Backup QB thoughts
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How so? Last year against KU and UNLV in similar situation, Dekkers was a combined 4/11 for 50 yards. At OU he threw an INT on his second attempt. His first two series against Iowa he went 2/4 with two three and outs. It wasn’t until Iowa went prevent that he looked okay.
We don’t have a sample on these two. So far they look similar to what we saw from Dekkers when he was getting 2-3 passes a game. The arm talent looks good, but they haven’t been asked to do anything
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Maybe my perspective is irrational or off, but I felt good about deckers in those Iowa and OU games.
Carson Willich and Jacob Imming are also in the true freshman class. We are going to really good at LB for a long time.
Only issue I had with either was when Rocco got flushed and became a runner on a 3rd down play, it appeared from the stands that he could have gotten a first down but went out of bounds short of getting it. Maybe it was just my angle.
He did fine by rolling outside to buy some time. If he had not hesitated, he had an open lane for an easy first down. There was a coaching moment when he came off the field that will be reinforced in film study.
Dekkers looked okay when allowed to play through his mistakes and get multiple series and passes in a game. As one would expect, In isolated late game reps, he didn’t look sharp. I don’t think we know much at all about the backups.
Running Dekkers to the edge on 3rd and 28 when up 30 is either confidence in the QB room or egregiously bad risk/reward.
On that note, There was a narrative that we changed Purdy or made him less of a wildcard/scrambler type because of needing to keep him healthy. Others say Dekkers looked so good some on the staff were ready for a change.
McLaughlin is the real deal. On one of the kick offs I saw him steamroll some bobcat that attempted to block him. Man vs boy kind of deal. I think it was the opening kick. He also looked really good on defense in the second half.
Both of them are considerably better than all 3 QBs at that place out east.
The one-eyed man in the land of the blind is king. Not a shot at our QBs. Just saying.
Has Jacob Ellis played at all? I think the coaches were excited about him at LB this fall.
Rocco is in the same mold as Purdy. He's not very tall, but he's got the legs to extend plays and make plays.
The future will be interesting because Kohl is a legit 6'7" and he can really make the throws, so he'll do all his damage with his arm.
The future will be interesting because Kohl is a legit 6'7" and he can really make the throws, so he'll do all his damage with his arm.
Makes me wonder if Purdy has the same kind of instant impact if he comes in late in a similar situation
Quick question for all Cyclone fans. Is Brock Purdy's debut at OSU the best Cyclone debut of all time ever? If not, who and when?
Genuinely curious.
Quick question for all Cyclone fans. Is Brock Purdy's debut at OSU the best Cyclone debut of all time ever? If not, who and when?
Genuinely curious.
Yeah not sure about the future and all that but if the game is tied next week and Dekkers gets hurt, I’d think we would see Cook
I’m sure it is because OSU was good and purdy was an all time great here.
But oddly enough Sam Richardson had a really great debut against Kansas.
My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think Sam Richardson had a great debut.
