09-22-2022, 01:21 PM
(09-22-2022, 01:13 PM)gailtate Wrote:(09-22-2022, 10:19 AM)Treebound Wrote: Agreed - well put!
We have one thing that will keep us in the hunt: a very good, very smart, healthy QB. I'll also give credit to our receivers.
I'm hopeful the o-line and the D will improve. The dawgs will be a challenge, but I saw some spark in the second half of the USC game. Take care of the damn rock and we are in that game. Lose the turnover battle and the outcomes will be more of the same.
The more I see of Tanner McKee the more I yearn for what Mills and Costello brought. McKee, while serviceable, is the kind of QB who needs a top quality supporting cast as in a running game, a nastier O-line and, needless to say, a DEFENSE. He doesn't. He is nowhere near mobile enough to keep opponents honest and wary. As a result, he's gonna be in harm's way all season. I hear he impresses NFL scouts. Maybe he'll blossom on Sundays. Maybe not.
"True dat." McKee doesn't need to be able to rip off 30-yard runs as he did in high school. But, he absolutely has to be smarter in the pocket and be able to pick up a tough five to ten yards for a first down when there is an open lane.