Here’s what’s going on with the passing game

Denbrock always does this shite in the first half. Realizes his dinosaur offense is garbage and goes to uptempo

Real talk - this is the same issue Cincy had last year, just slightly different. Denbrock doesn’t know how to get the ball down the field to receivers. Granted JD isn’t the best down the field passer, but at least gotta give the appearance we can stretch the field to loosen up the D.

I just cannot understand the targets. Why is 86 receiving more targets than ANY of your receivers.

And our receivers never got open during those plays?

1. Probably because the right side of the offense is nullified because JD won’t go through progressions. He looks left 95% of the time and doesn’t look right unless he’s flushed out of the pocket.
2. He’s scared to throw a INT so unless you have 3-4 steps on a db you aren’t getting targeted. He can’t see or throw a receiver open or hit timing routes that well. Plus he lacks finesse on short passes. Id be pissed if I were a receiver.

Amen. Short, quick, drags, etc. and get the ball to #80 over the middle.

More crossing routes would help. Everybody else on the planet runs them but us.

OP has no god damn idea what he is talking about....

It is simple... Let me break this down for you... Daniels is the problem. They practice all week passing plays. He gets into the game with those plays. No idea whether it is nerves or intelligence but instead of throwing to a spot he throws to receivers. That is not how college ball is played. When he sees a man on a receiver he does not throw it because he does not want to risk the interception. In college most pass plays consist of the receiver still in motion catching the ball. Not stopping and catching it. This is the reason his yards per attempt are so low. He throws to the safety valve which alot of time is a tight end or running back because they are not moving or barely moving. Which goes back to the reads he is making. Reads are when you see a receiver single covered you throw to where they will be. He can not read a defense. Stop making this about play calling. He is literally getting his arse chewed out by Kelly for not throwing the damn ball. One time in the game he made the throw he was suppose to. ONCE. And that play ended up having a pass interference call on it. You can not play quarterback in this day and age and expect to win at a consistent high level in the SEC and be a one dimensional quarterback that likes to run. Your better teams will spy him with a fast safety and contain him and you will be garbage. This is the stretch we are about to hit where everyone is going to do that.

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Daniels is missing some passes and he won’t throw 50-50 balls because he’s scared to throw a pick.

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He also is hesitant to throw timing routes where the ball is thrown before the receiver makes his cut. He holds the ball too long to wait to see a receiver come open.

I got the idea that Kelly was not happy with JD on his holding the ball on some deep shots. I think McElroy mentioned it in the broadcast.