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Problem2 said:
If Olsen, Kaaya or Williams aren't starting, we were going to be in huge trouble anyways.

This probably just shows you how little faith they have in Crow that they are willing to bring in Heaps to be the 3rd stringer.
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They didn't bring in Heaps to be the third stringer. Then the move would've made absolutely 0 sense. They brought him in to challenge Olsen because some coaches lost fairh in him over spring.
 
___THEU___ said:
Ive already commented in the recruiting thread but the low program/recruiting/talent evaluation IQ of alot of people on here is astounding. This would be a great pickup and he would likely start week 1. Far and away our best option at QB week 1. People just see well Kansas sucks and he was **** there so why would we want him. Guy has the potential to be a very good 1 year qb for us. Hes never had the weapons we have here and you cant judge him from his performance on 1 of the worst and most disarray programs in D1. Was #1 overall qb recruit who broke every byu fresh record before struggling early soph season and transferring. I get most people here are casual fans and dont get 90% of the decisions that are made in the program so im just trying to educate and give you guys something positive to look for. Hes not coming here to sit the bench so those of u that say well it doesnt hurt he can compete with Crow are wrong. Hes here in his last year of eligibility for 1 reason and its the reason he chose Miami and thats to come in here and start. I think if he does it will turn us from a 7-8 win team to a 8-9 win team that can win the coastal.
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What??? This is a 10+ win team at a minimum. Only way we don't win 10 is if the coaches mess it up. Our schedule is weak.

All we need is a QB that can manage a game. If we can't find one between Olsen/Kaaya/Crow and Williams coming back mid season...

This is still a good move. Competition brings the best out of the players. Also the staff wants to win now.
 
Eh he'll likely be a backup. Don't care what anyone says, the guy has played poorly at both BYU and Kansas. Having a completion % below 60% is pathetic. Last year he was at 49%. Think about that for a second. Blame talent and coaches all you want but he's never been a good player at the college level despite playing against poor teams in a lot of games. His best year was his freshman year but still was average at best. The job will go to Williams(if he's healthy) and if he's not healthy, then it'll be Kaaya. Really no downside to bringing him in but I don't see him even touching the field unless injuries pile up.
 
I really don't see the down side to this move. First and foremost, it virtually guarantees that Gray Crow will never see a meaningful snap. The way I see it, the staff has some signficant concerns about Olsen's development and are not ready to put all of their eggs in the basket of a true freshman. Best case scenario -- Kaaya surprises everyone and wins the job or Olsen pulls it together and we redshirt Kaaya. Worst case scenario -- both of the freshmen get another year to develop and we have some depth.
 
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HurricaneGlory said:
Hstokes1447 said:
I will be very happy to see Jake Heaps take Gray Crow roster spot.
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That is not what the move was for. It was to challenge Olsen. Don't bring in a guy with one year left to take a fourth string quarterback spot
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I know that and I think its an amazing idea, but I would also love to see Heaps take Crows ship. This staff needs to get the 9 scholarship reductions out of the way as soon as possible.
 
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One way to look at it, Heaps is not as bad as people think. Maybe he looked bad because it's Kansas, and everything Charlie Weis touches turns to *******e. Olsen holds down the fort, Heaps is the backup, Crow the #3 and Rosier and Kaaya redshirt. Or, maybe, just have someone who has played a real game who might not **** on themselves in the opener against Louisville like Olsen very well might.
 
Somebody else already said it but Heaps is just a one year rental, and will provide the same thing Williams would have, 1 year to let one of the young QBs separate themselves from the pack and prepare.
 
Miami82 said:
___THEU___ said:
Ive already commented in the recruiting thread but the low program/recruiting/talent evaluation IQ of alot of people on here is astounding. This would be a great pickup and he would likely start week 1. Far and away our best option at QB week 1. People just see well Kansas sucks and he was **** there so why would we want him. Guy has the potential to be a very good 1 year qb for us. Hes never had the weapons we have here and you cant judge him from his performance on 1 of the worst and most disarray programs in D1. Was #1 overall qb recruit who broke every byu fresh record before struggling early soph season and transferring. I get most people here are casual fans and dont get 90% of the decisions that are made in the program so im just trying to educate and give you guys something positive to look for. Hes not coming here to sit the bench so those of u that say well it doesnt hurt he can compete with Crow are wrong. Hes here in his last year of eligibility for 1 reason and its the reason he chose Miami and thats to come in here and start. I think if he does it will turn us from a 7-8 win team to a 8-9 win team that can win the coastal.
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What??? This is a 10+ win team at a minimum. Only way we don't win 10 is if the coaches mess it up. Our schedule is weak.

All we need is a QB that can manage a game. If we can't find one between Olsen/Kaaya/Crow and Williams coming back mid season...

This is still a good move. Competition brings the best out of the players. Also the staff wants to win now.
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10 win team at minumum????? Im optimistic but sating we should win 10 minumum is crazy. Were an underdog right now in 5 games. Vegas over/under is 8. Just saying. AG should be coach of the year is we win more than 10.
 
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___THEU___ said:
Miami82 said:
___THEU___ said:
Ive already commented in the recruiting thread but the low program/recruiting/talent evaluation IQ of alot of people on here is astounding. This would be a great pickup and he would likely start week 1. Far and away our best option at QB week 1. People just see well Kansas sucks and he was **** there so why would we want him. Guy has the potential to be a very good 1 year qb for us. Hes never had the weapons we have here and you cant judge him from his performance on 1 of the worst and most disarray programs in D1. Was #1 overall qb recruit who broke every byu fresh record before struggling early soph season and transferring. I get most people here are casual fans and dont get 90% of the decisions that are made in the program so im just trying to educate and give you guys something positive to look for. Hes not coming here to sit the bench so those of u that say well it doesnt hurt he can compete with Crow are wrong. Hes here in his last year of eligibility for 1 reason and its the reason he chose Miami and thats to come in here and start. I think if he does it will turn us from a 7-8 win team to a 8-9 win team that can win the coastal.
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What??? This is a 10+ win team at a minimum. Only way we don't win 10 is if the coaches mess it up. Our schedule is weak.

All we need is a QB that can manage a game. If we can't find one between Olsen/Kaaya/Crow and Williams coming back mid season...

This is still a good move. Competition brings the best out of the players. Also the staff wants to win now.
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10 win team at minumum????? Im optimistic but sating we should win 10 minumum is crazy. Were an underdog right now in 5 games. Vegas over/under is 8. Just saying. AG should be coach of the year is we win more than 10.
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Someone is going to get butt hurt about me saying this, but oh well.

According to many around here, we got 9 wins last year (the weak schedule is not a factor to them) which is indicative that we are getting better (again ignoring the fact that our schedule has gotten weaker). Now this year we have replaced all of the scrubs with guys who are apparently light years ahead of those guys (because we can assume they've all improved) and for that fact alone we will be better. Furthermore, the new qb situation is not important, because many believe Morris is the worst qb ever (ignoring that he has a new OC, which I'm not sold on and played hurt most of the year) so his replacement can't be any worse right? So under those circumstances, we **** well better be a 10 win team minimum, because if guys like me say otherwise, we are mopers now.
 
Honestly, my mother-in-law is a KU graduate and loves all their athletics so I've followed some of their games and I know how terrible they are from both a talent/personnel standpoint, but also from a scheme standpoint. They love slow developing screens and fake the read option on most plays. It is my belief that these plays are not Heaps' strengths, so I decided to go back and watch his games and chart things to get a better feel for what we're looking at here.

Kansas State game, enters with the score already 14-0. Obviously this limits the QB because the defense knows a lot of passes are coming due to a deficit, plus it's their rival and they want to bury them.

First play, trips to his right and single back with a WR to his left. His OL was a sieve and he stepped up nicely to avoid the rush. Keeps his eyes up and hits his crossing slot WR right in the chest for what would've been a nice five yard gain on 1st down and put things manageable. Instead, his WR drops it. Counts as 0-1, but really should've been 1-1.

Second down is a famous screen that is slow developing and they tried to run it left. K-State reads it brilliantly, as they normally do screens. The OL tipped it off badly as well. He doesn't ground it *** quickly as he should and the RB gets beyond the LOS so they call grounding. Not his fault, but he should've just punted quicker as the play was dead.

Third play they fake the read option on 3rd and 19 and the rush nearly takes the handoff and sacks him. Heaps had no chance on this series after the nice pass over the middle was dropped to start.

It's now 21-0 and Heaps comes on with 20 personnel (2 RB, 0 TE, 3 WR). Run to LT nets 8. Run 20 personnel up the gut and get the 1st down. Unfortunately his RB fumbles and K-State gets the ball back. Did I mention how terrible KU is?

Heaps is pressured and throws the ball away. 2nd down and comes out in 11 personnel (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR). He comes out in a three step drop and throws a dime to the far side WR just as he's coming out of his break away from the LB underneath and in front of the CB behind for a 1st down. That makes 1-2 passing, but should be 2-2. He's also gotten 1st downs consecutively. 11 personnel and a read option handoff up the gut for two. On 2nd and 8 they run 20 personnel up the middle out of shotgun for 4 yards. 11 personnel on 3rd and 4 out of the pistol, the outside WR runs a slant and Heaps hits his foot in the ground on a three step drop and delivers a perfect strike right into the hands of the WR and with the ball in front so he can run for an easy first down. Except...he drops it. 1-3 passing, but should be 3-3 and another first down. Heaps is actually playing well thus far, as he's also made some solid decisions on the read option.

Still 21-0 and now KU is in 10 personnel (1 RB, 0 TE, 4 WR) out of shotgun. Takes the snap, has the ball nice and high and delivers a strike to his right that goes for 18 yards. He should now be 4-4 with almost all of them going for a 1st down. He's "completed" two over the middle, one to his left and one to his right. He now has KU to the K-State 30. Back to 11 personnel out of shotgun, throws deep to his left and overthrows it. What you do see is a nice ball though, over the correct shoulder and to a place that if WR doesn't get it, no one does on a 1st down play. His WR was also bumped off his route by a physical DB, which contributes to the overthrow. Stay in 11 out of shotgun, looks left, comes back right and throws a dart to his outside WR for a 1st down. Great arm strength and ball placement, with the ball being high and away where the DB could not get to it. Best throw thus far. He's now 5-6 on his part in charting throws. Stay in 11 personnel, run motion and then motion back as Heaps points out pressure up front out of shotgun. Drops back, looks left and then comes back for a screen to his right that is a nice fake and nets 6 yards on 1st down. Down to the K-State 13. Same personnel, run the ball up the gut for 3 yards, setting up a short 3rd down. Same play ran again nets nothing. Run 11 personnel out of pistol on 4th down and rather than take the FG, they run play action and Heaps does a nice job on the fake and then hits his TE over the middle for a TD!

I've seen Heaps be on target every throw thus far. The stat sheet isn't overly impressive at 5-9, 68 yards and a TD, but it could easily be something along the lines of 7-9 with more opportunities to keep the ball and leave the offense out there. Strong arm, nice fakes, points out pressure. Could scan the field a little better, as it seems to be cut in half most plays and loves the ball over the middle. His right WR is worlds better than his left hand WR.

KU forces a turnover and takes over K-State 45. Running 11 personnel out of shotgun, fakes and goes the HR ball and slightly overthrows it and off the wrong shoulder in my mind out of bounds. Safe throw on 1st down, but should've been better. I must say, he's got a nice arm though. 11 personnel out of shotgun, fakes it to the RB and throws a dart to his left for a 1st down. 11 personnel out of pistol they run for -1. Same personnel out of shotgun looks left, comes back right and throws a dart in between two defenders right on WR's hands as he comes out of his break for a gain of 7. 7-12, 78 yards and a TD at this point. Could easily be much better if not for drops. KU calls TO right after KSU had (clown show there from the coaches). Comes out in 10 personnel and runs motion to the near side of camera out of shotgun, looks over the middle, pumps deep, checks down and gets the 1st down. 10 personnel out of pistol nets 3. Out of 11 personnel he guns the ball a step in front of his WR and the CB breaks on the ball well and knocks it down. It was a step too far. 8-14 with drops still. 11 personnel on 3rd and 7 and Heaps looks left, comes back right and hits his RB leaking out of the backfield for a walk-in TD, great play. Only, the RB dropped it. Sheesh, that one hurts all the way around. FG is good to make it 21-10.

11 personnel out of pistol, 9 yard run. Same personnel out of shotgun, run up middle gets 1st down. 11 personnel out of pistol and he playaction fakes, rolls to his right hits his WR in stride and picks up 9. 11 personnel out of pistol, run picks up 1st down! Runner fumbles just as they were crossing midfield. Ooof, KU is terrible.

Still 21-10, false start on 1st down. From the shadow of their own goal line, they run 02 personnel for the first time (0 RB, 2 TE, 3 WR) out of shotgun, he looks left and throws a comeback to the right exactly on time for a gain of 13 yards (#8 for KU can play a little bit). Now they're in 10 personnel out of the shotgun, throws a perfect slant for a gain of 5 and a 1st down. By my charting he should have completed 11 passes in a row, several of medium difficulty. 10 personnel again, I am telling you Heaps stands tall, scans the field and throws a laser over the middle of the field into the arms of his receiver for a huge gain. Only the receiver actually tucks the ball into his knee and shoots the ball forward into the arms of the S who takes it the other way. Since he hadn't taken two steps, this goes in the books as an interception, when in reality it was a big boy throw that should've taken KU deep into KSU territory. When they show the field view from the defensive side, you see that he actually dropped it beautifully over the LB's hands into his receivers hands perfectly. Heaps is playing out of his mind at this point, but has barely above a 50% completion percentage, one TD instead of two, and an interception on a perfect pass.

It's now 28-10 and they come out in 11 personnel out of the shotgun. This kid throws the comeback exceptionally well. He looks right, comes back left right on time for the comeback and a 1st down. 11 out of personnel pistol, run for no gain. 11 personnel out of shotgun he waits for his WR to clear the LB on a deep post and hits his in stride perfectly for a 1st down. 11 personnel out of shotgun he is pressured up the middle, threw off his back foot and used all arm, hits his WR on a square-in right in the chest, but it bounces off that chest for an incomplete pass. Should've been a 1st down. 11 personnel shotgun and he makes a nice play looking left that was designed to be a dumpoff to his RB, it's covered so he comes back over the middle to the WR who is open, pass hits him in the chest and bounces off- again. 3rd and 10 now, but two straight passes that were right on target and dropped by his receivers. 11 personnel and the blitz comes up the middle, stands tall and throws a ball deep down the left sideline. His WR is tackled and they draw a PI penalty. Great throw that would've been a TD. Smart play by the DB. 11 personnel, run trap off RT for 7 yards. 12 personnel shotgun, run up the middle for -1. 10 personnel shotgun, Heaps backs up on 3rd and 2 places ball on back hip of receiver in the only place he get to it and the defender can't. Caught (nice catch) and the defender wrestled the ball away but after he was down. To avoid a reply they go quick and snap it under C for the sneak and a few yards. 11 personnel from the 22 out of shotgun and he steps up in the pocket nicely and throws the ball a little low on a crosser and his receiver can't hold it. This wasn't a great pass and it should've been a TD, but it also should've been caught. 3rd and 8 and they run 11 personnel out of the shotgun and they try to run the TE to the seam and he had a step. Heaps underthrew the pass and it's picked off. This could've been avoided had his receiver caught the ball on the previous play, but this wasn't a good throw and he knew it. He didn't see that the nickel CB didn't have a runner run into his zone in Cover 3 and he came into the seam to take that away from the TE, so while he had a step on the S, the CB took the throw away. Heaps didn't see it and put too much air under it and not enough distance.

Still 28-10 and out of shotgun 11 personnel he goes deep. Nice throw, just a step too far. All of his deep passes have been long, which is a good thing because it could be more timing than not having the arm to get it there. Again over the wrong shoulder though. This is a throw for him to work on and get under control. 10 personnel out of the shotgun, clean pocket, steps up nicely and throws into a zone coverage that is almost picked off as the LB's converged. Tried to fit a ball that just wasn't there. K-State is playing a ton of zone late and taking away anything past the 1st down marker playing the time and score defense. 11 personnel and all kinds of pressure. He makes a dumb throw here trying to make a play and doesn't see the LB sitting on the dumpoff and picks it off. He had an alley to run for a few yards and live to fight another day. This was just a bad decision when pressured. Not good here.

They pulled him after that play. He didn't end especially well, but man he has a lot of talent and made some great throws in this game. He ended up with 1 TD and 3 INT, but only the one bad decision was truly his fault. The other two were the direct result of drops by his receivers. This game ended up lopsided at 31-10, but it could've easily gone KU's way with a little help from his receivers. I picked this game because it was a rival and his numbers were poor, but I was honestly impressed with Heaps and his talent level. This isn't a hack kid we're bringing in here and a lot of the mistakes were trying to do too much because he didn't have any talent around him.

This is based off one game's film, but on this film I like the fact that we have something to work with. If there's interest, I'd do another game to solidify the position.
 
one thing for sure is he had no off line at all, but overall you can see he has the skills and with an o-line and the talent we have he could do alot of damage with just simply managing the game real talk, give him a chance dont think its the end of the world like always, it will definately create the comp and in the end the best qb will end and im definately down to rs kaaya and rosier if this works out, im in with alot of my cane fans that imo kaaya is the rel deal, but a rs would only enhance his chances of taking over next yr if olsen does not progress, and also dont sleep on rosier kid has some swag and has a live arm...Go Canes
 
HurricaneVision said:
Honestly, my mother-in-law is a KU graduate and loves all their athletics so I've followed some of their games and I know how terrible they are from both a talent/personnel standpoint, but also from a scheme standpoint. They love slow developing screens and fake the read option on most plays. It is my belief that these plays are not Heaps' strengths, so I decided to go back and watch his games and chart things to get a better feel for what we're looking at here.

Kansas State game, enters with the score already 14-0. Obviously this limits the QB because the defense knows a lot of passes are coming due to a deficit, plus it's their rival and they want to bury them.

First play, trips to his right and single back with a WR to his left. His OL was a sieve and he stepped up nicely to avoid the rush. Keeps his eyes up and hits his crossing slot WR right in the chest for what would've been a nice five yard gain on 1st down and put things manageable. Instead, his WR drops it. Counts as 0-1, but really should've been 1-1.

Second down is a famous screen that is slow developing and they tried to run it left. K-State reads it brilliantly, as they normally do screens. The OL tipped it off badly as well. He doesn't ground it *** quickly as he should and the RB gets beyond the LOS so they call grounding. Not his fault, but he should've just punted quicker as the play was dead.

Third play they fake the read option on 3rd and 19 and the rush nearly takes the handoff and sacks him. Heaps had no chance on this series after the nice pass over the middle was dropped to start.

It's now 21-0 and Heaps comes on with 20 personnel (2 RB, 0 TE, 3 WR). Run to LT nets 8. Run 20 personnel up the gut and get the 1st down. Unfortunately his RB fumbles and K-State gets the ball back. Did I mention how terrible KU is?

Heaps is pressured and throws the ball away. 2nd down and comes out in 11 personnel (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR). He comes out in a three step drop and throws a dime to the far side WR just as he's coming out of his break away from the LB underneath and in front of the CB behind for a 1st down. That makes 1-2 passing, but should be 2-2. He's also gotten 1st downs consecutively. 11 personnel and a read option handoff up the gut for two. On 2nd and 8 they run 20 personnel up the middle out of shotgun for 4 yards. 11 personnel on 3rd and 4 out of the pistol, the outside WR runs a slant and Heaps hits his foot in the ground on a three step drop and delivers a perfect strike right into the hands of the WR and with the ball in front so he can run for an easy first down. Except...he drops it. 1-3 passing, but should be 3-3 and another first down. Heaps is actually playing well thus far, as he's also made some solid decisions on the read option.

Still 21-0 and now KU is in 10 personnel (1 RB, 0 TE, 4 WR) out of shotgun. Takes the snap, has the ball nice and high and delivers a strike to his right that goes for 18 yards. He should now be 4-4 with almost all of them going for a 1st down. He's "completed" two over the middle, one to his left and one to his right. He now has KU to the K-State 30. Back to 11 personnel out of shotgun, throws deep to his left and overthrows it. What you do see is a nice ball though, over the correct shoulder and to a place that if WR doesn't get it, no one does on a 1st down play. His WR was also bumped off his route by a physical DB, which contributes to the overthrow. Stay in 11 out of shotgun, looks left, comes back right and throws a dart to his outside WR for a 1st down. Great arm strength and ball placement, with the ball being high and away where the DB could not get to it. Best throw thus far. He's now 5-6 on his part in charting throws. Stay in 11 personnel, run motion and then motion back as Heaps points out pressure up front out of shotgun. Drops back, looks left and then comes back for a screen to his right that is a nice fake and nets 6 yards on 1st down. Down to the K-State 13. Same personnel, run the ball up the gut for 3 yards, setting up a short 3rd down. Same play ran again nets nothing. Run 11 personnel out of pistol on 4th down and rather than take the FG, they run play action and Heaps does a nice job on the fake and then hits his TE over the middle for a TD!

I've seen Heaps be on target every throw thus far. The stat sheet isn't overly impressive at 5-9, 68 yards and a TD, but it could easily be something along the lines of 7-9 with more opportunities to keep the ball and leave the offense out there. Strong arm, nice fakes, points out pressure. Could scan the field a little better, as it seems to be cut in half most plays and loves the ball over the middle. His right WR is worlds better than his left hand WR.

KU forces a turnover and takes over K-State 45. Running 11 personnel out of shotgun, fakes and goes the HR ball and slightly overthrows it and off the wrong shoulder in my mind out of bounds. Safe throw on 1st down, but should've been better. I must say, he's got a nice arm though. 11 personnel out of shotgun, fakes it to the RB and throws a dart to his left for a 1st down. 11 personnel out of pistol they run for -1. Same personnel out of shotgun looks left, comes back right and throws a dart in between two defenders right on WR's hands as he comes out of his break for a gain of 7. 7-12, 78 yards and a TD at this point. Could easily be much better if not for drops. KU calls TO right after KSU had (clown show there from the coaches). Comes out in 10 personnel and runs motion to the near side of camera out of shotgun, looks over the middle, pumps deep, checks down and gets the 1st down. 10 personnel out of pistol nets 3. Out of 11 personnel he guns the ball a step in front of his WR and the CB breaks on the ball well and knocks it down. It was a step too far. 8-14 with drops still. 11 personnel on 3rd and 7 and Heaps looks left, comes back right and hits his RB leaking out of the backfield for a walk-in TD, great play. Only, the RB dropped it. Sheesh, that one hurts all the way around. FG is good to make it 21-10.

11 personnel out of pistol, 9 yard run. Same personnel out of shotgun, run up middle gets 1st down. 11 personnel out of pistol and he playaction fakes, rolls to his right hits his WR in stride and picks up 9. 11 personnel out of pistol, run picks up 1st down! Runner fumbles just as they were crossing midfield. Ooof, KU is terrible.

Still 21-10, false start on 1st down. From the shadow of their own goal line, they run 02 personnel for the first time (0 RB, 2 TE, 3 WR) out of shotgun, he looks left and throws a comeback to the right exactly on time for a gain of 13 yards (#8 for KU can play a little bit). Now they're in 10 personnel out of the shotgun, throws a perfect slant for a gain of 5 and a 1st down. By my charting he should have completed 11 passes in a row, several of medium difficulty. 10 personnel again, I am telling you Heaps stands tall, scans the field and throws a laser over the middle of the field into the arms of his receiver for a huge gain. Only the receiver actually tucks the ball into his knee and shoots the ball forward into the arms of the S who takes it the other way. Since he hadn't taken two steps, this goes in the books as an interception, when in reality it was a big boy throw that should've taken KU deep into KSU territory. When they show the field view from the defensive side, you see that he actually dropped it beautifully over the LB's hands into his receivers hands perfectly. Heaps is playing out of his mind at this point, but has barely above a 50% completion percentage, one TD instead of two, and an interception on a perfect pass.

It's now 28-10 and they come out in 11 personnel out of the shotgun. This kid throws the comeback exceptionally well. He looks right, comes back left right on time for the comeback and a 1st down. 11 out of personnel pistol, run for no gain. 11 personnel out of shotgun he waits for his WR to clear the LB on a deep post and hits his in stride perfectly for a 1st down. 11 personnel out of shotgun he is pressured up the middle, threw off his back foot and used all arm, hits his WR on a square-in right in the chest, but it bounces off that chest for an incomplete pass. Should've been a 1st down. 11 personnel shotgun and he makes a nice play looking left that was designed to be a dumpoff to his RB, it's covered so he comes back over the middle to the WR who is open, pass hits him in the chest and bounces off- again. 3rd and 10 now, but two straight passes that were right on target and dropped by his receivers. 11 personnel and the blitz comes up the middle, stands tall and throws a ball deep down the left sideline. His WR is tackled and they draw a PI penalty. Great throw that would've been a TD. Smart play by the DB. 11 personnel, run trap off RT for 7 yards. 12 personnel shotgun, run up the middle for -1. 10 personnel shotgun, Heaps backs up on 3rd and 2 places ball on back hip of receiver in the only place he get to it and the defender can't. Caught (nice catch) and the defender wrestled the ball away but after he was down. To avoid a reply they go quick and snap it under C for the sneak and a few yards. 11 personnel from the 22 out of shotgun and he steps up in the pocket nicely and throws the ball a little low on a crosser and his receiver can't hold it. This wasn't a great pass and it should've been a TD, but it also should've been caught. 3rd and 8 and they run 11 personnel out of the shotgun and they try to run the TE to the seam and he had a step. Heaps underthrew the pass and it's picked off. This could've been avoided had his receiver caught the ball on the previous play, but this wasn't a good throw and he knew it. He didn't see that the nickel CB didn't have a runner run into his zone in Cover 3 and he came into the seam to take that away from the TE, so while he had a step on the S, the CB took the throw away. Heaps didn't see it and put too much air under it and not enough distance.

Still 28-10 and out of shotgun 11 personnel he goes deep. Nice throw, just a step too far. All of his deep passes have been long, which is a good thing because it could be more timing than not having the arm to get it there. Again over the wrong shoulder though. This is a throw for him to work on and get under control. 10 personnel out of the shotgun, clean pocket, steps up nicely and throws into a zone coverage that is almost picked off as the LB's converged. Tried to fit a ball that just wasn't there. K-State is playing a ton of zone late and taking away anything past the 1st down marker playing the time and score defense. 11 personnel and all kinds of pressure. He makes a dumb throw here trying to make a play and doesn't see the LB sitting on the dumpoff and picks it off. He had an alley to run for a few yards and live to fight another day. This was just a bad decision when pressured. Not good here.

They pulled him after that play. He didn't end especially well, but man he has a lot of talent and made some great throws in this game. He ended up with 1 TD and 3 INT, but only the one bad decision was truly his fault. The other two were the direct result of drops by his receivers. This game ended up lopsided at 31-10, but it could've easily gone KU's way with a little help from his receivers. I picked this game because it was a rival and his numbers were poor, but I was honestly impressed with Heaps and his talent level. This isn't a hack kid we're bringing in here and a lot of the mistakes were trying to do too much because he didn't have any talent around him.

This is based off one game's film, but on this film I like the fact that we have something to work with. If there's interest, I'd do another game to solidify the position.
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