Yup I tried to like him, I really did the late drive vs ND had me thinking/believing he turned a corner but sadly no.He's the same QB in week 8 as week one and been thowing to MHJ for 5 yrs now two in HS and 3 in C-Bus.Day hasn't developed anyone behind CJ,but it is noticeable he really has no zip on the ball nor can McCord look off his primary receiver that he routinely locks into then kind of arm punts. QB will be open for competition in the spring
He sucked yesterday. It was by far his worst game.
He had the 3rd best streak of passes without an interception broken last night.
Most of the other QBs at top programs have already had a night like that ( Caleb Williams, JJ McCarthy, Quinn Ewers)With multiple interceptions.
He has been very streaky- with times he looks horrible and other times he looks excellent.
I tend to agree- I don’t get the feeling he is going to be an elite QB. My hope is he becomes a better game manager, distributing the ball. Pretty much what he has been before last night- only with less mistakes.
Let me respectfully- but strongly disagree with you on 2 things.
-Has no zip on the ball. Couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, one of the big criticisms about him by the quarterback, Talking Heads- is that he throws too many passes with too much zip and needs to learn how to throw with more touch. He has a legitimate NFL arm - as Blackledge said last night on McCords first throw. That was one hash to the other and 15 yards downfield.
- He doesn’t get off his first read. Again not true at all. That is an overused cliche anyway. Even the best NFL QBs don’t need to come off their first read. But McCord does go his reads often- think of the number of dump offs he had last night to his hot read ( usually a RB) when nobody is open downfield. Again, he is often criticized for going through his reads TOO quickly and getting impatient with his feet.
Lastly- some of the sacks he took last night were because the pass blocking and play call were horrible. Wisconsin sent 6 or 7 with only 5 blocking. Obvious passing downs and Day gave no outlets for a hot read. And they never ran a single screen on those downs. U