Perry’s skill set

[SSCane]

I dont know about accurate anymore when that UVA game passed and the open guys he missed vs FSU, reports were that he was inaccurate and that JW was the most accurate of all. Hes better then Malik though

His completion percentage says otherwise. I don’t think he is very accurate but his biggest problem if reading defenses and going through progressions. He’s better than Rosier but that is not saying much. I guess I’m just disappointed with his progress, I thought he would be further along. Would not surprise me if Williams beats him out next year.

 

[SSCane]

Perry is not what a lot of people think he is. I admit I was on the N'kosi train hype. But seeing him play I have realized he is not that accurate and he can not read a defense well. An after this past game I can see now Richt doesn't trust him at all. But I still believe he should be the starter for this team right now. Open competition in the spring and summer though.

Truth!! 100% correct. The only thing I would add is Perry doesn’t seem to understand what the defense is doing and making the correct reads. He is also careless with football. There have been several throws he put in dangerous places and the receivers bailed him out. Sucks he’s not further along.

 

[theibisrules]

Hayden Mahoney I wish you would retire

 

[Hoyacane1620]

Truth!! 100% correct. The only thing I would add is Perry doesn’t seem to understand what the defense is doing and making the correct reads. He is also careless with football. There have been several throws he put in dangerous places and the receivers bailed him out. Sucks he’s not further along.

And this evaluation is exactly the same as it was 1 year ago. The one thing CMR always points out is the QB must not put the ball in harm's way. Perry got lucky against FSU. He is much more of a risk taker with the football than CMR is comfortable with. Part of that comes from his inability to understand what the defense is showing him. The hard fact is that he may NEVER get to the level he needs to be to run the offense. And he is NOT better than Rosier in this aspect of the game plan.

 

[DTP]

I think what we saw in Virginia was what the staff was concerned about with Perry in the first place. Trying to force downfield passes instead of taking the safer play. It was a bit surprising since he had shown a nice patience in his first few opportunities. Maybe he got a little too comfortable and reverted to old habits. I still think he has the opportunity to be an all time great here. He's made throws, especially for a RSfrosh that have absolutely wowed me. He has good mechanics, a nice release and very good athleticism. He has to learn that every pass doesn't have to be a highlight reel pass.

As for accuracy, his only sub par game in that regards was FSU. He was 13-32 an ugly 41% while being pressured pretty much every throw. Still, he dealt with 4 drops (3 by Cager and one by Thomas). A touchdown pass to Wiggins that got called incomplete and a pass to Homer that replay showed was complete but was still called incomplete. Eliminate those drops and bad calls and he's 19-32 60%. I know, every QB has to deal with drops and bad calls but if you're going to roast him for his accuracy, you have to take those factors into consideration.

 

[The Franchise]

That was Richards that chin checked Malweak and lineman had to jump in and diffuse the situation.

Mork just threw Perry under the bus to save some face for that rancid diaper of an offense that he continues to ram down everyone's throat.

At least Mork has a new starter next season to blame for our failures though.

It was Perry this week. That’s why he got benched.

 

[ddann]

It was Perry this week. That’s why he got benched.

Wait, so you're saying he came after Rosier at halftime and that's why he got benched? He was already benched. Do you mean that's why he STAYED benched for the rest of the game?

Need some clarification.

 

[Canesfan1899]

Accurate. Good arm. Good timing. Keeps eyes downfield. Can look off a safety. Can throw into tight windows. Can throw with zip and with touch and on the run.

Where is all this hate for Perry coming from? He’s a young guy adjusting to playing at the college level. He has made mistakes and will make more if Richt isn’t too stupid to give him the opportunity.

Should UVA have pulled their QB when he threw two picks in the first quarter?

All this writing Perry off is just mind-boggling.

The kid made 2 really awful throws and the arm-chair QB's on this board turned on him as did his HC.

 

[LPK2006]

Man, this is going to be a long 2 weeks.

I'm not writing Perry off. I probably would have had him sit for a series or 2 to calm him down and hopefully get a little in-game coaching as to what he's seeing, reads he should be making, etc, etc. I would have then put him back in, though.

 

[HughFreezemyCuckoldYesPlz]

Despite the two ints by Perry you can't ignore all the attributes about him listed in the thread. Plus it took guts to start making the throws he did in the comeback against our biggest rival.

What annoyed me about last game (and don't think I've seen it mentioned in all these threads) is that it wasn't until the end when Richt started (I think due to him and not solely Malik) calling more simple passes and screens, etc. He should have been doing so with Perry near the beginning of the game when he was clearly struggling and trying long developing pass plays which UVA was waiting on defensively.

 

[AUcane]

He misread the safety on the first pic and it looked to me like Harley cut off his route on the second pic.

Don’t forget about the beautiful sideline pass that was taken off the board by the holding call.

Perry only had one other incomplete pass.

Then there’s the offensive (literally) scheme. No quarterback would thrive under the current version of our offense.

Richt is regularly asking his QB’s to throw slow developing routes with a bad offensive line in obvious passing situations.

Perry is an obviously accurate rhythm passer. He’d be a stud under way more than a handful of current college OCs.

But instead Richt runs twice and asks Perry to throw into the teeth of a teed up defense that knows how limited our route combinations actually are.

the ironic thing is that Rosier almost had 3 pics in the game himself! The incomplete to JT - post corner - the single high safety read it all the way and almost had the INT. So, if the misreading of the safety on Perry's first pick was so egregious, Rosier's should have been as well.

 

[DemCanesByke]

Despite the two ints by Perry you can't ignore all the attributes about him listed in the thread. Plus it took guts to start making the throws he did in the comeback against our biggest rival.

What annoyed me about last game (and don't think I've seen it mentioned in all these threads) is that it wasn't until the end when Richt started (I think due to him and not solely Malik) calling more simple passes and screens, etc. He should have been doing so with Perry near the beginning of the game when he was clearly struggling and trying long developing pass plays which UVA was waiting on defensively.

Ppl forget Perry also had a long completion that was called back due to a hold. With a young QB on the road you gotta help him out. It's his first start.

 

[am1640]

Trying to force downfield passes instead of taking the safer play

Lol what safer play. Go back and watch both interceptions there were no safer plays underneath for him to dump it off to which is why Roman criticized the fact that we don't break off routes or seem to run hot routes. The kid has shown multiple times he can throw the seam on the vertical play but he got tricked this game just like our OC did because UVA had they're DBs so deep anticipating the play call. He was watching and waiting so long for Harley to clear the defender it gave the safety enough time to follow his eyes and come across the field and pick it off.

The second was even worse they were no easy dumpoffs UVA literally tecmo bowled that play and eventough we knew they were blitzing off the slot so there was going to be an empty zone unaccounted for.

How about the OC take advantage of all the green space in between the hash marks where UVA completely clears out of after the ball is snapped because they know we don't attack that area at all. This is on the second int and whether or not we know if Perry saw the blitz we know Harley did and he still ran a corner route at the safety that was outside the hash marks.

 

[ddann]

I’m still sticking by the idea that there was more to the benching than just the two picks. He was looking like Jacory Harris on his worst day, so he needed to be pulled. But the fact that Richt never brought him back in the game says a lot. Something more was going on behind the scenes.

Weird that some of you guys are negging this post.

Care to comment on the Perry instagram post where he says he needs to keep his mouth shut?

 

[swampcougar1]

I am done passing judgment on any QB as long as we have the most incompetent QB coach in college football and the opponents defense know what is coming every play we run

 

[Hemsleysalmons]

Do we all agree that qb is the most important player on a football team and the key to success or failure. The majority of posters want Richt fired. They thinkthat he is “senile” and only interested in cashing a check. Discussion is if Perry or Williams are capable of being the type qb that can get our program headed to being elite. Since Richt recruited both, and most posters think Richt is senile and his judgment is flawed, then it appears the above two mentioned QBs are not capable of turning our program into an elite one.

 

[DTP]

Lol what safer play. Go back and watch both interceptions there were no safer plays underneath for him to dump it off to which is why Roman criticized the fact that we don't break off routes or seem to run hot routes. The kid has shown multiple times he can throw the seam on the vertical play but he got tricked this game just like our OC did because UVA had they're DBs so deep anticipating the play call. He was watching and waiting so long for Harley to clear the defender it gave the safety enough time to follow his eyes and come across the field and pick it off.

The second was even worse they were no easy dumpoffs UVA literally tecmo bowled that play and eventough we knew they were blitzing off the slot so there was going to be an empty zone unaccounted for.

How about the OC take advantage of all the green space in between the hash marks where UVA completely clears out of after the ball is snapped because they know we don't attack that area at all. This is on the second int and whether or not we know if Perry saw the blitz we know Harley did and he still ran a corner route at the safety that was outside the hash marks.

If there is no other option, throw the ball into the sidelines then. Virginia was playing flag football defense with a deep safety watching the QB the whole time. If there's no outlet, toss it out of bounds.

 

[kryptonite]

Accurate. Good arm. Good timing. Keeps eyes downfield. Can look off a safety. Can throw into tight windows. Can throw with zip and with touch and on the run.

Where is all this hate for Perry coming from? He’s a young guy adjusting to playing at the college level. He has made mistakes and will make more if Richt isn’t too stupid to give him the opportunity.

Should UVA have pulled their QB when he threw two picks in the first quarter?

All this writing Perry off is just mind-boggling.

It's the same thing it usually is. Everybody decided Perry would be perfect immediately. Sure, they said they expected growing pains but they didn't really. They seriously though he would come in and be the saviour day one and now their feelings are hurt. Remember when Berrios was trash? Cager? Knowles? (calm down, it's a fcking joke) People decided what those guys would do while they were still in HS and when they didn't perform right away the story was that they sucked. ****, Perry was trash for not winning the starting job over the summer. Then he was good, now he's trash again. So it goes.

I was happy when Richt made the switch from Rosier, and I think he needed to put Perry back in for the 2nd half or UVA. That said, it shouldn't be at all surprising that the kid makes mistakes, especially when Richt doesn't call plays to help him.

 

[kryptonite]

Some here are already saying we have no QBs and that we need to find a new "savior" in a 2019 freshmen and or grad transfer. Just ridiculous. We already have some really good QBs. Give them time to develop. Live with their mistakes. They will blossom.

The thing is UVA had the same number of turnovers. In my opinion, their QB threw worse picks. However, they battled thru it and worked with his strengths which was short passes and running the football. He was the only player that gained any substantial yardage against us and kept the chains moving for them.

The Oline, punting, and play calling are the biggest issues. Punting was better against UVA. The offensive line is mess and I don't know how you fix it mid season. The only thing that can change that would help the team is play calling.

I would add punt/kick coverage to that...we have too many young athletes to not have people afraid to return kicks against us. That should be fixable right now.

 

[HSFC]

He’s thrown passes not seen in the city since Marino. He’s a young QB. VA shoulda been a super learning experience. Irony is, everyone would have understood if we lost with him...at least it would have been growing in the process of moving forward. The kid was off until second half of FSU...then he dropped some serious dimes.

- you are seriously making a Marino comparison?