Jaelon Darden

[emmitt01]

If not for his individual brilliance, this offense is just as ugly as the defense...and NOBODY tries to argue that Aune is a serviceable quarterback 

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Truth. Aune can barely hit the side of a barn this half.

[Cr1028]

Darden is very good for sure. Aune is somewhere between McNulty and Fine. I won’t say which side he shades to.

Edited October 11, 2020 by Cr1028

[Travis]

I said the same thing just a little bit ago to those watching with me. This team trash and would be far worse if it wasn’t for Darden. 

[Pavlovs Eagle]

We've done JD wrong.  If he has eligibility left he should transfer after this season, just like Mason should have for his last year of eligibility.

[Travis]

Doesn’t technically this year not count against their time as a college player?

[greeneagle1]

He’s declaring after this season. He’s carried this trash team and might lead the nation in receiving TDs. We will see him in the draft. 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Wasted his great talent here. He’ll probably enter the draft, but he really should’ve left if he wanted a better shot

[BillySee58]

Imagine what Fine’s numbers would’ve looked like last year if he had Jaelon Darden

[Cr1028]

19 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Wasted his great talent here. He’ll probably enter the draft, but he really should’ve left if he wanted a better shot

Wasted it in what way? By leading the nation in touchdown catches? By very likely becoming our career leader in touchdown catches?

Where should he have gone to not “waste his talent”?

[Green Lantern]

A wise man once said “We had some diamonds...”

[Got5onIt]

Aune or McNulty? Who you got?

[Travis]

Just now, Got5onIt said:

Aune or McNulty? Who you got?

Aune by a billion. But still. 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

36 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Wasted it in what way? By leading the nation in touchdown catches? By very likely becoming our career leader in touchdown catches?

Where should he have gone to not “waste his talent”?

Wow that’s good and all, but he plays for a team that is going to win one game and he is literally the only good player on this team.

Like I said, he should’ve transferred from this mess

[emmitt01]

25 minutes ago, Got5onIt said:

Aune or McNulty? Who you got?

I’ll just run the wildcat 

[BillySee58]

2 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

Darden is very good for sure. Aune is somewhere between McNulty and Fine. I won’t say which side he shades to.

 

15 minutes ago, Got5onIt said:

Aune or McNulty? Who you got?

Let’s see what the stats say, just looking at efficiency-based stats. I’ll throw in DT too.

Completion percentage:

1. Fine - 62.78%

2. Thompson - 60.28%

3. Aune - 56.49%

4. McNulty - 52.21%

Yards/Attempt:

1. Aune - 9.5 yards/attempt

2. Fine - 7.56 yards/attempt

3. Thompson - 7.04 yards/attempt

4. McNulty - 5.83 yards/attempt

TD/INT Ratio

1. Aune - 4.5 TD/INT

2. Fine - 2.75 TD/INT

3. Thompson - 1.25 TD/INT

4. McNulty - 0.66 TD/INT

QB Rating:

1. Aune - 155.9

2. Fine - 140.7

3. Thompson - 126.1

4. McNulty - 101.9

[emmitt01]

8 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

 

Let’s see what the stats say, just looking at efficiency-based stats. I’ll throw in DT too.

Completion percentage:

1. Fine - 62.78%

2. Thompson - 60.28%

3. Aune - 56.49%

4. McNulty - 52.21%

Yards/Attempt:

1. Aune - 9.5 yards/attempt

2. Fine - 7.56 yards/attempt

3. Thompson - 7.04 yards/attempt

4. McNulty - 5.83 yards/attempt

TD/INT Ratio

1. Aune - 4.5 TD/INT

2. Fine - 2.75 TD/INT

3. Thompson - 1.25 TD/INT

4. McNulty - 0.66 TD/INT

QB Rating:

1. Aune - 155.9

2. Fine - 140.7

3. Thompson - 126.1

4. McNulty - 101.9

Now subtract the plays where Darden makes a freak athlete play on an underthrown ball and tell me what you get.

 

And any stats that put Aune above Fine just prove that Mark Twain was right when he said “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics”

Edited October 11, 2020 by emmitt01

[meaniegreenie]

10 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Imagine what Fine’s numbers would’ve looked like last year if he had Jaelon Darden

Imagine what MF would have done last year if he hadn't been running for his life 8/10 plays.

If AA or JB were getting anything like the pressure he was under last year, this would be an even bigger disaster. 

[MeanGreenDan]

1 hour ago, emmitt01 said:

Now subtract the plays where Darden makes a freak athlete play on an underthrown ball and tell me what you get.

In that case, can we add back all of the drops of passes by our WRs that many high school players would catch? 

[southsideguy]

The line is doing a better job of protecting the qb this year.

[Cr1028]

3 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

The line is doing a better job of protecting the qb this year.

Yea and both of our quarterbacks are faster and more mobile than Mason was.

[tmjerm]

10 hours ago, Got5onIt said:

Aune or McNulty? Who you got?

It takes time for players to develop.  Especially after being away from the game for 6 years.  He’s going to be fine.  I’m more concerned about our heads.  This team never looks inspired and never plays with great discipline.  

[BillySee58]

5 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

Now subtract the plays where Darden makes a freak athlete play on an underthrown ball and tell me what you get.

 

And any stats that put Aune above Fine just prove that Mark Twain was right when he said “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics”

Fine had Darden, and Guyton, and Bussey. You aren’t asking to subtract the plays they made for him from his statistics. 

If Fine played the exact game Aune played last night everyone would be saying “he doesn’t have any help outside of Darden. The Shorter injury screwed him. Look at all the drops.”

Also, the idea that he underthrew Darden a lot last night just isn’t true. Aune has been far worse at overthrows and miscommunications than underthrows. After rewatching a lot of the game, the only one you can really make the claim that he underthrew him on was the play where Darden stumbled out of bounds on the sideline, and even that one was a slight underthrow at worst. 

And by the way, I’m not claiming Aune is better than Fine. But God forbid he gets any credit for the passes he made or is actually judged by his body of work, and not just scorn for getting the job over Bean. Aune went over 100 passes in between interceptions, while Bean has thrown 5 in 64 career passes. He’s the best we have, and if that’s not enough then that’s on Littrell for not recruiting a better QB.

Edited October 11, 2020 by BillySee58

[BillySee58]

3 hours ago, MeanGreenDan said:

In that case, can we add back all of the drops of passes by our WRs that many high school players would catch? 

We only look at things that way for Fine and Bean

[UNTLifer]

5 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

Now subtract the plays where Darden makes a freak athlete play on an underthrown ball and tell me what you get.

 

And any stats that put Aune above Fine just prove that Mark Twain was right when he said “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics”

And also remove the drops or misplays by White, Ogunmakin and Burns.