I really really hope that.....

[Tsakoi]

....I'm totally wrong about Jeff Sims.

I'm sitting here hoping it was just the first game jitters, new team, new opponent, new OC, new conference....he got a little lost in the hype and was a bit nervous with the pressure. He'll calm down....yada, yada, yada.

But, that means that this week we have an even bigger problem, because this game arguably carries even more importance with hype off the charts. Even more eyeballs will be on this game because CU beat TCU. Rivalry game. Nobody wants to go 0-2. The other team's coach will be in every news clip, pregame show AND FUCKING COMMERCIALS the entire week. The pressure just got cranked to 11. It's a more difficult game in terms of scrutiny than the Minnesota game.

And the CU QB faced all the same adversity against TCU (pressure, new team, new opponent, new conference) and performed at the highest level possible. Fuck me, right?

One thing that doesn't add up for me is blaming the WRs for Sims struggles. Kemp didn't have a problem getting open in his career. IGC didn't have a problem getting open last year. Neither did Washington. All of a sudden they can't? Fidone should technically be a mismatch for lots of LBs and DBs. Boerkircher was open. Hill was open.

Like I said, I hope I'm wrong and Jeff Sims and the rest of you shame me for being a doubter, but I've followed football for a long time and I feel like I've seen this movie before and too many times TBH.

 

[Black5hirt]

 

[Carm]

One thing that doesn't add up for me is blaming the WRs for Sims struggles. Kemp didn't have a problem getting open in his career. IGC didn't have a problem getting open last year. Neither did Washington. All of a sudden they can't? Fidone should technically be a mismatch for lots of LBs and DBs. Boerkircher was open. Hill was open.

Like I said, I hope I'm wrong and Jeff Sims and the rest of you shame me for being a doubter, but I've followed football for a long time and I feel like I've seen this movie before and too many times TBH.

Georgia Tech was able to learn to use Simms in a way that led to a very acceptable level of interceptions. I think this is going to require a significant adjustment from Satt as far as playing calling goes to simplify the reads. It probably means less pocket passing and more rolling out. You have to call plays that reflect what your guys are good at.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Dennis Green nailed it for me:

Sims remains a great athlete, but turns the ball over
Grant remains a great athlete, but turns the ball over

You cannot win close games by turning the ball over. As long as those guys are on the field, it's a roll of the dice on when/if a turnover happens. If the corches believe that they're the BEST guys we've got to roll out there during a game, then its apparently a risk they're willing to live with. OR they don't see a palatable alternative on the roster.

So for the foreseeable future, we are who we thought they were.

 

[Red Finger]

Based on what I saw with the interceptions at the end of each half, you can’t fix that. There was nothing complicated about what the defenders in each case was doing. Obviously both situations were critical as well. Sims just didn’t see it, and I’m guessing it’s because he can’t. Time and situation obviously didn’t factor into those throws.

 

[Carm]

Based on what I saw with the interceptions at the end of each half, you can’t fix that. There was nothing complicated about what the defenders in each case was doing. Obviously both situations were critical as well. Sims just didn’t see it, and I’m guessing it’s because he can’t. Time and situation obviously didn’t factor into those throws.

I understand your point, but then I get back to "then how did he throw only 3 INTs last year in 188 attempts and ten in the last two years in 376 attempts?"

If he truly is incapable of seeing those reads, those stats require an immense amount of luck, and are likely impossible.

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

If we can’t run the ball we are fucked. Teams are gonna load the box and dare Satterfield to throw. (Which he will gladly do, and then we are really fucked.)

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

If Satterfield doesn’t make adjustments and we have another 3 pick game, Rhule may be forced to fire him.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If Satterfield doesn’t make adjustments and we have another 3 pick game, Rhule may be forced to fire him.

Satterfield could call 10 pass plays a game and Sims would find a way to throw 3 picks

 

[Blakejc]

Satterfield could call 10 pass plays a game and Sims would find a way to throw 3 picks

That’s the scary part. I got the sense the offense wasn’t asking Sims to do anything really complex. He just locked into his guy and wasn’t checking off. I mean, how the fuck do you throw a pick in the end zone from the 5 yard line with <10 seconds in the half. There was a cluster of people down there! The level of football iq is scary low.

 

[Turn Down for What]

Satterfield could call 10 pass plays a game and Sims would find a way to throw 3 picks

You know what's sad? I actually believe this to be true.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

That’s the scary part. I got the sense the offense wasn’t asking Sims to do anything really complex. He just locked into his guy and wasn’t checking off.

The first int was excusable. Ball sailed on him with a dude wrapped around his legs. The other two were because he's dumb as shit and perpetually makes bad decisions

 

[Carm]

You know what's sad? I actually believe this to be true.

Satterfield could call 10 pass plays a game and Sims would find a way to throw 3 picks

then why hasn't it happened for almost 3 years before last Thursday? Serious question.

 

[Alcaus]

If Satt has to completely scrap the passing game and limit it to bootlegs after game one we might need to open up the QB competition. That’s fucking ridiculous.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

then why hasn't it happened for almost 3 years before last Thursday? Serious question.

The 3 picks part was mostly tongue in cheek, but he makes abysmal decisions in the passing game. It's disappointing because he does a real nice job climbing in the pocket.

I hope Thursday was an anomaly, but I'll have my doubts until I see him do better

 

[Carm]

If you look at his last two years, it shows a guy who is a successful runner, who can complete short passes with little risk, and has the arm strength to burn you with a deep ball if you get caught up in cheating to stop the run. He hasn't really ever shown he can pick a team apart with intermediate ranges passes. I actually expected they took him from the portal because that was how they envisioned his role in this offense.

Let me drop in 2021 and 2022. (2021 was his best year, and I think it's far to show it with 2022 because his 2022 line was a bunch of young novice starters - 3 RS freshmen and a soph - and they were graded one of the very worst in the country by PFF)

2021




2022




8 of his ten INTs over the two years came on passes greater than 10 yards to the middle of the field That's 8 INTs in 59 passes attempted. This is not what we want him doing; it's the weakest part of his game. In his other 317 attempts he had 2 INTs.

He only completed 39% of those 59 throws.

 

[Carm]

Here's what we did Thursday - almost half of his attempts were in the middle of the field 10+ yards

 

[Carm]

The last two years he only threw up the middle 10+ yards 15% of the time - probably because GT knew better

 

[skerohio]

I’m sure it’s been said, but on the INT before the half, 87 sat down on a hitch perfectly and was wide open. While i didn’t love calling a bunch to the short side, Sims looked right past a completely open guy to try and force something that wasn’t there.
Call plays to his strengths- but fuck- that is QB 101.
Love his running ability though.

 

[Red Finger]

I understand your point, but then I get back to "then how did he throw only 3 INTs last year in 188 attempts and ten in the last two years in 376 attempts?"

If he truly is incapable of seeing those reads, those stats require an immense amount of luck, and are likely impossible.

I’d love to be wrong, I just saw what I saw. Inexcusable throws. I’m sure they can manage it somehow, but idk how you don’t try to manage it after those throws. Maybe GT did idk.