Rees deserves more heat for poor QB recruiting than game plans. Pyne blew 2 or 3 easy scores on

He can do a decent job if we have a running game that's knocking the opposing defense back 5 yards. The play action passing game works nicely after being setup properly.

Unfortunately, against Stanford, we didn't utilize our running game with quickly developing, fast hitting straight ahead runs. Instead, those delayed draw handoffs from the shotgun or pistol kept getting stuffed against 8 or 9 man fronts. The defenses weren't getting fooled by the play action, and one of the worst defenses in the FBS shut down our offense.

We could have run against that 8 or 9 man front, if we would have used the straight ahead runs by Estime, and would have worn them down badly.

I put the blame for the Stanford fiasco squarely on Rees.

However, regarding Drew Pyne, he's not good enough to be a game changer that can make up for the shortcomings of Tommy Rees, especially given that he hasn't shown good field vision (not even seeing many open receivers), and that his arm is barely strong enough to make a reasonably adequate medium range pass. While it's better than what Tommy Rees could do, that's not very encouraging.

The way I see it, he looks more like Ian Book, with a weaker arm and worse field vision (especially locking onto only one receiver), along with much less experience.

Or, he's more like Tommy Rees with some mobility and a bit stronger of an arm, but less experience, worse field vision, and not very good at making pass protection audibles. There are many times a defense would tip their hand and shift early, and he wouldn't make a pass blocking audible even with 10 seconds left on the play clock.

I understand that barring some abilities of Steve Angeli that we haven't seen yet, Pyne's the best (and only) option we have. It's critical for the offensive coordinator to play smart and minimize Pyne's weaknesses, instead of trying to fit square pegs into round holes.

Pyne isn't going to carry a team. Maybe he develops into that but I wouldn't hold my breath as there is zero evidence that Rees can develop a QB. Pyne requires a proper game plan that allows his strengths to shine and limits his ability to make mistakes. I agree with Driskell as he asserts that he thinks Rees gave Pyne too much after seeing him succeed for 3 games. It's still really early in his career and Rees should know this. This is where Rees fails. Rees is smart and wants people to see that and apparently thinks his QBs should be ready for all of it even when they aren't.

None of this means Pyne isn't good enough.

against him in evaluating performance.

they stay on the field too long, and their tackling has been poor too many times. They aren’t the primary problem but haven’t been elite either.