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Don't overlook QB candidate Whitlow

  • JDHLaw11 said...

    He had a couple of drops, but he wasn't "horrific." He looked like a guy who missed spring practice and needs more reps at a new position.

    He was horrific. Dropped anything that wasn't too far away to touch.

    vhcat1970

  • I like the prospects A Whitlow can bring to our offense. Kid is 6'2..nearing 6'3..hes a solid 215-220. Has a live arm thats pretty accurate...lacks some polish in his meachanics..but hey..as a Wildcat QB..you need to make sure you get the ball on target...Whitlow brings a ton of options for our playcaller...he has 4.4 speed and the quickness and vision to gash defenses that fall back too far or rush too hard.
    I think peole should crush the Cam Newton compares...Newton was a 6'6 250lb monster...whereas Whitlow runs with more finesse..more jiggle, slip, slide. Whitlow wont run over 240 lb Lb's likeCam did, but he can run around them.
    He looks to have more than enough arm to be a dangerous passer..and ones things sure...you run the Wildcat..start with a few QB runs...bring the safties up..and try to beat someone deep..(with a Robinson, King, Legree, Sweat) you take the most open guy downfield and you get the ball to him. You can gash teams with this basically hybrid spread offense. think more Jason Campbell with better speed...the former Auburn QB..who won a title...and is still eeking out QB jobs in the NFL. To be honest..looking ahead..2013-2014...Uk has better offensive talent than that Auburn team...the defense is similar...lager safties...hybrids..speed on the edges..beef in the middle, force everything outside and close the door with your speed on the edges with Lb's and hybrid safties..
    If I do remember correctly Auburn used some 2 Qb schemes on offense...with a big,athletic O-line, a stable of backs...mix of power and speed...and athletic..leaping recievers that just went higher than the db's and held onto the ball. (Ben Obamanu, and Devin Aroshmandu?)
    Auburns defense was strong in the middle..with a cast of revolving 230 to 260lb speed edge rushers at OLB and WSDE.War Eagle used taller..stronger corners to jam opponets wideouts at the LOS and throw thier rythym. the 2 6'1/6'2 200lb Wr's would outphysical Floridas and Georgias smallish 5'9 5'10 175 speed burning 4.3 running cornerbacks...out jump them for grab balls.
    I do think Whitlow compares nicely to Jason Campbell...and Max Smith fills the role of the passing QB that can get the ball downfield and bring a steady confidence to the team when needed. Dyshawyn Mobley, Josh Clemons, Justin Taylor, Ray Sanders, Khalid thomas...we have the stable of backs..

    BigBlueDawg12

  • I love the wildcat offense as a curveball to UK's offense. IMO, even when it was Randall Cobb running it, you do it too much and teams are able to get a beat on it.

    I'd just like to see it for about a series or two a game and I think that is going to be Joker's approach to it.

    This post was edited by Chris Fisher on 8/6/2012 at 4:16 PM

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  • Happened to catch the end of the show Thomas Beisner hosts on cn2, and there was an interview with Whitlow. He was asked if he can really run a 4.5 at his size, and he said that when UK's players ran the 40 about 4 weeks ago, he actually ran a 4.45.

    Jeremy Grey

  • Chris Fisher said...

    I love the wildcat offense as a curveball to UK's offense. IMO, even when it was Randall Cobb running it, you do it too much and teams are able to get a beat on it.

    I'd just like to see it for about a series or two a game and I think that is going to be Joker's approach to it.

    I think the key is the ability to execute it VERY well against teams that don't spend time preparing for it. If teams don't bother preparing for it and running it gets ok results that aren't any different than those of the plays the D prepped for against us then there is little reason to run it, IMO. Teams won't need to work it into their defensive gameplan and nothing will be gained. If people are always clamoring for us to run the wildcat but we don't because the D is well prepped against it then we should have an advantage with less defensive prep time spent on the rest of our offense. But, the wildcat has to be a threat for that to happen. I think that if Whitlow can work in a small package of plays as QB plus the wildcat plus a couple of routes as a WR then he can have enough versatility to be very dangerous. I hope that happens this year.

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  • rompcat said...

    I think the key is the ability to execute it VERY well against teams that don't spend time preparing for it. If teams don't bother preparing for it and running it gets ok results that aren't any different than those of the plays the D prepped for against us then there is little reason to run it, IMO. Teams won't need to work it into their defensive gameplan and nothing will be gained. If people are always clamoring for us to run the wildcat but we don't because the D is well prepped against it then we should have an advantage with less defensive prep time spent on the rest of our offense. But, the wildcat has to be a threat for that to happen. I think that if Whitlow can work in a small package of plays as QB plus the wildcat plus a couple of routes as a WR then he can have enough versatility to be very dangerous. I hope that happens this year.

    Agreed. The key is either you make teams spend some time preparing for it or you gash a team that hasn't prepared for it. Its a win-win with the Wildcat.

    tWhit

  • I just hope, with the potential of talent that our QBs have, that we don't live and die with ONE guy, who is made the starter and has quarters where he needs to sit and watch someone else play. I don't mind the backup being in the game especially if both players are so different on the field that the defense has to adjust.

    UKlaw82

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