How good can Jake Rudock be?
There was a diary several days ago about how productive Rudock or Morris could be. It compared Jake to other UM's senior QBs of the past. I am not sure that is very useful because so many factors have to be taken into account. It is very difficult to predict either QBs' likely performance but more so for Morris because we have so little evidence. However, we have a lot of evidence about Jake
The best way to predict how Jake is likely to perform is to look at this own progress: Here are his numbers from the last two years:
2013: games: 13 Effic: 126.5 A/C/Int: 204-346-13 %: 59.0 Yrds: 2383 TD: 18 Av: 183.3
2014: games: 12 Effic: 133.5 A/C/Int: 213-345-5 %: 61.7 Yrds: 2436 TD: 16 Av: 203.
Jake made substantial improvements. Still, I cannot understand why he was benched. If he continues the same improvement (especially under Harbaugh), he should be 2nd All BIG next year and better than most QBs, including the 2014 version of Conner Cook.
Here are the figures for Conner:
2013: 14 135.53 223-380-6 58.7 2755 22 196.8
2014: 13 149.4 212-365-8 58.1 3214 24 247.2
I understand that Conner had good supporting casts both years, but I think UM's offensive supporting cast of 2015 is not that much below MSU's cast of 2013/2014.
If he makes the same progress as he did from 2013 to 2014, we should see a significant improvement in our offensive output. May be 10 wins.
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If the statement makes you want to go four wide except with tight ends and throw screens on 3rd and 5 into decent coverage, it might be a good idea to seek some professional assistance. "Iowa Playcalling Syndrome" is a thing, you know. It is never too late....except if the full transformation into Greg Davis is now complete, that is.
One of these times. There's no way a screen on 3rd and 5 is going to be perfectly covered 118 times in a row..."
as good as the OL...we have seen what happens when you have a bad one.
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Raback it.
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I definitely think Rudock is the answer. His experience will help make the transition to the new regime easier.
The rest is just, you know, details, man.
man.
be based on his Iowa experience, because he wasn't asked to do more than manage the offense and was never a prolific thrower in their run-oriented attack. I see why Harbaugh would like him because his efficiency numbers are decent and he knows when to kill a play and not extend it when you really don't have a guy to throw to.
If Michigan is running a West Coast offense that relies on efficiency passing to spilt receivers and tight ends and backs out of the backfield instead of longer downfield throws, then I think Rudock is the ticket. I think he had more drops and interceptions at Iowa when he was throwing deeper passes, fades and seam routes. But again, Iowa has never been a pass heavy team and Rudock is no gunslinger.
That was true in '13 but not as much last year as MSU's defense took a substantial step back.
because people check out Dawkins at mgoblog not NFL scouts opinions. Cook can play ball, he gets better every year and is a clutch playmaker. There is a reason he is compared to Carson Palmer. If Rudock is as good as Cook he'd of made a monumental leap and wouldn't of had to transfer to be a starter.
After the word "would", using "of" makes no sense. And what I don't get about Cook being projected as a 1st round pick is the fact that he has a 58% completion percentage, which definitely won't cut it in the NFL. I don't see how he's NFL starter material, at least not for a few years which would make him at 2nd or 3rd round pick up.
Matt Ryan 59 % completion rate and threw 19 picks his senior year, somehow he was a first round pick. Hackenberg had a 55% rate last season and had more picks than touchdowns, yet somehow is thought to be a 1st rounder as well. Maybe the guys that get paid to evaluate qbs watch the tape and factor other things in. Just because they play for the enemy doesn't mean they aren't up to snuff.
I've noticed that it has become somewhat common for people to say and write "could of", "should of" and, would of", instead of could have, should have and, would have, or the contractions could've, should've and, would've.
Before stomping around like a grammar Nazi stormtrooper you should probably look up the rule about starting sentences with conjunctions.
The rule that doesn't exist? It isn't actually a rule, similar to the idea of not ending a sentence with a preposition.
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/can-i-start-a-senten…
http://grammarist.com/grammar/conjunctions-to-start-sentences/
The would of, could of, should of crap is really annoying, completely incorrect, and immediately makes me think of the writer as uneducated.
One I was derelict in not pointing out.
It's talk to text, relax nerds.
Also I live in a god damn trailer park
I hate to admit it but thinking Rudock will surpass him this year is a bit of a stretch.
Link.
What's interesting is that at least statistically Wilson seems to have regressed between 2009 and 2010 despite the fact that North Carolina State improved dramatically (going from 5-7 in 2009 to 9-4 in 2010).
He still made a hell of a jump in his only year in Madison.
if he makes it on the field.
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The drop in INTs from 13 to 5 is a really nice improvement. He won't be a QB picking apart defenses and winning games on his own, but he should take care of the ball, and be as good as the OL and running game allows him to be. My biggest concern on offense is the WRs without any real threats.
The OL at Iowa was bad, similar to 2013 Michigan with 2 NFL players and others not very good at all. Which makes it all the more impressive.
Passes ?
in the conference is a huge plus. I cannot say he will be great but I am certain he will be very good for Michigan. The unknown is wheher he will start. Rudock is similar to Alex Smith and we all know what happened to him. JH opted for a gun slinger who can run sort of like Morris. It will be interesting.