Mertz looks like it’s about to be official
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With all the proven talent out there Mertz (nothing against him) was never one of the QB's that people said wow when he entered the portal.
If he's the guy then he's the guy and I'll support him 100%. Stoops and staff are pretty good on picking talent so we'll just have to trust them.
If he's the guy then he's the guy and I'll support him 100%. Stoops and staff are pretty good on picking talent so we'll just have to trust them.
May make you naysayers feel better...Rowland says on Twitter he can't confirm Mertz to UK.
Strong arm n questionable decisions sounds familiar without the over hype.
I think more Penn St fans were sad about Levis leaving than Wisconsin fans are sad about Mertz leaving based on anecdotal evidence
a) I didnt know Wisc threw the ball. b) QB's from shitty little ten teams in general are not that impressive .
Everyone is all giddy about Will Livas's career here . It was pretty solid but taken into consideration he's a top ten draft pick .. at QB , and we lost to Vandy at home ? painful.
Everyone is all giddy about Will Livas's career here . It was pretty solid but taken into consideration he's a top ten draft pick .. at QB , and we lost to Vandy at home ? painful.
If we settle for Mertz and Louisville and Brohm take Austin Reed. That could be a very bad series of events for us.
Well he was a very high ranked QB in high school with offers from all of the Big Boys and i do me ALL of the Big Boys in college football. Georgia, Bama to name a few.
For some strange reason he picked a non QB college and now here we are. His career is at a crossroads and looks like he is taking the SEC, UK path to sort him out. His future may depend on who UK gets as OC. Can they bring his talent to the top? IDK
For some strange reason he picked a non QB college and now here we are. His career is at a crossroads and looks like he is taking the SEC, UK path to sort him out. His future may depend on who UK gets as OC. Can they bring his talent to the top? IDK
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!
I've weighed in on Mertz in different threads as we are very familiar with him here at Iowa.
I hope your new OC can turn the ship with him because Mertz has absolutely regressed each of the past two years. His game against us in November he was just brutal. Bad ass decision making particularly.
We sit around with several good QB's in the portal and then pull the trigger on one I would put several notches down from them. Just don't understand it. To be a good QB in the SEC you better be one of the best unless the program is content on being in the middle of the tier. OC and QB HAD to be can't misses for us to keep up where we have been in the pecking order. Now we will regress. There is no hiding the QB. HAS to be a good decision maker, mobile with a good arm. Anything short of that all of these other good and great players around him will NOT matter. Out of all the QB's and we settle.
I'm not a football Benny but it seems a 1.5-1 TD/TO ratio isn't good enough to take you to elite status in the SEC. We have to quit losing the TO battle every year or we will never take that next step.
This would be typical Stoops instead of swinging for the fences.
Can he read the defense pre-snap and process action QUICK? Can he get rid of the ball quick? Can he make the easy throws? Can he make the difficult throws?
After 2 years with a QB who couldn’t see a wide open WR standing in front of him, I would like a QB that can do some of the fundamental things.
People act like Levis is some Superman based on his NFL projections. His stats aren’t amazing. His play wasn’t tops in the nation. His POTENTIAL just is. He hasn’t reached it yet.
After 2 years with a QB who couldn’t see a wide open WR standing in front of him, I would like a QB that can do some of the fundamental things.
People act like Levis is some Superman based on his NFL projections. His stats aren’t amazing. His play wasn’t tops in the nation. His POTENTIAL just is. He hasn’t reached it yet.
I mean, the overreacting here is just slightly hysterical? Yeah, Mertz didn't look goodba lot of the time at Wisconsin. Neither did their entire offense! That's why they fired the coach, he was an offensive guy, a qb coach guy!
If Mertz is coming here it is without question because the new OC gave their blessing. The new OC said "he has the tools, i can work with this".
Some of y'all talk so fast out both sides of your mouths you don't even listen to your logic! On the one hand Stoops is an awful offensive minded coach who holds our offense back.....but on the other hand he should be getting the very very best transfer QBs to come here!!!! Hello? Why exactly SHOULD a QB better than Mertz come here?
In an ideal world Coen doesn't leave, Levis has a year on the field to match his draft prospects, we are 9-3 or 10-2, and have a top rated 2023 HS QB committed. But our reality isn't ideal, we gotta make due with the bad spot we are in!
If Mertz is coming here it is without question because the new OC gave their blessing. The new OC said "he has the tools, i can work with this".
Some of y'all talk so fast out both sides of your mouths you don't even listen to your logic! On the one hand Stoops is an awful offensive minded coach who holds our offense back.....but on the other hand he should be getting the very very best transfer QBs to come here!!!! Hello? Why exactly SHOULD a QB better than Mertz come here?
In an ideal world Coen doesn't leave, Levis has a year on the field to match his draft prospects, we are 9-3 or 10-2, and have a top rated 2023 HS QB committed. But our reality isn't ideal, we gotta make due with the bad spot we are in!
This is my point exactly. How many close games did we lose because of turnovers during his 2 years? Cut out those stupid int's and fumbles and we win 4-5 more games over the last 2 years. It was a miracle that we did as well as we did last season considering that we were -11 on turnover margin good for 125th in the country. This season was at least -1 good for 74th in the country so improved but still not where you need to be to beat the UT, UGA, Ole Miss and USC's of the conference.
I know especially with a guy like Leary available or even a 5 star freshman who didn’t play early there were plenty of options and if mertz to Kentucky happens it feels like Kentucky settled
In the end, just like last year, there will be dozens of QBs in the portal eventually. I can't believe Kentucky would not have been able to land a much better QB than Mertz-- hell, you have a good program, you play in the best league in college football, and you are now sending a QB to the NFL.
With that said, why the hell would they settle on Graham Mertz?
Again, Iowa has had a terrible QB in Petras the past 3 years. You saw him in the bowl game last year. He was bad. Guess what? Mertz was barely a step above Petras.
I hope your new OC and QB coach can change the course of trajectory with Mertz because if not, you just picked up a mediocre QB and the drop off next year at that position will be huge.
Minus one game mertz wasn’t good his whole career, multiple Wisconsin fans have said this, nobody said we should be getting the best transfers, mertz isn’t the best, Leary who a lot of people want isn’t the best, a new OC may want mertz, or maybe stoops wants mertz
Just watched a video yesterday where he was interested in playing for Brohm at Purdue so it only makes sense.
He committed to Wisconsin after six varsity starts, then his recruitment blew up.
But he stuck with Wisconsin and it didn't work out.
Highlights look great (don't they all). Basically he didn't live up to the hype (highest ranked QB Wisconsin ever had) and was run off by the fans and coaching changes.
Rehab job in progress.
Yes I agree. Better arm strength than I thought, decent touch and fairly mobile. I like the fact that he has 2 years left. Let's give the guy a chance.
I agree, leary is atleast worth trying for, maybe the staff did I have no way of knowing, there is and will be better options, this is a settle take from Kentucky if he comes here, maybe coen can help mertz that’s what I am going to tell myself
I mean if he comes here we are going to have to, I went to the Wisconsin message boards and they all said his biggest issues are decision making and accuracy that’s not what I want from my QB
Typical to bash a QB leaving..... I understand. I like the guys film..... has time to improve on 57% and his TD/INT ratio. Kinda impressed with his arm strength and mobility. I firmly believe our next OC has seen alot of film on him and hard to argue with our next OC. His QB rating is not bad.
Nobody on here knows jack shit on how he will play at UK under a new coordinator and new receivers
I trust the staff - he has experience and arm talent - you can Coach up the rest
I trust the staff - he has experience and arm talent - you can Coach up the rest
Would Kentucky take two portal QBs and let them battle it out? Nebraska did this last winter.
Just a puzzling move by Stoops & company. Apparently they see a much bigger upside in the kid that I or others do.
The biggest thing is the Badger fan base is elated Mertz is moving on-- they were so done with him.
I am not sure what is so damn hard to understand....Stoops has been working behind the scenes to get Coen back....Coen wants Mertz.
is that not good enough for a guy who took our offense from ranked #96 in 2020 to #31 in one season with a QB from Penn State that ran the Wildcat on the goal line pretty much 95% of his playing time?
is that not good enough for a guy who took our offense from ranked #96 in 2020 to #31 in one season with a QB from Penn State that ran the Wildcat on the goal line pretty much 95% of his playing time?
I have no clue about QB ratings I just watch the games. You can do the same via YouTube. You watch and be the judge. Wisconsin's offense this year was terrible and they lost 6 games this year and much of the reason for that and the offense and fell on Mertz's shoulders. You need to take off your rose colored glasses.
They may and I hope they do, I get Kentucky is Kentucky and we aren’t going to get the best, but having some expectations now is how the program has grown, and mertz isn’t somebody who I can see kentucky being competitive with
And what if coen isn’t the guy, we don’t if coen is the guy yet, and coen was good but you have to place some credibility in wandale robinson
