Explosive Offense thy name is Graham Napier Mertz

[tapsgator]

His completion percentage dropped to 40% on passes of 20+ yards with Florida in 2023, compared to 63.2% between 10-19 yards, 84.7% between 0-9 yards and 89.8% behind the line of scrimmage, per PFF. UF limited Mertz to 40 deep passing attempts on the year, of his 358 total throws.

Source: www.si.com/college/florida/football/florida-gators-2024-positional-outlook-quarterback-graham-mertz-dj-lagway

Look, he seems like a good guy (can't really call him a kid at this point) and he has a hot girlfriend. Cajun Willie is very ingenuous and has great hair. Starkville Scotty is an asshat of the first order, but they can't all be real deals with steady hair. All the usual qualifiers. You cannot win games playing offense like this in 2024, and I don't know what games Cajun Willie thinks proved the offenses explosiveness, but throwing underneath a prevent played by LSU, South Carolina, and Arkansas is not fucking impressive and there's no need to run it back.

[wahhappen]

Mertz opted to return for a second season with Florida, and his sixth and final year of eligibility, in 2024, rather than enter the upcoming NFL Draft.

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[wahhappen]

Mar 7, 2024 10:15:09 GMT -5 tapsgator said:

His completion percentage dropped to 40% on passes of 20+ yards with Florida in 2023, compared to 63.2% between 10-19 yards, 84.7% between 0-9 yards and 89.8% behind the line of scrimmage, per PFF. UF limited Mertz to 40 deep passing attempts on the year, of his 358 total throws.

Source: www.si.com/college/florida/football/florida-gators-2024-positional-outlook-quarterback-graham-mertz-dj-lagway

Look, he seems like a good guy (can't really call him a kid at this point) and he has a hot girlfriend. Cajun Willie is very ingenuous and has great hair. Starkville Scotty is an asshat of the first order, but they can't all be real deals with steady hair. All the usual qualifiers. You cannot win games playing offense like this in 2024, and I don't know what games Cajun Willie thinks proved the offenses explosiveness, but throwing underneath a prevent played by LSU, South Carolina, and Arkansas is not fucking impressive and there's no need to run it back.

Wait, so are they defining a deep pass attempt as a throw of 20+ yards? And if so, he only attempted 40 all season? In 12 games - in most of which we were playing from behind? Attempts? Not completions? As in trying to throw the ball 20 yards down the field? This can be any pass - a post, deep in or out, deep hitch/curl, play action, fade, corner, go route? And we attempted just over 3 per game? My memory isn't that great, but maybe we spent most of 2023 running out the clock because we were blowing out our opponents with our amazing rushing attack and defensive touchdowns. Otherwise this is an absurd stat.

And can we talk about how it is possible we limited Richardson to just 64 deep attempts in 2022? That is almost even more preposterous considering his skillset being the exact opposite of Mertz.