GumbyFromPokeyLand said:
Your words - "If it were me, and the competition is close between Rangel and Bowman, you make Rangel the starting QB and get him ready for the rest of his career.
I did think Bowman had better command of the offense and made quicker, better decisions with the ball…"
You then said - "PFF agrees with me"
So, you think Bowman played better (though PFF shows otherwise), but you'd start Rangel even though Gundy outplayed both of them.
That's some crazy stuff right there.
Csquaredosu66 said:
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Again reading comprehension escapes you. I didn't say he played better, I said he had better command of the offense and made quicker decisions. He should, he has so much kid experience.
If Mike really thinks it's an even race, then you should give the node to the younger guys and let them grow and mature in the games and either flourish this year or gore this. Year and next year you have a really decent QB with a lot of experience coming in 2024.
I agree with this because the younger guys have more upside potential, and they are the future. If it's that close, you go with the younger guy. Bowman was hurt by some key WR drops, so have to take that into account. But even then they played fairly evenly.
Kind of interesting side data:
We ran 8 legitimate run plays (excluding scrambles) with Rangel at QB for 33 yards and about 4.5 yards per carry.
We ran only 2 run plays with Bowman at QB for 10 yards and 5 yards/carry (there's one team rush for 1 yard in the play by play that I don't know about)
We ran 11 run plays with Gundy for 83 yards and about a 7.5 yards/carry, and that's with a 43 yard run by Ollie called back for holding that I couldn't see. This was in full blown gap blocking mode, and it looked impressive.
So basically 10 legitimate running plays through 3 quarters. It wasn't that we were not successful running early, it's that we just
weren't running the ball early. It reminded me of our past offense; a couple of runs for little or no gain and then a pop for good yards. That makes sense because we were running our old offense. But I get it, you evaluate QB's by watching them progress through reads and make their throws, which lends itself to our old pass first offense. Had we gone from the start just wanting to just win this game by pounding the ball, I think we could have dominated them.
