Did Greg McElroy Help Himself Today vs. Houston?
Crimson Tide fans, this one is a simple question with associated poll: did Greg McElroy help his NFL prospects today with his performance against the Houston Texans? Yes, I know it is a preseason game, and is therefore not a completely accurate test of his NFL future, but it's all we have to go on at this point.
As near as I can tell, Greg's stats went something like this (and please correct me if/when I'm wrong):
| 23 completions on 39 attempts, | 208 passing yards, | 1 passing touchdown, | 0 interceptions. |
It appears that he also had 4 carries for 24 yards, with a long of 10. SI's stats would seem to not count sacks as rushing attempts, because I think he was sacked 7 times for a loss of 41 yards (maybe some of those sacks weren't him, but a lot of them were). It also looks like he fumbled 3 times, recovered 1 himself, another recovered by the offense, and 1 that was a turnover.
So, here's the question: did his performance help him or hurt him?
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For a 7th round pick its all good.
and the Jets forgot to block the ends when he was first in there. I’m surprised he got up from some of the hits. But alas he still can not (will not) heave it down field so backup role would be the best for him to hope for but hey that’s not bad either.
Roll Tide.
Aside from...
…losing his mind and making a desperation throw into the endzone on the last play of the game (after he had taken off running and was, no lie, already past the first down marker, let alone the line of scrimmage), I was pretty impressed. Honestly, for the most part, I thought he played and looked a whole lot better than Sanchez did when he was out there. That sentiment was echoed by at least a couple other Texans fans on Battle Red Blog’s open thread. Granted, Sanchez was out there against the first team defense, but still…
He did well.
Rex said after the game it felt like they were trying to see how much punishment he could take.
I noticed a TON of his passes were dropped and should have been caught. Including one guy who was wide open and he laid it in there perfectly and would have had another easy TD.
He showed smarts, he showed he has the toughness. His stats weren’t bad, and he played better than his stats show.
He definitely was not the problem with the Jets offense when he was on the field. Their O-Line was getting whipped plain out. Look at when they got down to the goal line what happened. They kept trying to rush and lost yards on every rush. It’s funny, when he was down there I kept thinking of the 09 Auburn game and the pass to UpChurch, but it ended up being an inside slant instead.
Yeah, he definitely should've had one more long TD.
Pass was right there and the guy was open.
God bless our Dark Lord.
I'm sure he'll make the squad
as the number three, with the idea that he could mature into a solid career backup guy.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
He did a very good job
considering the offensive line sucked and then sucked harder , he stood in there like a man and should have won the game for them if not for the dropped pass in the end zone . He was on the money for the most part with his passes and I think a damn good backup and who knows he could be a starter in a couple years.
Greg looked good considering
the short camp they have had. He is working with a bunch of receivers that there is no way they have their timing down.
I look for him to make the team. I’m still worried about possible concussions and other injuries. Greg is as tough as they come but he is not superman. Hit him enough and he will break. Last night he was getting killed and it was not his fault the line could not protect him. The good thing is that if he is the 3rd qb he will not get hit much during the season. I look for him to have a chance at being a career backup if he wants.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Is he their 3rd QB?
Why did he play 3/4 of the game? (I missed the first quarter, so I don’t know if someone else came in before Greg after Sanchez went out.)
God bless our Dark Lord.
Their #2 QB, Mark Brunell, didn't play after dislocated finger in practice.
So it was just Sanchez for a little while and Greg the rest of the night.
by Orlando McCain on Aug 16, 2011 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Also, Brunell is near retirement
They are looking at Greg as the back-up of the future since Brunell is basically a glorified assistant coach at his age.
by ApothecaryMark on Aug 16, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure he had at least 1 INT.
But I thought he did well considering the circumstances. Calmed down a lot after the first series.
God bless our Dark Lord.
He had one picked...
…by a defender who practically ripped the WR’s helmet off, so it was nullified….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 16, 2011 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions
FYI, in college sacks count as negative rushing yards.
In the NFL, they don’t.
by Nick's Hat Band on Aug 16, 2011 8:20 AM CDT reply actions
Negative team passing yards.
Not individual passing yards though.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Just curious...
…did any of the 18 who voted that he hurt himself actually watch the game? As most of the comments above have indicated, the kid was running for his life out there — when they actually gave him time to run — and he still put up good stats. For a guy’s first NFL game, I thought he had a very good night.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 16, 2011 8:25 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
simple
analysis…first half was pretty bad…2nd half was MUCH better. I helped himself.
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He helped himself as far as an NFL career goes
But hurt himself as far as casual fan perception goes. ESPN’s not going to talk about the shitty line, or the quick decision making on the screens; they’re going to replay that last moment “fuck-it-the-game’s-over-anyway” play.
"I don't know; we haven't played Alabama yet." -Vince Lombardi
Yeah, I don't know what that was.
My Gator fan “friends” were eating it up too.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Really
They must have missed their savior Tim Tebow who on 3rd and goal in the preseason game against the Cowboys, scrambled 3 yards pass the line of scrimmage, broke a tackle, ran backwards and back behind the original line of scrimmage and then threw a pass. It resulted in 3 penalties….
I shoulda specified that they were eating up all the sacks on him,
not necessarily just that one play. Those were supposed to be separate thoughts.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Um...
they were eating up all the sacks on him
There has to be a dick joke in there somewhere.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Yeah...
Gregs mistake accounted for one penalty one the play in question while Tebows accounted for three.
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
by TopDaddy on Aug 16, 2011 3:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not to mention
that the game was over with or without the penalty, so the worst that could have happened was the Texans intercept the pass, run it back, and win by 6 more points. No doubt it was a mistake, but it was one motivated by the fact he knew the game was over – he hardly ever comes close to mistakes like that when there is game left to play.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Aug 16, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
That first sack and fumble had me flashing back to the IB. :(
Then when they had first and goal, my first thought was “well this’ll be a McElroy sneak for the TD”. Woulda been last year anyway.
God bless our Dark Lord.
In my opinion...
Has it not been for a former Temple Owl having feet for hands, we’d be talking about McElroy orchestrating a game winning drive rather than his momentary lapse of sanity. If you can look past the actual stats and see the potential stats and intangibles, you’d likely see that he did well for himself.
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
by TopDaddy on Aug 16, 2011 3:55 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I think those are called 'claws'
former Temple Owl having feet for hands
But on the upside, owls have great vision. Talk about keeping your head on a swivel…
But, anyHOO, I didn’t see the game so my opinion is moot, but from the sounds of it he had relatively positive stats while playing with the 2nd string. He’s a bright guy, so he’ll know the plays. He just needs what all QB’s need and that’s blocking from the line and catching from the receivers.
Regardless on how/why the sacks came in this particular game, we have to admit that sometimes Greg did hold on to the ball longer than he should (trying to prevent bad things from happening), but hopefully, he’ll learn to throw it away in the pros and save his life.
There's no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I'm gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth! - B.T.J.
This is more what I was expecting.
I’m kind of interested in the differences in opinions between Greg McElroy, Alabama Quarterback, and Greg McElroy, the NY Jets Quarterback.
In Bama games, the threads seemed to be full of criticism regarding how long he held on to the ball, and opinions that he was artifically inflating his completion percentage by holding on to the ball and taking sacks rather than throwing the ball away. Yet here… not so much.
Thirteen.
Ummm...
he did that once early on and found out that getting jacked up in the pros feels a bit worse. Got damn near decapitated. That’ll motivate you to throw the damn ball.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Yeah...
…how dare he not throw more interceptions! Da bum….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 16, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

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