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Do you think TJ gives us a better chance to win than a healthy Dylan?
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Do you think TJ gives us a better chance to win than a healthy Dylan?
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Maybe some of us just want to see how TJ plays when we can’t run the ball. Which may happen against both pedo and Cockeye. Most QBs look pretty good when you’re running the ball for 6-7 yds a carry. I want to see how he plays when we’re averaging 2 yds a carry.
I’ve seen enough to say it’s possible he could be better. I haven’t seen enough to say he definitively is.
Disclaimer: I’d be perfectly fine with us never averaging 2-3 yds a carry again. But we all know that’s not gonna happen in today CFB and B1G.
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Who knows? It’s hard to tell how good the kid is when he never gets hit.
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Why does it matter if you can get a qb in the portal? The two best teams in the BIG have used the portal to find qbs. OSU did it with Howard last year and Indiana has did it the last two years. If we are willing to spend 3 million a year on Raiola, we can get a good transfer if the high school guys don’t work out.
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Until I see Dylan uncork it, he's like Stafford with 60% of the armAccording to Nessler/Danielson it's:
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I agree and I would lean toward Lateef staying. He does sound like a big culture guy, etc.
The single transfer portal window REALLY helps here. Bc many have started the offseason as 'big culture guys' but they get worn down by the big $$$ sales pitches and the promises of playing time in the offseason.
IIRC we just have to make it through the January portal window with Lateef and then he's stuck here for 2026? It used to be a free for all w a Dec/Mar/June portal window IIRC
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My theory on this is people see TJ as a guy who's willing to ball out (and take the consequences of that) and Dylan has turned into a very hesitant, slow processing, ineffective QB. And fans are willing to rock with the ball-out young kid.
Look at the trend Dylan was on. He was very likely gonna go 4 of 5 games without hitting 200 passing yards. That's not good. If we had the Dylan from 2024 Illinois 1st half (where he was absolutely balling out) I think more people would be on the Dylan is still #1 train. But we saw some bad, bad, bad, bad offensive football from Dylan. This year. And parts of last year too.
I don't blame fans at all for going "I've seen enough" RE: Dylan. However I think if we let these last 3 games play out the answer will be fairly obvious either way. So I'm not worrying about it.
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If Dylan is actually making 3 million a year he isn’t worth it on the field wise. He isn’t a top tier BIG qb.
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If he is making 3mil from 1890, we would be better off paying Lateef 1.5M next year and use the other 1.5M to get two other guys plus get a new OL coach.
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I believe because Raiola's knowledge of the playbook and system, Holgerson tried doing to much because of the knowledge. Where Lateef probably not knowing it as well, we didn't put as much in the game plan allowing all players to just play and not think. I think if they give Raiola the same dumb down plan he would ball out more
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The next two games will tell us a lot. PSU and Cockeye are both quality defenses and have film on Lateef. If he plays well win or lose it’s an easy decision if you can get Lateef at a much cheaper price.
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Definitely. If anything, Raiola is too smart and Holgorsen is holding him back (and the OL and the receivers). That would explain why he holds on to the ball too long and takes unnecessary sacks all the time. If Holgs calls a dumbed down game plan, the OL gives him a clean pocket and 6 seconds to throw, Raiola could ball out like Lateef, who is clearly inferior.
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I think the thing DR has holding him back is trust. I’m unclear if it’s trust in his WRs, what he's reading the defense is doing, or his own ability to fit the ball in, but I think a major factor behind the excessive pressures and sacks is he’s not throwing the ball when he should. I believe he’s making the right presnap reads leading to the right progressions, but the ball isn’t coming out because of one of those reasons above.
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Piggybacking on that, maybe the offense is just too complex at the moment because Rhule wants an NFL offense and it’s become information overload for Dylan and there’s just too much going on in his head
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“It”
You have it or you don’t
Won’t show up on the stat sheet or at the combine but everyone knows “it” when they see it
Super rare. Dylan is exquisitely physically talented, but he doesn’t even know how to be himself much less lead others.
Nobody’s fault. Kid can still make plays and win some games but he’ll never transcend or truly raise the tide for all others
You have it or you don’t
Won’t show up on the stat sheet or at the combine but everyone knows “it” when they see it
Super rare. Dylan is exquisitely physically talented, but he doesn’t even know how to be himself much less lead others.
Nobody’s fault. Kid can still make plays and win some games but he’ll never transcend or truly raise the tide for all others
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