One could say that the O w/ Colter was
1-dimensional as defenses keyed on the running game and didn't worry about the QB stretching the field.
And let's not forget, Colter had the higher sack rate by a good margin.
This claim has been repeated a no. of times despite being untrue.
Seems to me that both Colter and Siemian had pretty much an equal hand in the success of the 2012 season, but neither made as much of a mark as well, Mark.
The 2013-14 seasons were riddled by injuries and w/o Siemian - likely would not have beaten PSU, Wisconsin and ND in 2014 (and should have beaten UM, but the coaches muffed that up).
Much like Siemian's season with the Broncos, exactly where on O did Trevor have help?
At least the Broncos have 2 very good outside receivers.
Siemian was perfectly healthy in 2012 and seem to recall Colter going thru his own injury issues.
There's a reason why the coaching staff went more to Siemian in 2013, but unlike E-Cat, don't have an issue w/ Colter playing QB as much as I do the manner in how the 2 were switched in and out.
And really - do you think 1 season (sitting on the bench) made that much of a difference in Siemian as a QB?
http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-a...-numbers/822f5516-0831-4e37-9578-bd7015a445fe
... Of the 15 first- or second-year quarterbacks with at least 350 attempts in their first season as starters since 2012, Siemian's 84.6 rating ranks sixth, ahead of Jameis Winston, Derek Carr and Andrew Luck, among others, and behind Dak Prescott, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Marcus Mariota and Teddy Bridgewater.
All-time, Siemian's rating places him 19th of 109 first- or second-year passers with 350 or more attempts in their first season as a starter. His plus-8 touchdown-to-interception margin is tied for 17th among those 109 quarterbacks.
- And that's with taking snaps behind one of the worst O-lines in the NFL, a running game that repeatedly
couldn't convert on 3rd and short (
hmmmm - doesn't that sound familiar?) and a lack of play-makers at possession receivers (be it at TE, RB or slot).
Feel bad for Trevor since he went to pretty much the same situation on offense in the NFL as he had for most his time at NU; the Broncos also had little in the way of a return game, so the coaching staff put it on Siemian's arm (and brain) to win games, even if it meant passing more than
40x a game (which is not a recipe for success).
Conversely, Elliott went from running behind one of the best (if not the best) O-lines in college at dOSU to one of the best (if not the best) in the NFL.
Last year, dOSU's O-line, while decent, was no where close to being dominant.
Look how that affected JT Barrett's play, including in the 4th quarter of the loss to Penn State? And Barrett should be a much better QB as a JR than he was as a Frosh.
There have been grumblings from a large portion of the dOSU fanbase about it being time for a change at QB (for one of the
young guns), but that's just stupid fans talking.
Same thing happened to Beathard at Iowa.
Should have been a better QB w/ a season and a third of starts under his belt.
But pretty much all of his stats were down from his 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Gee, I wonder what the common denominator could be?
I can't but shake my head at how obtuse so-called football fans can be (both for college and for the NFL,) when it comes to analyzing QB play (which can't be analyzed within a vacuum).
Oh, c'mon Glades - you more than anyone should know that Colter's gaudy completion % was in large part due to the type of throws Colter attempted.
Colter rarely stretched the field and he didn't have the ability to throw into tight windows down the field.
There's a reason why Siemian was the one who the coaching staff turned to when the 'Cats needed a
quick score before the half or in the 4th quarter.
Doubtful that Colter could have engineered that 4th quarter comeback (twice leading the O down the length of the field) in the MOON game.
If Colter could do what Siemian could do as a passer, there would never have been a split duty at QB as Colter would have been the full-time starter.
There's also the reason why the coaching staff continued to play Trevor when I thought that he shouldn't have been playing (such as the Western Illinois game where Siemian's clearly had a difficult time moving in the pocket, much less stepping into his throws).