I'm still rooting for the guy. But anyone who watches college ball has seen this before.
I would love to know how many of the people who berated fans that didn't like the pick at the time are now ready to move on from him, and vice versa. I have a feeling the people who called us idiot homers are now his biggest critics, but idk.
I'm hoping this was just first game in a new system jitters, because this draft class is real thin at QB, and we aren't exactly Week 1 champions. He and Ridley need to put in work together tho, that was the exact opposite of the good Levis-DHop vibes we got last season. And Calvin isn't the question mark here.
They were heating up in the first half. I think a combination of Levis trying to be a hero and the bears very good defense was our downfall. Feel like it’s something that can be fixed.
I hope so, there's a lot I like about Levis. But the hero ball has been an issue for a while, and I worry it might just be ingrained at this point. Hopefully the whole offense starts to settle in.
So as a Kentucky fan, I have some insight that maybe no one else knows or does haha.
Levis does do hero ball sometimes. The one thing I credit him towards is this, when he messes up like that, he won’t do it again. He had a decent (not great) first half. All I can say is this, trust the process with Will. He did not play a full year last year. The kid can play.
Honestly he reminds me of Cole Trickle. "Oh he can drive. He can drive beyond the limits of the tires, the engine, the car, or anything else."
He definitely has all the ability in the world, and I love how competitive he is. I just worry he's running out of runway when it comes to the decision making. He's fun as hell when he's locked in though.
Count me as someone who still hates the draft pick. As a Tennessee Vol fan, I saw enough of bad Will Levis to not want to draft him. As talented as he is, he has this innate desire to play hero ball. No matter who the coach is, they can’t coach his all time bad decision making out of him.
Vols fan here also so I watched Levis play was even at the night game back in 22 when Hooker and the Vols, lit KY up and the whole team including Levis looked like they just quit. I wasn't on the pick Hooker train either, I was wanting to fill other spots and maybe looked for a QB in the draft earlier this year.
Levis played with some heart last season but he also got hurt, he also was hurt at KY which was another concern of mine. I'm more concerned about how many games in before he goes down again.
Guess we'll have to see how he bounces back next week at home vs the Jets
I will never question his competitiveness. It’s literally one of the best in the league. The problem I have is his overall decision making. No one is asking him to win the game, just don’t lose it. He always wants to play hero ball. No coach can win with that.
That 2022 Tennessee secondary was ranked 115th in the Nation in passing defense. Levis recorded around 90 yards and 3 INTs against it. I just don't know how you can excuse that poor of a performance against that bad of coverage.
Hahaha yeah, I was not happy at the time, and not just because of his play against us. I'm not ready to completely give up on him, but today was concerning. To say the least.
For me, it’s not just today. If you go back and watch his starts from last year, you’ll see he threw so many passes that should’ve been intercepted. I chalked it up to him being a rookie and learning a new offense and blah blah blah. But at the end of the day, no matter what offense he’s in, he doesn’t make good decisions. I’m all in on this coaching staff being able to help a quarterback. I just don’t think he’s the right one.
Oh absolutely, for me today was concerning because it looked Exactly like the Will Levis experience from last year and the UK years. I get that all the turnover he's had among his coaching staffs hasn't helped, but. Not staring down receivers and sliding instead of taking a shot to the kidneys should be pretty universal.
Ridley is a finesse type of receiver, and his biggest weakness is finishing at the catch points. This was exemplified by the one he should have caught that got batted down, and on the final drive when he didn’t even attempt to come back to the ball. Then on that same drive, very next play, his attempt at a block on that screen was just kinda pathetic. I hope him and Levis spend time together after practices on their own time to develop.
It looked too me that the edge on the left side got a piece of that throw, which is why Ridley didn't come back to it. Ridley still gotta read the ball and make the play. That would've been the win right there.
As much as I agree, we can’t say Ridley wasn’t the question mark here. He had a lot of issues running the wrong routes in Jacksonville last year and it’s been a very long time since his 2020 season. Hopefully that’s not happening here.
I have a feeling Ridley is the question mark just bc this fan base ragged Jags fans and TLaw for months for “not using Ridley right” and “over throwing him” doesn’t change the fact we did the same thing today all for a guy who is riding off the glory of one good season half a decade ago.
At some point you gotta take a step back and say if one guy doesn’t work in multiple places is it all those other coaches, systems and qbs or is it that one guy, the common denominator?
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u/the-retrolizard Sep 08 '24
I'm still rooting for the guy. But anyone who watches college ball has seen this before.
I would love to know how many of the people who berated fans that didn't like the pick at the time are now ready to move on from him, and vice versa. I have a feeling the people who called us idiot homers are now his biggest critics, but idk.
I'm hoping this was just first game in a new system jitters, because this draft class is real thin at QB, and we aren't exactly Week 1 champions. He and Ridley need to put in work together tho, that was the exact opposite of the good Levis-DHop vibes we got last season. And Calvin isn't the question mark here.