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excuse spelling in advance. I don't have time to fix it.

but maybe not. Somewhere I posted the definition (https://forum.uhnd.com/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=6&msgid=567735). It's very telling. I looked at all our QBRs and went back to Quinn. It's a very telling stat because it accounts for the ability to escape + make positive plays (keep the chains moving) and for negative plays or contributions (like RL missing WRs). I'm not sure how they do this, but looking at the numbers across various QBs it absolutely is a great indicator.

The big thing that is being overlooked (IMO) is the same issue that was ignored with Rees, Book, and Pyne. The offense plays better. The chains consistently move and drives do not stall for big chunks of the game. All three were very successful in terms of winning %, that at the end of the day is all that matters. 1. Do the chains move at a rate that gives you a chance to win 80%+ of your games? 2. Can the QB put you in position to win and does the body language/play of the team show they believe in the QB? The O under all three played with more confidence (positive plays) and had more success relative to others, specifically with Rees who won a lot in a very dark period for ND football. When Book (and Pyner) was we saw much the same, and to date we appear to see the same when Angeli is in. I don't even believe Angeli is the "most talented" QB on the roster. However, the offense moves at a different pace that what we see with RL. It's not a small sample set either. So, you have a failing QB and one that has had success. Show me that Angeli fails. Make me believe (through play) he is worse than what RL has proven to be (and was) on the field.

The way the team rallies around some QBs and flounders around others is to me is a hidden X factor, and it speaks volumes. It shows the players believe more in that QB regardless of what we think their talent is, or what their actual talent is. The success or struggles are the signal. We are going into week five and have barely played a competent two quarters of offensive football. That's a screaming flaw. When some QBs are in the whole, "oh great, here we go again.", is removed from the team. The negative emotion that leads to spiraling negative plays is gone.

It doesn't mean Angeli or any of these guys don't have bad plays. But, the players both offensively and defensively, play with a different level of confidence. We did not see this with Golson, Wimbush, Keil, Crist, Kizer (yr 2), Coan, Hartman, or Leonard. We did not see the team respond in a positive way when the chips were down. With Leonard the train is coming off the tracks against basically D2 competition. There is nothing (other than TN St) in Angeli's sparing minutes that says he couldn't play against any of the teams we beat. Sorry, TAM is not a "great" team. They are consistently for decades middle of the road at best, and more often than not a 6 win or less football team.


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