Hawkins isn't great, buttttt maybe we could give him some gadget plays/package. Mateer is not playing well either and is trending toward hawkins but I still trust him more than hawkins (for now)
Totally agree on some packages
Mateer prolly runs harder than hawkins, but hawkins is surely much faster. So run some read options with the RB crashing in and let hawkins get on the perimeter. Mateer can stick with his inside QB run game
His passer rating in those games was very pedestrian. Barely above his season average. Even if you think he was better, those are 2 games, out of the 9 he has played. He is nine weeks post injury. An injury with a 4-week recovery. Heck, the Mizzou guy just played four weeks after redecorating his ankle and honestly, didn’t show any ill effects. People who want to act like the thumb is the reason need to just realize that the difference is, two of the four games before the injury came against JV teams. If you look objectively at just his passing, it was clear from game one that he isn’t accurate enough and makes a lot of risky throws. I’m not sure why his decision making and ability to see the field has gotten even worse, but I do know this: his eyes aren’t located in his thumb.
If your offense is one read and go then Hawkins is the better option imo. I love his speed and elusiveness especially in lieu of no running back option. But there are three million other reasons to keep playing Mateer from the coaching staff perspective ($$).
Yep. It’s completely natural too. It happens in all facets of life.
Well Ott is almost certainly making more than any other RB on the team and they kicked him to the curb immediately (at least with respect to playing time), so you’d hope they would go through the same process at quarterback and every other position. But it does make it very important that Nagy not miss on many more of his evaluations.
Hawkins could have already played Saturday. He has only played two games. His redshirt was assured after the Bama game. Unfortunately he is so bad that I think his only role would be a runner. I wish our staff would show enough creativity to come up with a few plays where he could help us in the run game. But since their approach is to simply do whatever it takes to avoid turnovers, I doubt they would risk installing any plays that could jeopardize that.
