+ 2 more quotes (click to expand)GumbyFromPokeyLand said:
Robinson had over 400 rushing attempts for over 1,800 yds and 22 TDs. Jones had just over 500 yds rushing with 16 TDs. Yeah, perhaps Jones's was a dual threat and Robinson wasn't. SMHRodeoPoke said:
LOL, what's the matter you couldn't refute my main point, so you snipe at trivialities'? Robinson had 8,300 career passing yards, which is more than the TOTAL offensive yards of all but 3 of our career QBs
Main Point: "we've had lots better luck with more traditional drop back QBs"
Secondary Point: "name even one dual threat QB that we've ever had in here that had any NFL potential"
Sure, let's call Robinson a dual threat... it still means that we have consistently have better teams with drop back QBs, not dual threat guys, which is about all we have on the roster now.
None of the dual threats we can get will get us any better than decent, most of the time. These guys coming in here are not Michael Vick, or McNab, or Bridgewater, or that caliber of dual-threat.
This is college, not the NFL. Having or not having NFL talent is irrelevant to achieve success at the college level - it's been proven time and again that success in college doesn't correlate to success in the NFL.
Now to the real point, under Gundy we've had success with dual threat QBs when we've utilized dual threat QBs. Robinson, Walsh, Sanders and to a lesser degree Woods, Reid, Chelf and Cornelius. The only real "pocket" QBs Gundy has utilized in a meaningful way have been Weeden, Rudolph and Bowman. I don't think there's a real reason to foreclose any type of QB, but a QB that can get you yards with his feet has been more common and just as successful as the few pocket QBs we've had.
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