Dude- There is nothing wrong with Arch's numbers, but Sayin is almost 20 completion points better with more yards and less attempts. That's crazy. The best completion percentage in the history of college football is Shedeur Sanders at 71.8%, and Sayin is 9% better that. Historically good. Let's acknowledge how great dude is playing.
Last year we were able to hide Taafe and not really use him in coverage. Now that he is in that role teams have used his aggressiveness against him. He bites on run action a lot and the last few weeks teams have got him on the same play with delayed releases with TEs.
No argument but the Heisman is about results. Right now ole buddy is head and shoulders. That's no slight on Arch. Just showing how good he is playing right now.
They use X the same way we finally figured out how to use X in year three. Mostly around the los with the rare attempt to take the top of the defense with him just to keep teams honest.
I don't think people truly dislike Arch. I think they just don't understand football. At every level the highest amount of communication is between the OC and the starting quarterback. Most OC's sit down with their quarterback going into a game and the quarterback tells you what plays they like based on down and distance. Good OCs work that into their package. It is clear that Sark only does that when his back is against the wall. It was clear to anyone paying attention that Arch was drowning in the playbook in the early part of the season. We lost a couple of games and all the sudden the personnel groupings and route concepts changed. Now magically Arch looks competent. It's not magic, we clearly found a package Arch really likes and are running route concepts he is comfortable throwing.
In 2022 we built the whole passing game around X and it was a shitshow. X, despite his speed, gets less and less effective the further downfield he is. He is slight, so easily rerouted. We brought in AD and started working X in the short passing game and the offense took off. Watching us try and force Wingo to be a downfield receiver is reminiscent of 2022.
Sark needs to quit trying to force players to be who they aren't. It doesn't help their development and it doesn't help the team. If a player isout there dropping the ball and not making an effort to catch the ball in traffic they need to sit. Sitting is motivation to work harder to get back on the field. This "wait your turn" attitude he has doesn't develop players. Best players need to play. Period. Plus we need to put people in the best position to succeed by finding out what they do best.
Nope. Maybe that's how YOU saw it, but X was literally a faster Wingo. Same suspect hands. Same unwillingness to go up and get the football. Even criticism of Wingo last year was seen as defense of Quinn. Now that Quinn is gone and everybody's boy is here, Arch Manning, people are finally willing to see the shortcomings as they are.