**Official 2021 Iowa Football Off-Season Thread**

[Shawneemicks]

I am a smart man.

It’s almost like you wrote that yourself

 

[cloudhawk]

Lol

I will karate kick your long ass goose neck, and cook you for Christmas!

 

[cloudhawk]

No mention of our shitty OL cloud

Never thought it would be possible tbh....plus that quote was last season and the line didn't suck

 

[Greg Obrecht]

Could this be the longest, most drawn-out "I told you so" in board history?

The Tom Brady thread says hold my beer.

 

[douglasbader]

The Tom Brady thread says hold my beer.

Who?

 

[Shawneemicks]

Doug has plenty of long drawn out trash to choose from on here. Exhausting.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

This was all fun but the line is still a bigger problem.

 

[26.2]

The Tom Brady thread says hold my beer.

BITCHMADE

 

[KitKatApples]

I will karate kick your long ass goose neck, and cook you for Christmas!

 

[The Full Monte]

Could this be the longest, most drawn-out "I told you so" in board history?

You recycle the same corny, dipshit, high school lockeroom jokes every fucking day on this board and you’re going to get your feelings hurt because @Geese has spent half a page quoting your bad takes from the summer???

 

[26.2]

You recycle the same corny, dipshit, high school lockeroom jokes every fucking day on this board and you’re going to get your feelings hurt because @Geese has spent half a page quoting your bad takes from the summer???

My feelings aren't hurt, cumbuns. But it sure sounds like you've had your feewings hurt a time or two around here.

 

[The Full Monte]

My feelings aren't hurt, cumbuns. But it sure sounds like you've had your feewings hurt a time or two around here.

Totally. Devastated really.

Just saying that it’s odd to hear you of all people complain about beating things to death

 

[26.2]

Totally. Devastated really.

Just saying that it’s odd to hear you of all people complain about beating things to death

Not complaining. Just an observation. I deserve to get my face rubbed in this shit and I will take my medicine here.

 

[fossilhawk]

fossilhawk said:
I have to admit, despite being down on Petras for a lot of the year, I've come around on him.
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I think if they beat footwork into him he's got potential. It's concerning that three years in the program wasn't enough to beat that into him, but the through the season improvement has me hopeful. We'll see.

In fairness, at that point in the season he at least looked serviceable and hadn't lost a game in, like, eight starts.

As I said somewhere on here, Petras lost me the moment he threw it away on 4th down last week. At this point he's Christian Hackenberg, a QB with a big arm and huge upside but who also happens to be a broken toy that can't deal with any level of pressure, but without the hype of a semi-ludicrous first season starting.

He left early and PSU replaced him with a Drew Tate clone who won 31 games and a Big Ten title/Rose Bowl; I rather doubt that happens here.

 

[Brad Wesley]

Petras simply lacks the physical requirements to play QB in the Big Ten. The beat writers and podcasters won’t say it but it’s true. I understand they have to be careful as to not lose access but fuck, the QB issues are beyond obvious

“I think Spencer can be a good QB is he gets a clean pocket, receivers get separation, and the running game gets established…”

Unless he transfers to Alabama, he’s not going to get those things. Very few QBs do.

An average MAC QB is better than Petras.

 

[Shawneemicks]

I’m looking forward to each of Spencer’s 17-18 starts.

 

[Brad Wesley]

I’m looking forward to each of Spencer’s 17-18 starts.

29. Covid year.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

If we had the QB from any other school, I think we'd still be ranked #2 right now.

Iowa State, UNI, Drake, Simpson, Waldorf, Upper Iowa, Dordt.

 

[Wanderer]

If we had the QB from any other school, I think we'd still be ranked #2 right now.

Iowa State, UNI, Drake, Simpson, Waldorf, Upper Iowa, Dordt.

Maharishi

 

[ChipHilton]

Petras simply lacks the physical requirements to play QB in the Big Ten. The beat writers and podcasters won’t say it but it’s true. I understand they have to be careful as to not lose access but fuck, the QB issues are beyond obvious

“I think Spencer can be a good QB is he gets a clean pocket, receivers get separation, and the running game gets established…”

Unless he transfers to Alabama, he’s not going to get those things. Very few QBs do.

An average MAC QB is better than Petras.

Don Patterson basically said Western Illinois' quarterback is better. In a nice way, of course. Thinks he'll get a league shot.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Petras simply lacks the physical requirements to play QB in the Big Ten. The beat writers and podcasters won’t say it but it’s true. I understand they have to be careful as to not lose access but fuck, the QB issues are beyond obvious

“I think Spencer can be a good QB is he gets a clean pocket, receivers get separation, and the running game gets established…”

Unless he transfers to Alabama, he’s not going to get those things. Very few QBs do.

An average MAC QB is better than Petras.

That's completely ignoring the mental aspects of the game, where he also is shitty

 

[thrawn]

I think his physical skills are fine, it’s just the complete lack of pocket presence that makes him suck.

 

[Alan Lomax]

I think his physical skills are fine, it’s just the complete lack of pocket presence that makes him suck.

Does moving like the tin man fall under “physical skills?”

 

[thrawn]

Does moving like the tin man fall under “physical skills?”

Tom Brady hasn’t left a 3-yard radius circle since his career ended.

 

[Brad Wesley]

Petras makes Tom Brady look like Deion Sanders.

 

[CleteyColgate]

Petras makes Tom Brady look like Deion Sanders.

Deion wasn't a qb, genius

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Petras makes Tom Brady look like Michael Vick

 

[Alan Lomax]

Tom Brady hasn’t left a 3-yard radius circle since his career ended.

I appreciate the comparison, but maybe one of the worst ncaa quarterbacks of the last couple years, to the best nfl quarterback of all time isn’t exactly making the point you think it is. I mean sure, if Spence had the pocket presence of Tom Brady he’d be really good, if he had the athleticism of Patrick Mahomes he would be too, those things are on different planets from where he currently resides. It’s the unique combination of lack of movement with lack of vision with lack of decision making with lack of pocket presence that makes him so bad. If it was just lack of pocket presence he’d be Nate Stanley.

 

[Gushawk]

Spencer is slow as molasses, but at least he isn’t strong.

 

[The Dad]

Blessed with an arm that seemingly gets stronger as the throws get shorter.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Blessed with an arm that seemingly gets stronger as the throws get shorter.

The short throws are most often the result of a pants shitting check down thrown in full fight-or-flight mode

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Then there’s this fucking asshole.

 

[BngHawk]

Elite talent, my nut brown ass

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Elite talent, my nut brown ass

i assumed that guy was a guitar coach

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

That guy has to be related to Fleck or Frank Garza.

 

[Greg Obrecht]

Elite talent, my nut brown ass

Sounds somewhat tasty.

 

[gable_guy]

Nm

 

[Fair and Balanced]

I mean, seriously, fuck this guy.

 

[Geese]

No one will argue Spence looks great when he's just playing some catch

 

[Dr. Zaius]

*Former Iowa starting QB

 

[HiG 2.0]

Imagine spending all that money and time with that dorky QB “guru” and still completely sucking as a QB.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

I mean, seriously, fuck this guy.

At some point in the last month, I threatened this gentleman with a class action lawsuit.

 

[The Full Monte]

If you look at his individual performance, going from an adj yards/attempt of 6.2 to 7.5+, or a QB rating of 119 to ~140 would put him at around a top 40 QB. He doesn't need to be great, just improve.

Lolololololololololol. Fuck.

still a sub 60% completion ratio. Identical Y/A. Still bottom 25% in the country in QBR

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

The ol' snake oil salesman.

 

[sergeanthulka]

Lolololololololololol. Fuck.

still a sub 60% completion ratio. Identical Y/A. Still bottom 25% in the country in QBR

QBR

37 Rocky Lombardi
38 Taulia Tagovailoa
40 Brock Purdy
44 Adrian Martinez

 

[Fair and Balanced]

The ol' snake oil salesman.

I like his strategy of taking a guy that spazzes out during plays and making everything ridiculously overcomplicated for him. That makes sense.

 

[cloudhawk]

Man, those feet sure are chopping...just so happy

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

I mean, seriously, fuck this guy.

 

[MikeyJoe]

QBR

37 Rocky Lombardi
38 Taulia Tagovailoa
40 Brock Purdy
44 Adrian Martinez

Stars don't matter Dallas Clark Bob Sanders.

 

[MikeyJoe]

Lolololololololololol. Fuck.

still a sub 60% completion ratio. Identical Y/A. Still bottom 25% in the country in QBR

By the way, my post wasn't a prediction, it was in response to a question of "What would be a good season from Petras?" I don't think "Being a top 40 QB" is an unreasonable standard at Iowa.