Why isn barrett trotter playing

Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Throwing only 3 times on 35 first down plays made the offense extremely predictable, which not only hurt the passing game, it also made defending the run on first down easier. Only Before he was injured, it was All six quarterbacks have attempted more passes on first down than 3rd down but this is not the case for Barrett Trotter, who has been placed in a position of playing uphill.

How about some crossing routes and slants on first down? For those that took time to read all of this, I truly appreciate your time. I hope some who have been negative towards Barrett Trotter will cut him some slack based on the data and information I provided. When given time to throw, he has placed the ball where it needs to go more often than not. His numbers against South Carolina were nothing to write home about but he did convert 5 third downs, throwing the football and picked up a sixth, with his feet.

He has made critical plays in every game this season, directing 2 game-winning drives. Has he been consistent? No he has not but it is primarily due to an inexperienced offensive line and being placed in too many obvious passing situations. That is not a good combination for ANY quarterback. Nice analysis, Stat. I agree, some increased time in the pocket would help BT become a more effective weapon. And I agree wholeheartedly on the screen statement.

With the exception of Saturday's freeze screen you highlighted, the screens have been largely ineffective this season. Quick slants or quick outs would be more effective on first downs IMO. I do enjoy seeing Frazier come in and agree that bringing him along slowly is the preferred method. One area Trotter can will improve on is facing a blitz. I've notice if the other team sends a blitz he holds the ball to long. I find myself saying throw it now at the TV. He often will steps up to dodge a guy, so I know he is reading the pressure.

He needs to hit a hot route or throw it away more. I think after 7 or 8 games Trotter will look like a more polished QB. Personally I think Cam became more polished after 7 or 8 game last year also. Even Cams throwing motion looked better as the season progressed. Finally, even though Trotter is getting sacked he's a tougher QB than I thought he would be.

One question I have to agree with you here. You hit the nail on the head! I have been wondering the same thing with all the play calling issues that have been going on. Consistent use of screen plays when the opposing team knows you're not going to throw slants or passes of atleast 10 yards down field aren't going to get you nowhere. Continuously running the ball on every 1st down is ridiculous.

There is no change up, nothing to throw the defense off and keep them honest. Then you have plays on 3rd down with short yardage like 3rd and 1 or 2. Why do these turn into pass plays and not run plays? This especially happened during Clemson when we needed to sustain drives and could have possibly scored more to turn the tide.

I think the majority of the issues come from the OC coach not putting the offense in a good position to get the job done. Just my 2 cents.. The only 2 issues that I see from Trotter are that he does hold the ball too long sometimes and you can tell he knows it from time to time after a sack , and he leaves the pocket too early at other times. Do I blame him? I'd be shell-shocked, too. And the way he has played on late drives has been really ballsy.

But those are areas that I think he could work to improve in, and he actually improved on them as it got late in the game Saturday. I'm not down on him today. Agreed with your points on how Auburn can help Trotter. I get that he's trying to buy him some breathing room, but that seems like an awfully hard throw he's asking him to make. Great job, StatTiger As you stated, our screen game is just non existent right now.

I think that it stems from the root of our ineffectiveness on offense right now too. That being, the perimeter blocking. In the USCe game there were multiple times where Stallworth should have just layed down before the snap as the block he performed on "his guy" would have been the same. Now we're learning more about why so many of these guys with obvious playmaking skills sat on the bench behind Kodi, T-Zac and Darvin.

With the game on the line Like most anything else, it's not any one thing. It's any number of things at a particular time, such as:. There was rampant speculation that Clint would transfer. Well, Clint bounced back in about 48 hours, ended up in the job, just went through a rough spring and is still plugging.

Barrett got bad news and decided to leave. Maybe that's the best thing for him right now. He seems like a good man and I wish him the best. I was just commenting on how things didn't go the way most folks seemed to think that they would.

Folks may be forgetting that BT had already graduated and was working on a master's degree. In addition to that, the coaches were quite clear with their signals to him.

Anyone care to guess how many reps BT got in the practices before the bowl game? The answer is zero and that is not rumor.

Considering how CM's performances were pretty much dismal and seeing how the coaches were treating him, I would have made the same decision. He did not make his decision in a vacuum, nor in anger. He saw what the coaches had in store for him and left. You guys have bad memories. BT was "THE reason we won the first two games? You must be kidding! In terms of what I said about BT being a bit aloof, it's based on my meeting him. The coaching staff never doubted that he was a bit better than CM, that's why they started trotter.

But BT was sitting like a bump in a log on the sidelines many times during the year. CM was put in to provide a spark. I might as will post how I remember it. Clint was excellent vs Ole Miss 12 for 16 and about yards and many of us thought we had us a real QB. Then Clint started going downhill. I think we lose the bowl game if Clint doesn't get hurt so that Trotter comes in to play.

Neither has the physical or mental ability of Frazier, thus Gus's unhesitant "Frazier" when asked who would start at QB next year. Best wishes to Trotter, it didn't work for him here but he got his degree and that's why most of us go to AU in the first place. You can post now and register later.

If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Trotter lost his starting job late in the season but relieved an injured Clint Moseley in the Chick-fil-A Bowl with perhaps his best performance.

Trotter passed for 1, yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior and was intercepted six times. He didn't log any significant playing time before last season.

He graduated last August with a degree in communications and is still enrolled in graduate school.