenfels: 11, 12
Meyer: 10, 19, 12, 9
Arnaud: 15, 13, 14
Seneca: 9, 18 (Senior year)
Imagine if Purdy was even keeled, he'd have like -5 INTs every year.
It was. I was at a wedding and wanted to watch a replay of the game and couldn’t find it anywhere.
Purdy’s biggest issue with INT’s was the fact that they usually came in pairs. In 2018 he had two against KSU & WSU. 2019 he had three back to back to back against OSU. 2020 he had 3 against Baylor and 3 in the title game against OU. Last year he had 3 vs. Iowa and 2 vs. Tech.
Agree. He tended to have that 1-2 games a year were he lost his mind and had a bunch of turnovers. Outside of those he was really good at protecting the ball, and limited turnovers overall.
Purdy is the best QB in Iowa State history. Both from a single season standpoint, and total career. We'll be incredibly lucky if Dekkers can match or exceed his production/efficiency.
Pairs or bunches and they seemed to happen one after another in weird circumstances or prompting a meltdown of sorts that tilts the field for the opponent.
Also just weird decisions like TCU 2020.
In the Cheez It Bowl, Clemson had just scored, and then the 'tip pass' happened where he tried to bat the ball like a volleyball instead of just trying to catch it. 13-3 to 20-3 just like that.
FWIW, the 'Hawk Whisperer' Steele Jantz had 11 INTs in 2011 and he go pulled at some point. I would not put him in the 'even keeled' category, haha.
Overall Purdy was rock solid but just like you said there were moments where it felt like his mind would just completely shut off and he’d make SportsCenter’s Not Top 10.
Love the guy and he was one of the main reasons Iowa State football is where it’s currently at but my lord those plays took years off my life lol
That's a hell of a stat, really -- Purdy never had a double-digit INT season. Huh.
Got it! Thank you!
Pants, we can finally watch it!!! I tried to find that game for 3 or 4 weeks, every possible place looked. Now here it is!
Better late than never I guess.
Edit: right here
I love Seneca but in Seneca's 25 game career he had 6 games with 2 or more interceptions. Purdy had 7 in his 48 game career. Seneca had 3 career games with 3 or more ints; Purdy had 4.
Didn't have a pair early on against Washington State in the bowl game?
And yet segments of our fanbase hate him for some reason.
Batting it down was the right decision, just poorly executed. If he catches he's probably tackled for a 5-6 yard loss.
For some reason fans have a very bad memory when it comes to Brock Purdy. They see him as a flashy guy who was just as likely to make a spectacular play as a terrible one. In reality, he was the most consistent, dependable QB we've ever had. If anything that reality describes Seneca, who I also love.
He was incredibly accurate, put up points, and despite what many fans think, took care of the ball. Somehow I get the feeling the winningest QB and the guy that has every passing record is underappreciated by the fan base and it's a shame.
Semantics and the entire play required some terrible luck on ISU's part anyway with how the ball bounced but it's likely a 2-3 yard loss which is better than the TD.
The technique to even hit the ball was odd. Just shove it down to the ground dude.
It was one of those things where you appreciate Purdy for keeping with the play and trying to make something happen but he tried too much. Like his last play, he was likely trying to get to the sideline after getting the first down, but loafing the ball like that is trouble.
6:38 if you can stomach it.
Yep that was the WSU game I mentioned. His first throw was a pick and then the next series he threw another one 3 throws later. That one should’ve been a pick-6 but the guy celebrated before reaching the end-zone.
and they point to his mistakes like they are some sort of crazy thing. ANY starting quarterback is going to have a few bad games or a few bad quarters.
A poster somewhat alluded to it earlier in the thread. Very rarely did Purdy have a one-off interception that seemed to be inconsequential; Purdy's turnovers seemed to occur in bunches, or a SC Not Top Ten highlight (TCU 2020 and Clemson 2021).
It would be interesting to see how many games Purdy only had 1 turnover? Again, it seemed he either never the turned the ball over, or it was multiple times in a game. I think the multiple turnovers in a game inflated the turnover prone talk.
