That not completely true and only part of the package. I’d rather have somebody with lesser arm talent but is able to manage an offense well(which AM could not). Great kid. Good talent. Maybe he's been mismanaged by our staff but I don’t think that is the whole issue.
I think they wanted to run more option with Martinez but he was to banged up all the time
Martinez being banged up is a by-product of having him run so often, along with the porous offensive line. Smothers was able to run so much option against Iowa because there was no "next game" to worry about.
That will always be the case, you can't expect your QB to run that much in the Big Ten and be successful long term. Guys are going to get knicked up and be less effective come October/November.
Agree 100%. That's why although I have always loved a mobile QB and the QB run game, NU needs to find a way to be not so dependent on it, and have such a QB driven offense. I think the recruitments of Haarberg and Torres show that Frost may be leaning that way, but I wonder what Frost's OC choice will mean going forward.
I agree. So, that leaves 6 Ints for the remaining 10 games. While you always want improvement, that's really not that bad.
Heck yes. But, you also have to have the team around the QB (O line) to help him have those numbers.
Let’s also not act like AM had some sort of rocket arm. His arm strength was adequate at best and extremely erratic in the red zone. One of the reasons his TD/INT ratio was awful
Agree. I don’t think Smothers lasts an entire season running that much each and every game.
don't disagree but I think coach Verdu teaches flawed mechanics. I don't know for a fact he teaches it but I saw it in AM and Luke. Where their elbows where on shorter passes was obvious and two of them doing it makes be believe that's how they are coached.
Adrian actually does have a rocket arm. His problems are much more correctable than Logan's when it comes to throwing mechanics. Adrian lacks a bit in the ability to read quickly. Ultimately, I don't think he was a slow reader, but after 2-3 years behind a porous O-Line, I think he got the yips back there. I don't think there is a quick way to fix that and it may be permanent. But, if I am an NFL coach and I have to pick between those 2 guys, I take Adrian every day because his flaws have hope of being corrected with good coaching and the rest of the package with him looks appetizing. I maintain, you can't teach a rocket arm any more than you can teach a 98 MPH fastball. Some guys just have it, the rest never will and will try to hack it with curves and sliders.