West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene is thought about by lots of to be among the leading quarterbacks in the Big 12 Conference. Some think with an enhancement from in 2015, there’s an opportunity he might be in the Heisman Trophy discussion eventually this fall.
Not everyone was impressed with what they saw out of him a year ago in his very first complete year as a starter. Blake Ruffino, co-host of the Ruffino & & Joe Show on the Bleav Podcast Network definitely torched the Mountaineer quarterback throughout a current episode previewing WVU versus Penn State.
“I simply do not understand if I see a world where James Franklin who likes to get guys in package, stop the run, play man-to-man on the exterior that Garrett Greene who was a below par quarterback while he was tossing the football is going to have the ability to lead West Virginia to a win. 53.1% conclusion portion a year earlier. Now, we have had a great deal of pushback by West Virginia individuals and West Virginia fans. ‘Oh Blake’s an a ******. He does not understand what he’s speaking about. Well let me revitalize you Roody-Poos out there who were taking chance ats me. Your quarterback was practically second-rate. When you do the important things that kid has actually done sometimes tossing the football, it would terrify me if I’m a West Virginia fan. This is what Penn State is going to do. They are going to stack package. They are going to make you toss the football and make you beat them that method and I do not understand if I see a world where that can take place. There is no measurement that Thanos can bring you to that 53.1% conclusion portion is he’s simply much better than some. Get outta here with that.”
Where do I start? Plainly, this guy is a stat gazer and not somebody who enjoyed all 12 of West Virginia’s video game in 2015. If he did enjoy the tape, he would have discovered numerous things.
One, Greene took huge shot after huge shot down the field in 2015. That belonged to the offense’s identity – run the ball, run the ball, run the ball, deep shot. Rinse and repeat. When you’re tossing it downfield as much as he did, yeah, you’re struck rate isn’t going to be as high as somebody who dinks and soaks their method down the field every drive.
2 of his preseason leading 4 large receivers, Cortez Braham Jr. and Jeremiah Aaron, left the group in the very first month of the season. He leaned on LSU tight end transfer Kole Taylor, a previous walk-on in Hudson Clement, and 2 real freshmen in Traylon Ray and Rodney Gallagher III. He likewise had NC State transfer Devin Carter who was practically simply a deep ball risk.
The other part of that is he needed to find out these receivers/tight ends on the fly. He had very little deal with them heading into the season partially due to the fact that other guys were anticipated to be depended on and let’s not forget to discuss he remained in a quarterback fight for much of fall camp,