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jaxisback said:

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I laugh when I see people adamantly demand that we insert this mythical QB running game prominently into our game plan. We don't have a QB to execute that plan. Reed is not a runner, he's a scrambler. He's not physical and doesn't run well in traffic. He requires large open fields where he can utilize his speed and quickness which is why most of his yardage comes on broken plays.

Last year his strengths were that he was a streaky passer and could use his scramble ability to pick up key 1st downs and off-schedule yardage.

This year, he's lost the streaky good part and has only been bad. Now his confidence is in a steaming wreck.

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Great post on the distinction between a running QB and a scrambler. Agree 100% that Marcel's strength is actually scrambling. Also we have to factor in that towards the end of last year, opposing DCs figured this out and started utilizing a spy to take away the QB scramble, forcing Marcel to read defenses in the passing game.

To make things worse we lost 4 offensive linemen, a 1st round WR, a 3rd round TE, our OC/QB coach and Leveon Moss from the 2025 season. We replaced our OC with the WR coach(never called plays) and our QB coach with an analyst. It's easy to see how Marcel would likely regress given the offensive staff and personnel around him also got worse(at least less experienced).

So while it's obvious Marcel is having some mental struggles with performance in the games this year it's also a structural issue around him that the head coach didn't properly assess when building his staff and roster for the 2026 season.

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KC made up for alot Reeds problem. May not be on paper but he was one of the best we ever had. Even when he didn't get the ball the routes he ran affected the secondary enough to make a average WR like Craver look good. I figured when we didn't get a number 1 wr in the portal the offense would look like this. Horton was never someone who would make things easier for Reed.

KC was really good.

I do think this years receiving corps has been good and I've got a much higher opinion than you do regarding Craver. Reed has just been awful which has affected our WR production.

TAMU74 said:

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I hope Trev Alberts has had a conversation with Elko about his future at A&M.

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Hopefully they both get shown the door

Believe in Elko

runontexas said:

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Believe in Elko

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but don't believe your lyin' eyes

jaxisback said:

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I laugh when I see people adamantly demand that we insert this mythical QB running game prominently into our game plan. We don't have a QB to execute that plan. Reed is not a runner, he's a scrambler. He's not physical and doesn't run well in traffic. He requires large open fields where he can utilize his speed and quickness which is why most of his yardage comes on broken plays.

Last year his strengths were that he was a streaky passer and could use his scramble ability to pick up key 1st downs and off-schedule yardage.

This year, he's lost the streaky good part and has only been bad. Now his confidence is in a steaming wreck.

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I'm in the camp that thinks Reed can't really run well at all. He's not elusive, slippery or quick enough in short space the get past people. And when he's running he can't make a throw for the life of him. He won't step up in the pocket enough ti take the open space that is given to him and the game moves too fast for him.

The fact that we can't roll him out and make even a simple pass, or have him start scrambling and threaten to make a pass instead of going for it takes his little running ability away and minimizes it.

Elko told me when your pitcher hasn't thrown a strike in the last 10 games, you leave him in the game so you don't hurt his feelings.

NoahAg said:

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Elko to OC: You will build a run-first offensive game plan that includes designed QB runs. Focus on getting first downs with an occasional deep shot when it's there. Goals are at least 150 yards rushing and 150 yards passing with greater than 60% completion rate. If we don't meet that, changes will be made.

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This won't happen. I said it in year 1 and I'll repeat it: Elko is not a CEO. He's a defensive coach. He could be a great DC. That's where he needs to stay. The fact that he miscalculated the QB position so badly is proof enough. He is way over his head as HC.

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Maybe we were wrong to run off Stoops?

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TAMU74 said:

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I hope Trev Alberts has had a conversation with Elko about his future at A&M.

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Hopefully they both get shown the door

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Jbob04 said:

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Not this year. He turned it over to the new dc.

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Yeah, the ole Aggie Logic, "If it ain't broke, we're still gonna fix try to fix it."

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Nelson Wilbury said:

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...behind closed doors for the Arky game:

Elko to OC: You will build a run-first offensive game plan that includes designed QB runs. Focus on getting first downs with an occasional deep shot when it's there. Goals are at least 150 yards rushing and 150 yards passing with greater than 60% completion rate. If we don't meet that, changes will be made.

Elko to DC: Your defensive game plan will generate consistent pressure on the QB with generally man coverage. Goals are 4 sacks, 6 pressures, less than 300 yards given up, and at least 1 turnover. If we don't meet that, changes will be made.

Elko to ST: You're killing it. Keep it up.

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It's not. Elko has stated multiple times we want to be process oriented, not results oriented. He's not going to give them results oriented goals

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A&M has written the wrong contract then... again