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He not a great runner. He's a "competent runner" but not dangerous like those other guys.
He's probably the worst runner we've had in a while, which is not to say he's immobile... Baker wasn't the fastest but somehow was very elusive and hard to bring down, Hurts was a running back with a great arm and Kyler... well, Kyler is in a league by himself.
 

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I watched the OU game yesterday evening and was surprised to hear the fans chanting to have our quarterback replaced with the 2nd string QB.....I know it wasn't up to OU standards the way the game went down but there were a lot of reasons for that. No running game, poor offensive line play, quarterback pressure and a much better WV team that we've seen in quite a while.
Let me hear what you think.............
At lease we came out on top.....!!!
OU is in Serious Trouble. Just my 2 cents.
 

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Part of Rattler's problem is his inability/lack of desire to run. I've seen multiple plays where the receivers are covered, and he has 10-15 yards of open field in front of him and he won't just take off. Baker, Kyler and Jalen were all dual threat QBs, which takes some of the heat off of your receivers.
It makes me want to say the 'puss' word. Rattler is scared to take a hit. It's written all over his face. Now that he is a nil type of player he is going to do anything it takes to keep from getting nailed.
 

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It makes me want to say the 'puss' word. Rattler is scared to take a hit. It's written all over his face. Now that he is a nil type of player he is going to do anything it takes to keep from getting nailed.
I don't think he's any more scared of getting hit than any other QB, but he's getting pressured a lot more this year, which must have some impact on him, and that boils down to that inexperience in the interior line, IMHO. One thing Mayfield, Murray, Hurts, and 2020 Rattler had was a solid O-line, so they had the confidence to stand in the pocket, set their feet, and make the throws--and it's a lot easier to make good decisions when you aren't dodging defenders.
 

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He's probably the worst runner we've had in a while, which is not to say he's immobile... Baker wasn't the fastest but somehow was very elusive and hard to bring down, Hurts was a running back with a great arm and Kyler... well, Kyler is in a league by himself.
Perfect analysis IMO. Mayfield's speed was hard to see but he had some wheels. Mostly bursts, I don't think he could outrun the safeties in a 90 yard jaunt or anything, but he had some killer speed for a short distance and a pretty good hole shot.
ETA: And yea, Kyler could smoke anyone on the field with those short legs of his, he was amazing to watch.
 

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Wasn't the OU fan base talking about National Championships and Rattler being in the running for the Heisman, etc, etc? What happened fellas?

I'm an OSU guy and for the record, not sure OSU should be sitting at #19.
 

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I wonder how much seeing tweets with players' new cars and trucks will impact how fans treat them. I suspect that paid players will probably be given less slack than before, fairly or unfairly.
I saw a documentary on college football, about the bagmen or money guys who would drop bags of cash to gain new recruits, then keep dropping cash to keep them during the season, NCAA turns a blind eye to the big schools doing this but if some small podunk team starts winning too many recruits or games the NCAA knows they can find cash violations and do, example Jimmy Johnson at OSU most of his players had shiny new cars OSU busted but at the same time I bet he still didn't have the cash to compete with bigger schools that didn't get busted, guess the pay deal is all different now?
 

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