Coker was 14-17 after that second pick, so you were wrong. Straight up wrong. The problem in that game was O-Line protection, not Coker. Not saying that Coker didn't make any mistakes - just saying that replacing him would not have helped and could have turned that win into a loss.
As much of a beast as Scarbrough is, I'm not sure I want to see him 6 months out of ACL surgery taking shots at or behind the LOS the way that Harris has been taking them in clean-up duty. My hat's off to Harris on that BTW. He has been put in there and treated like a punching bag the last few weeks.
Great points! And I'd like to add that in the second half when Coker was under pressure he either threw the ball away into the bench or took the sack rather than lofting it up into center field. He progressed in his decision-making as the game went on.
I agree totally. I really enjoy Tide fans except for the game threads. If it is a blowout then it's ok, but a close game or a loss makes it unbearable. I question even having a game thread. It's a place for drunk guys to bash everything and everybody in sight. I usually watch night games alone, and I would love to have the game thread open, but after last night I'm out. There are some nice people sharing good insight, but they often wind up trying to combat the drunk morons, and the whole thing turns into the mods having to suspend and ban people. If I'm a mod I want to watch the game not babysit a bunch of grown people acting like little children pitching a fit in a store because they don't get their way.
He seems frustrated to me, not confused, but I agree with you that it is taking a long time to get plays in. I understand that he had a bad decision and a bad throw in the first half but he was under seige from the Arky front 7 all night and still completed 77% of his passes had 2 TDs and a 147 QB rating. He also tucked the ball and ran with some pretty good agility and authority for a guy his size. IMHO, he is the right guy for the QB job.
Please don't take that as any kind of knock on Coker. I think it's a whole Offensive communication problem. I think it is not only affecting him but the OL and WR also.
To me Jakes one big problem is simple. If he's about to be sacked or hit during his release he hurries and try's to throw it anyway. It normally ends up being a floating duck that's easily picked. If he'll just learn that it's not "His fault" if he gets sacked and just sometimes accept the sack over the bad throw, he'll be o.k.
I agree 100%. I thought the offense looked sharp on the first two drives (at least until we were inside the 10 yard line) when things were probably scripted but after that, not so much.
No, we mods do not look forward to the game threads. Short of shutting down the site, there's no way around them. Rich and I determined that a long time ago. If we didn't have game threads, then we'd have to try moderate a dozen little parallel game threads started by individual members - impossible. If you'll notice - it happened last night - someone will try to start a thread of his own about a particular issue. Of course, they get closed in a hurry, since they're basically a "look at me" tactic. No, again, they're not fun for mods, but there's no way around them. The alternatives are worse...
