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Beck ain’t it, whiffed on Mendoza

Yoyo423 said:
In the offseason, I preferred Mendoza for a few simple reasons:
1. he'd be signiifcantly cheaper than Beck and I hoped we could use the leftover money (maybe even millions $) on better playmakers around Mendoza. This is assuming the NIL money would stay the same.
2. He's more likeable than Beck.
3. He's seems to be a better leader than Beck. He always elevated the players around him and they played hard for him.
4. Didn't come with all the baggage/distractions Beck came with.
5. No injury for spring ball.

I never knew whether he'd actually be a better QB than Beck during the season but I thought the gap was a small enough difference that Mendoza + other playmakers + spring ball would be > than just Beck...
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My thoughts exactly.
 
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welp another game ending interception by Beck. i mean it didnt help this coaching staff gave up 3 points by going for it on 4th and 1 in field goal range. It also didnt help this offense gave up 3 pts in field goal range in the first hast with dumb penalties
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Heading into last night, he was #1 in the country in completion percentage. So miss me with “his throws are off”.

Last night was a soup bowl for the first half. And I need to rewatch the game but I think a part of what happened is what had a lot of us the most concerned going into the year. When we play a secondary with athletes as good as our receivers, will they be able to get separation? Beck held the ball way more last night than he has at any point this season. Why? Nobody is open.

He didn’t play well, for sure. He missed at least 2-3 throws he rarely does. But how many open receivers did you see where a better ball would’ve been a completion? Very few that I can remember. I expect him to be much better and a main reason we win in 2 weeks in Tallahassee.
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do you see it now that his throws are off?
 
tdubs_truckernutz said:
do you see it now that his throws are off?
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Which throws are off? The pick was awful, we all know that. But he completed 68% of his passes again. If you want to **** on something, it’s that his completion percentage is likely elevated by the fact that we rarely throw down the field. I think he had 4 attempts of 20+ yards. I have to go back and rewatch. But if Jojo makes a relatively easy catch on a perfectly good ball, he’s over 70% for over 300 yards at almost 8 a throw.

The incompletions I can remember off the top of my head were a bad Jojo drop, a very well thrown ball that Lofton dropped for a TD (he threw it away from contact), a well thrown ball to Toney that was broken up on what I thought was PI, the deep ball to Marion that was thrown to the outside shoulder where he was held, a flat drop by Fletcher, and the bad pick (which was a killer and can’t happen). That’s 6 of the 12 without thinking, only 1 was a bad throw. Yes, it was very bad and essentially ended the game.

In the first quarter, he was 7/8 with the one incompletion being a flat drop. And a TD on a nice vertical throw that Jojo also made a nice play on. He threw the **** out of some dig routes, mostly to Marion, for big plays. He had an explosive to Bauman called back for OPI on Toney.

Look at the first half drives:

1. Throws the ball well, has a bad drop by Fletcher and gets into a 3rd and 13 after a terrible play call to Toney where we’re asking him to catch the ball behind the LOS and break tackles. Not a great spot for a QB

2. 2/2 with a very good throw for a 36 yard TD

3. We get into a 2nd and 23 and then a 3rd and 33. Drive is dead because of penalties.

4. Pick on a very nice throw to Jojo that should’ve been a 20+ yard play

5. Two more penalties, gets into a 2nd and 14 then 3rd and 19. Drive is dead.

6. 3rd and 3 becomes a 3rd and 8 because of another ******* false start. Still converts to Marion. 3rd and 7 throw to Toney is accurate, I thought the DB climbed his back, we punt

7. Dropped TD

I’m not sure what we’re doing here. He needs to throw the ball downfield more. I’m not sure if he’s not due to his decisions or at Dawson’s direction, but the ball needs to go vertical more often. But he’s 5th in the country in completion percentage. I thought he played well enough to win, we just had way too many empty drives, especially in the first half, because we had SEVEN penalties on our offense. He’s not playing incredibly by any means, but he’s been accurate enough for us to be 7-1 this year. The Louisville game obviously was ******. But I thought he looked reasonably good on Saturday. Not Cam Ward good by any stretch, but good college QB good.
 
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Through 9 games:

Rourke 21 TDs, 4 INTs, 7 games with 200+ yards
Mendoza 25 TDs, 4 INT, 7 games with 200+ (one game was 201 yards)

Was this board clamoring for Rourke last year?

Almost like Mendoza might be a product of Cig's system
 
Complaining about Beck over Mendoza isn’t gonna solve anything.

Besides, didn’t Mendoza transferred to Indiana to play with his brother? I don’t know if he was ever an option for Mario other than maybe a courtesy call because Mario and Mendoza’s father are friends. Or play together in high school.
 
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