Video - All of Blake Sims' plays against WVU
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I have to reiterate this fact. Blake Sims looked surprisingly good as a true freshman playing QB at A-Day. He struggled the other two A-Days, and didn't really show much in mop up duty. But, he looked good enough, in person that I came back and made a post about it and have pretty much stuck by the notion that he had legitimate skills at the QB position since then.
I see some of the same people are still hammering away at Blake (not you necessarily). Don't give him credit for putting a ball in a stationary WR's breadbasket, do blame him for things that didn't go his way. Remember that the deep pass that was dropped hung up in the air, forget that he almost hit Cooper in stride on another deep pass. It's getting old, no way he was going to be the backup, Ely was, no way he was going to be the backup, Morris was, no way he was going to be the starter Coker was (even I was guilty of thinking Coker would eventually take the job and he still might). Now, the chorus has gone from he can't throw the deep pass, to he can't throw the deep pass well enough. Ok, sure, what ever.
Blake played a great game, that's all there is to it. There's room for improvement, but he did as well as anyone could hope a QB to do in their debut. That doesn't mean he starts the rest of the games, that doesn't mean he leads Alabama to a championship, but it's about time people give him some credit. He's earned it.
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I'm really glad I took time to watch that. He looked much better in retrospect knowing the game was won, than on the day with the game on the line.
"Sims was adequate" are my words in another thread, which is probably harsher than it needed to be. He scrambled much better than I remember, and was (as evidenced by the completion %) good at the short passes. I'm not sure how fixable the deep ball is, he does not have a great arm, and the long throws he attempted had a lot of air. But everything else was encouraging for a debut performance.
When Coker goes in, we are likely to see more long balls, but a lower completion rate, less mobility, and possibly more badly-delivered short throws and pre-snap mistakes. Which one is better?
"Sims was adequate" are my words in another thread, which is probably harsher than it needed to be. He scrambled much better than I remember, and was (as evidenced by the completion %) good at the short passes. I'm not sure how fixable the deep ball is, he does not have a great arm, and the long throws he attempted had a lot of air. But everything else was encouraging for a debut performance.
When Coker goes in, we are likely to see more long balls, but a lower completion rate, less mobility, and possibly more badly-delivered short throws and pre-snap mistakes. Which one is better?
Thought Sims did some good things, i like his mobility and he didn't get too flustered for a guy starting his first game.
His numbers were OK, but i was looking at stats for SEC QBs this weekend, and in comparison, Sims was mediocre.
Sims with no TDs and 1 pick and a 130.3 rating.
K. Hill- 511 3TDs no picks and a 161.4 QB rating.
Wallace- 387 4TDs 3 picks and a 179.7 QB rating.
Worley- 273 3TDs no picks and a 157.5 rating.
Prescot- 284 4TDs 1 pick and 204.1 rating.
J. Johnson- 243 2 TDs no picks and a 243.8 rating.
Some of these guys played awful defenses, and Wallace was terrible for the first 3 quarters.
But Sims is supported by a strong ground game and has very good receivers, id like to see him grow in his efficiency after he gets a few games under his belt, but maybe Coker will get a shot too.
His numbers were OK, but i was looking at stats for SEC QBs this weekend, and in comparison, Sims was mediocre.
Sims with no TDs and 1 pick and a 130.3 rating.
K. Hill- 511 3TDs no picks and a 161.4 QB rating.
Wallace- 387 4TDs 3 picks and a 179.7 QB rating.
Worley- 273 3TDs no picks and a 157.5 rating.
Prescot- 284 4TDs 1 pick and 204.1 rating.
J. Johnson- 243 2 TDs no picks and a 243.8 rating.
Some of these guys played awful defenses, and Wallace was terrible for the first 3 quarters.
But Sims is supported by a strong ground game and has very good receivers, id like to see him grow in his efficiency after he gets a few games under his belt, but maybe Coker will get a shot too.
My brother who was at the game in Atlanta said the same but agreed he looked great after watching the video.
The QB competition has picked up but for our team I have no complaints and despite the numbers he did play better than Bo Wallace who is supposed to be a big time QB.
He was 7-9 on the money when throwing on the run. I personally think thats well above average.
What id like to see is a solid 250 yard, 2 TD game without mistakes.
I don't think thats too much to ask considering the supporting cast and a pretty QB friendly scheme.
Hopefully either Sims or Coker can step forward and be a good fit for a title run, not really rooting for one over the other, just hope to see progress from whoever it is.
There was a good amount of zip on some of those passes. I was super impressed with the touch he showed on the pass where White hurt his shoulder. Perfectly placed and timed.
After watching the video a couple of times, I really like Blake's ability to avoid the pass rush and resist the temptation to just tuck and run every time. He's elusive, get's positive yardage when he runs, and still completes most of his passes after the pocket has broken down/a blitzing linebacker or cornerback has disrupted the play. You can tell he's worked a lot on staying with the receivers even when being chased and not giving up on the pass.
Agreed. Everything Blake has shown us to this point makes me feel pretty confident he'll improve in those areas. All in all, his performance in the WVU game is a great launching point.
Very good post! If Coker does come along and take the starting QB role, at least we know now if Coker is injured, we have a very capable back-up. I'm not saying Coker will win the job because the jury is still out on him IMHO.
If he can beat out Blake Sims at this point, well done Jake. Realistically, "the competition" is to get him ready to be an acceptable backup. He can start by learning the playbook. First things first.
Idk. Are we going to start adding every dropped pass to a QBs statistics? A lot of people are wanting to do that..
Is that something new they started this year?
Pretty thorough discussion this morning on JOX about the qb situation with Lars Anderson.
FWIW, Anderson evaluated BS and had good, not great things to say about BS. He still believes JC will be the starting qb by the time Bama plays the Gators.
FWIW, Anderson evaluated BS and had good, not great things to say about BS. He still believes JC will be the starting qb by the time Bama plays the Gators.
Sims had a very good day.
His stats should have been MUCH better.
I feel good about him if he can get more comfortable as the year goes on.
His stats should have been MUCH better.
I feel good about him if he can get more comfortable as the year goes on.
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