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It seems like we have a 50/50 split on this board about those who think Heaps is not getting any help and those who think he is just plain not very good right now. I went back through the whole Utah State game looking at every single play, first of all the last 1/3rd of that game was a completely different gameplan than the first 2/3rds. It was more wide open much better play calling and they let Jake go to see what he could do. It was not typical Anae that is for sure.
With that being said Jakes official final stats were:
27-55 270 yards, 0 tds and 2 ints.
After adding it up there were 14 "drops" in the game. I am defining a drop by a ball that was catchable by a D-1 receiver without doing something extraordinary that was not caught. Pretty simple. I am not expecting Hoffman to go up and make a one handed grab above his head or anything like that. These are throws on target that were dropped. (The yardages posted are how far down the field the receivers were, this is also with no YAC)
1. JJ Dilugi 5 yard flare pass off his hands.
2. Cody Hoffman 15 yard slant that Jake threw facemask high right off his hands.
3. Hoffman a 17 yard hitch route where he gets away with a push and then completely whiffs on the football.
4. Ashworthless 4 yard drag over the middle right off his hands.
5. Marcus Matthews on 3rd down runs an out right in the endzone as Jake rolls right, the defender did look to get a piece of this however it still went right through Matthews hands, catchable ball. (7 yard pass)
6. Luke Ashworth 31 yard streak down the sideline, was interfered, flag picked up. Ball hit him square in the hands would have been a td.
7. Two plays after Ashworth, JJ 31 yards down the sideline beats the linebacker and Jake makes the best throw of his young career so far, right of JJs hands.
8. Hoffman 3 yard quick slant, penalty was called for holding however the hold came before the pass was thrown, this ball hit him square in his hands should have been an easy TD. (even fooled the referee that he dropped it)
9. Mckay Jacobsen finally gets a bit of separation on a streak down the sidelines, Jake drops it right over the defenders outstretched arms and right through Mckays. Watching live I thought this was a bad pass but it was on the money and a very catchable ball, would have been a 45 yard gain.
10. Bryan Kariya runs the option route over the middle and his hit square in the chest by the pass. Would have been good for 5 yards and a first down on 3rd and 4.
11. Marcus Matthews 11 yard dig route over the middle right off his hands.
12. BJ peterson works back to Jake as Jake rolls to his right and throws a strike on the run, right off BJs hands. 8 yard pass.
13. Luke Ashworthless once again runs a quick hitch on 3rd and short, Jake fires a strike right off Ashworths evangelical fingers. (5 yard pass)
14. Mckay Jacobsen, this one is iffy but I watched it about 5 times in slo-mo. He actually caught hte ball it was a 20 yard streak down the sideline in to the endzone. Jake threw the ball on the money and with no awareness whatsoever Mckay does not get at least one foot in bounds. This was a good throw to the right spot and there is no excuse for Mckay to not complete the play.
That is 14 drops for a total of 207 yards with no YAC and 4 drops that could have resulted in touchdowns. 2 of them were on the same drive and one of the possessions we still scored on. 5 of these drops came on third down that would have kept drives alive.
I do not expect the receivers to catch all of these balls so lets say they only drop 7 balls in this game. That gives Jake another 100 yards passing and most likely a TD. Putting his final numbers at 34-55 for 370 yards 1td and 2int. Which raises his PER to 117.25. Not a world beater by any means but a big improvement. If they catch everything he goes 41-55 for 477 yards 3tds and 2 ints which puts him at 158.12.
I know this goes both ways there were at least 3 other balls that could have been intercepted that weren't but I have a lot of optimism that if they can fix the dropsies even without much improvement from Jake we will become much more competetive and efficient on offense.
With that being said Jakes official final stats were:
27-55 270 yards, 0 tds and 2 ints.
After adding it up there were 14 "drops" in the game. I am defining a drop by a ball that was catchable by a D-1 receiver without doing something extraordinary that was not caught. Pretty simple. I am not expecting Hoffman to go up and make a one handed grab above his head or anything like that. These are throws on target that were dropped. (The yardages posted are how far down the field the receivers were, this is also with no YAC)
1. JJ Dilugi 5 yard flare pass off his hands.
2. Cody Hoffman 15 yard slant that Jake threw facemask high right off his hands.
3. Hoffman a 17 yard hitch route where he gets away with a push and then completely whiffs on the football.
4. Ashworthless 4 yard drag over the middle right off his hands.
5. Marcus Matthews on 3rd down runs an out right in the endzone as Jake rolls right, the defender did look to get a piece of this however it still went right through Matthews hands, catchable ball. (7 yard pass)
6. Luke Ashworth 31 yard streak down the sideline, was interfered, flag picked up. Ball hit him square in the hands would have been a td.
7. Two plays after Ashworth, JJ 31 yards down the sideline beats the linebacker and Jake makes the best throw of his young career so far, right of JJs hands.
8. Hoffman 3 yard quick slant, penalty was called for holding however the hold came before the pass was thrown, this ball hit him square in his hands should have been an easy TD. (even fooled the referee that he dropped it)
9. Mckay Jacobsen finally gets a bit of separation on a streak down the sidelines, Jake drops it right over the defenders outstretched arms and right through Mckays. Watching live I thought this was a bad pass but it was on the money and a very catchable ball, would have been a 45 yard gain.
10. Bryan Kariya runs the option route over the middle and his hit square in the chest by the pass. Would have been good for 5 yards and a first down on 3rd and 4.
11. Marcus Matthews 11 yard dig route over the middle right off his hands.
12. BJ peterson works back to Jake as Jake rolls to his right and throws a strike on the run, right off BJs hands. 8 yard pass.
13. Luke Ashworthless once again runs a quick hitch on 3rd and short, Jake fires a strike right off Ashworths evangelical fingers. (5 yard pass)
14. Mckay Jacobsen, this one is iffy but I watched it about 5 times in slo-mo. He actually caught hte ball it was a 20 yard streak down the sideline in to the endzone. Jake threw the ball on the money and with no awareness whatsoever Mckay does not get at least one foot in bounds. This was a good throw to the right spot and there is no excuse for Mckay to not complete the play.
That is 14 drops for a total of 207 yards with no YAC and 4 drops that could have resulted in touchdowns. 2 of them were on the same drive and one of the possessions we still scored on. 5 of these drops came on third down that would have kept drives alive.
I do not expect the receivers to catch all of these balls so lets say they only drop 7 balls in this game. That gives Jake another 100 yards passing and most likely a TD. Putting his final numbers at 34-55 for 370 yards 1td and 2int. Which raises his PER to 117.25. Not a world beater by any means but a big improvement. If they catch everything he goes 41-55 for 477 yards 3tds and 2 ints which puts him at 158.12.
I know this goes both ways there were at least 3 other balls that could have been intercepted that weren't but I have a lot of optimism that if they can fix the dropsies even without much improvement from Jake we will become much more competetive and efficient on offense.
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