Oh to have a QB who can run

[ICHawk24]

If we beat Minnesota, Gronk has the bye week to get healthy and put it all together.

At least that is what I am hoping.

 

[haydensly]

I’ve only seen 3 games with Gronk and his accuracy impressed me in one where we had dimes dropping by our receivers, a mediocre but serviceable game, and the Penn State game where he was off most all of game. I do not think we’ve seen the passing game he / Iowa is capable of yet. ‘‘Tis to come, and our Oline, run game, running QB will help give breathing room for this to develop I’m hoping. Going to game Saturday so will investigate closer

Chad Leistikow said on his podcast that Gronowski indicated in interviews Tuesday that the knee is bothering his throws. Getting better but still not 100%. He hopes that the bye week will get him closer.

You can believe that or not.

 

[Gibsonian]

Chad Leistikow said on his podcast that Gronowski indicated in interviews Tuesday that the knee is bothering his throws. Getting better but still not 100%. He hopes that the bye week will get him closer.

You can believe that or not.

Why the heck wouldn’t I believe that?

 

[kicker22]

Yep. I couldn’t care less how they score. Just score.

Agreed and I'll take it a step further. I don't care where our yards come from as long as we keep moving those chains.

 

[Fryowa]

Agreed and I'll take it a step further. I don't care where our yards come from as long as we keep moving those chains.

I mentioned this in another post...

MG's feet don't need to make big runs or accumulate big yards.

What Iowa needs to do is simply keep the ball moving and create 1st downs. MG adds that dimension. If Iowa gets its recevers and running backs shut down against good teams then you're cooked and relying on Phil Parker and LeVar Woods to win the game by themselves. If you have a guy at QB who can bust out of a collapsing pocket on 2nd & 8 and make it 3rd & 1, defenses have to account for that.

Stanley, Petras, et al, in that situation either threw the ball away or made it 3rd and 14 more often than not.

In the above scenario MG doesn't have to break for 23 yards or score a TD, he just has to keep a drive going. If you can do that repeatedly the scoring will come.

People looking at stats and not the context of the game have zero football or sports IQ.

 

[kicker22]

I mentioned this in another post...

MG's feet don't need to make big runs or accumulate big yards.

What Iowa needs to do is simply keep the ball moving and create 1st downs. MG adds that dimension. If Iowa gets it's recevers and running backs shut down against good teams then you're cooked and relying on Phil Parker and LeVar Woods to win the game by themselves. If you have a guy at QB who can bust out of a collapsing pocket on 2nd & 8 and make it 3rd & 1, defenses have to account for that.

Stanley, Petras, et al, in that situation either threw the ball away or made it 3rd and 14 more often than not.

In the above scenario MG doesn't have to break for 23 yards or score a TD, he just has to keep a drive going. If you can do that repeatedly the scoring will come.

People looking at stats and not the context of the game have zero football or sports IQ.

Absolutely spot on.

 

[HuckFinn]

Lots of drops. Bad. Gronk throw aways, missed receivers

Agreed and I'll take it a step further. I don't care where our yards come from as long as we keep moving those chains.

old ball coach says, “It ain’t about touchdowns, it’s about first downs.”

 

[haydensly]

I mentioned this in another post...

MG's feet don't need to make big runs or accumulate big yards.

What Iowa needs to do is simply keep the ball moving and create 1st downs. MG adds that dimension. If Iowa gets it's recevers and running backs shut down against good teams then you're cooked and relying on Phil Parker and LeVar Woods to win the game by themselves. If you have a guy at QB who can bust out of a collapsing pocket on 2nd & 8 and make it 3rd & 1, defenses have to account for that.

Stanley, Petras, et al, in that situation either threw the ball away or made it 3rd and 14 more often than not.

In the above scenario MG doesn't have to break for 23 yards or score a TD, he just has to keep a drive going. If you can do that repeatedly the scoring will come.

People looking at stats and not the context of the game have zero football or sports IQ.

Iowa scored on every second half possession against Penn St. except for the final drive kneel-down. And they threw the ball twice, completing both of those throws. Kinda tells you all you need to know about Gronowski.

 

[CP87]

I mentioned this in another post...

MG's feet don't need to make big runs or accumulate big yards.

What Iowa needs to do is simply keep the ball moving and create 1st downs. MG adds that dimension. If Iowa gets its recevers and running backs shut down against good teams then you're cooked and relying on Phil Parker and LeVar Woods to win the game by themselves. If you have a guy at QB who can bust out of a collapsing pocket on 2nd & 8 and make it 3rd & 1, defenses have to account for that.

Stanley, Petras, et al, in that situation either threw the ball away or made it 3rd and 14 more often than not.

In the above scenario MG doesn't have to break for 23 yards or score a TD, he just has to keep a drive going. If you can do that repeatedly the scoring will come.

People looking at stats and not the context of the game have zero football or sports IQ.

It was mentioned during that game that although Iowa has one of the worst passing offenses in the nation, AND they are near the top of the country in 3rd down conversion rate. That is a pretty bizarre combo of stats, but as you said, they rarely face 3rd and 8+ anymore. Because of MG's ability to turn shit into something, as well as Lester's varied running game keeping D's guessing, we are much more likely to see a 3rd and 3 or less, these days.