Riley Leonard's main strength is his running ability. Without it, he's little more than a taller version of Drew Pyne who can't even make a medium range throw (20 yards), and will ignore the open receivers (downfield in this case). If anything, Pyne was a better short range thrower.
The offensive line isn't as good as 2022's, and they can't help conceal Leonard's weaknesses.
Spot on
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- Report: Notre Dame's Riley Leonard Has Shoulder Injury, Expected to Play vs. Purdue. [LINK]
- whatsamataU - 2:09pm 9/10/24
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- But can he operate an iPad? [NT] - jrdjr84 - 3:15pm 9/11/24
- If Angeli plays, he will do well. [NT] - tky21 - 10:37pm 9/10/24
- Let's see, why don't we play an injured (mediocre so far) QB instead of next man up QB. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 8:28pm 9/10/24
- Start w/ half a QB (RL). Playing him injured means you have one quarter of a QB. Real smart. [NT] - oldirish - 8:59pm 9/10/24
- If they can’t run him (and they didn’t after he got hurt), then he isn’t close to our best QB. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 7:04pm 9/10/24
- Spot on - ndunabomber - 12:52am 9/11/24
- My hunch is that he won't start, or if he does, only for a series or two. [NT] - NDQuebec - 6:20pm 9/10/24
- It's a dumb decision to start Leonard. That type of injury doesn't get better by playing. - Hensou - 2:54pm 9/10/24
- Your first sentence says it all. BTW, It's a perfect excuse to sit him [NT]
- ColeyO - 3:08pm 9/10/24
- Exactly. You can sit him w/o looking like we're in panic mode. - ELP - 6:23pm 9/10/24
- * [NT] - Hensou - 2:54pm 9/10/24
- Your first sentence says it all. BTW, It's a perfect excuse to sit him [NT]
- ColeyO - 3:08pm 9/10/24
- Good info, thx for posting. Feel better? [NT] - Clem - 2:29pm 9/10/24
- It’s a pre-excuse for Purdue. [NT]
- PaND - 2:26pm 9/10/24
- No. It is damning of decision to keep him in 2nd half again UNItards. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 7:05pm 9/10/24
- For pulling him? [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:43pm 9/10/24
- Leonard is damaged goods. Time for a change. [NT] - Irishize - 2:28pm 9/10/24
- How ugly do things get if they lose to Purdue. - DiscoRick - 2:27pm 9/10/24
- They won't. They might even go on a mini-winning streak - humbaba - 2:33pm 9/10/24
- Will win a few until we get thumped by someone later. USC perhaps [NT] - ndphysics - 4:23pm 9/10/24
- They will get very ugly but nothing will change. [NT]
- PaND - 2:29pm 9/10/24
- Well, hopefully the AD isnt just a figurehead for the administration. [NT] - DiscoRick - 2:35pm 9/10/24
- They won't. They might even go on a mini-winning streak - humbaba - 2:33pm 9/10/24