duddleysdraw88 said:
If CW does not DRASTICALLY improve
(seeing the open receivers, completion %, and INTs)……
I love these little nuggets like this here. The knee-jerk reactions are entertaining to watch.
Weigman had one really terrible game and you get these expert views on field vision etc. Weigman has never been below average at coverage recognition. Not in high school, not in his brief collegiate career, with the exception of the one game in which he was returning from a catastrophic injury that cost him most of a season. An injury where having some doubts in your mind about the pocket chaos and whether or not you were going to get any protection are completely natural instincts. All the while having to step-in against one of the nations best defenses with a consensus top level secondary.
Likewise, Weigman has never been anything but a ++ accuracy thrower and proficient with ball security. I sit center of the goalpost elevated because I like the full 22 perspective. Weigman missed five open opportunities (one of which was a very bad interception) in the Notre Dame game and completed 12 out of 30 attempts. Everything else available to him was a highly contested route because ND handled our route tree and receiving corps very effectively. It was the worst game Conner has played. There is no doubt he'll have to make some of those contested throws, get settled down and we'll have to have better concepts for route separation for us to beat the better teams on our schedule, but some of you need to get some perspective on body of work.
Conner was as good as you can be in the McNeese game (competition level acknowledged). The all 22 showed very efficient play. All these internet "missing open receiver" guys are just making things up in reaction to the one really bad game he's had. He had 3 incompletions one of which was one of the best throws I've seen this season and was dropped in the end zone. Don't want to accept it from me? Pro Football Focus was in agreement.
You guys can give up on Conner, that's your prerogative. If you do though, you might as well dust off your golf clubs and oil your guns, because he's your best chance, by far to have a good season. No one else on the roster can make the throws and distribute the ball like he can. Elko knows it, Klein knows it, anyone who knows what they're looking at knows it.
