Rocco is special, and probably will be mentioned along with Archer, Sage, Seneca, and Brock after his time at ISU is over.
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Dekkers feet were just soooooooo slow that I felt everything always had to be executed perfectly. The minute he had to move at all we were toast. Rocco on the move is so refreshing and already more like what we got used to with Purdy.
Guess I won’t be naming my next kid Cartavious after all. Dang
I really haven't seen much outside of his natural talent which i love. This is not his fault. He is young and has had training wheels on him by OC, but I need to see more command of the offense and an ability to be a difference maker. Right now, if his first read isn't there, or we aren't running the football well, then he does not play well and turns the ball over. I fully expect him to take the next step and saw improvement each week after being put into a tough situation. Like I said earlier. When Brock was done his freshman year there was no question he was the future of our program. I don't feel that way with Rocco yet. I feel Abu Sama the future of the offense. Which is fine. If we're being honest Breece ended up being Top Dog on offense even with Brock as qb.
Since I’m in Ames fairly often, my town 90 minutes away counts to Ames. Ames counts to Des Moines, so in essence, clear lake and Mason city are part of the DM metro.
Thanks God we have first amendment rights for you. You are wrong.
Dekkers had no pocket presence. He could hold the ball for 5 seconds, not moving, and have no idea a DE was going to drill him from any angle.
Rocco has placed his stamp on the team more than Sama has. Sama had a GREAT game, Rocco had a steady and solid season.
I'm not sure what you've been watching.
He's successfully changed the play at the line of scrimmage. He's successfully gotten through progressions and hit hot reads when blitzes are coming. Does he need work in all of those areas? Yes! But good grief, for a freshman he showed poise and command of the offense. Of his (few) picks, only 2 stand out as truly bad plays (long throws that were late giving the DB time to jump the route). He clearly excels at buying time and avoiding sacks. And the limited runs/scrambles have been sufficient.
Opposing coaches voted him as offensive freshman of the year.
If your not sure if he's the future of the offense, I'm not sure what would have you convinced.
I thought I was the only one who hated it so bad. It really made the games hard for me to watch. I enjoyed the radio more last season specifically for that reason I think.
I'm glad Rocco had a year to develop but I'm 0% surprised we got an upgrade, just need to fill in the depth and luckily he was healthy. If Purdy had never played NFL football everybody would be looking at Rocco's similar physical abilities/size and similar stats and be comparing them very directly. Because of his NFL success it sounds far fetched though.
I knew at the end of last year that if Rocco could command the offense that he would be an upgrade. I had been hearing that Rocco had Brock’s leadership traits that made other players like him and gravitate to him. Dekkers was a first rate douche canoe was what I’d heard.
I'm not a QB guru, but Becht this year looked like he was 100x better at progressing through reads and not staring down his primary target than Dekkers was last year
Presence. Period.
This was one of the dumbest plays I have seen in football. It was 1st and 10. Go down earlier, protect the ball.
I'm not wrong. I was asked what I needed to see more to be sold on Becht. I answered the question. You can disagree. If you think he is a finished product and sold on him cool, but I stated the obvious. If you don't think he or even most young qbs have difficulty after their first read is taken away, then you don't watch the games closely. I never bashed the kid just stated I'm not sold completely on him being the future at the QB position. History as an ISU football fan alone says otherwise. There were high for hopes for Joel Lanning going into the next season....There were high hopes for Jacob Park going into his second season, Kyle Kempt then Brock came along and broke that mold. Then, this year with Dekkers. So I'm sorry I'm not sold. I hope he is the guy, gets better every year, is a first rounder, and leads us to a Big 12 championship win!
Hunter was asked to do 30 times more as a passer specifically downfiels throws than what was asked of Rocco. Still you're right he definitely locked in on receivers last year. Rocco almost always throws off some run fake in rhythm to his first read outside of third and long situations. If that read is there with his quick release its awesome if typically did not go well. I believe next year they will ask him to do more which means we will see more. I wish he could run because that just adds another thing defense need to prepare for.
You made my point. When you mention Sama you said the word Great! When you mentioned Rocco you said steady solid. Assessment was based off potential I see. Rocco has had a greater sample size than Sama admittedly. I 100% agree with that assessment. Next year that will be even better but I feel Abu can be great without Rocco at QB....Rocco can't go to next level without an focal point at RB. But what QB at ISU ever has been able to be great without a stud RB? Maybe Seneca Wallace.
You were selective there and that is disingenuous. I also used game and season. Sama did well, but that was one game, Rocco pieces together a season.
I agree with everything you said except for this. More of his picks were on him than two and more than 2 were bad decisions. Most of them were bad decisions. Hence why they are picks. All of the pick 6's were partly or essentially all on him. Norton's route was bad but it was not a great throw or decision. Worst of all, that whole damn drive and game to that point I kept thinking - stop with those routes. Iowa is going to sit on it. Iowa is going to sit on it. Iowa is going to - oh sh*t.
Now he is 10 million times an upgrade over Dekkers.
He has a good, sweet release, and has a pretty good understanding of defense and timing - some of which you'd expect from a coaches son, let alone a coaches son who was a pretty darn good NFL player for a long time.
His arm strength is average to maybe a little above average.
The one thing he needs to improve on - or the biggest area - and this is every QB, not just him - is understanding more of the hot reads. There are times he's done great, but there's been times, especially on the middle pressures, where he seems to not recognize it quite as well -
but that is hardly an indictment on him, because there are NFL quarterbacks who struggle with some of the middle pressures and hot reads. Edge ones are relatively easier - and yes, also, some of the identification of hots in the middle is not just on the QB. Bonfias (or the center, or maybe it was Hufford since his experience) can also help identifying some of the middle hots.
Long story short, he's a ten million upgrade over Dekkers, its clearly his job.