please tell me that Sanchez is not planning on starting this guy next year? There has to be some juco or transfer out there.
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No there are 2 jucco guys on radar. Also 3 star Dalton Sneed is on roster and they have a verbal from 3 star Jack Smith. They don't want to break Sneed's red shirt.please tell me that Sanchez is not planning on starting this guy next year? There has to be some juco or transfer out there.
OK, fine. The kid is competitive and has drive, and he's the leader Sanchez needs right now, and Sanchez knows it. It's disappointing to see a thread like this re: next year's or the next year's QB and discounting Palandech's contributions to the Reb effort at this point. Yes, he has flaws & I'm sure his coaches will educate him re: those, & he will learn.He played well at times, but after his first INT, it seemed like he was afraid to throw the ball in the middle of the field. He had Boyd and Keys open a few times but looked them off for an RB in the flat. Too many sideways throws and not enough downfield. We have really good WR's but have to get them the ball more often
I think he is an above average backup QB but a below average starter. He is the type of guy that off the bench he can give you a spark and he may even win you a game or two as a starter.
I went back and watched that throw to Boyd on our last drive in regulation. At the game, it looked like a drop (and he did drop the ball), but if you watch his feet, he was out of bounds. Not a "bad" throw by any means, but it was a little bit to far to the right, and even if Boyd held onto the ball, his feet wouldn't have been down.From my angle it looked like Palandech threw the ball perfectly on that final drive to Devonte Boyd for what would have been the game-winning TD. That ball was on the money and Boyd flat out dropped it.
.........For me the part that hurt the worst, even more than the two picks, was on that 3rd and long driving to try and win the game we called the middle screen against the double safety blitz. That's a game winning touchdown combination and such an amazing play call. He has to see that and know that he must extend that play by moving back in the pocket. Instead at the end of his five step drop he stopped and then it was already too late. If he turns that into a 7 step drop or even rolled out slightly to his right that play is set up for BIG yardage and we're in an amazing position to win the game. It just looks like he's still counting his steps in his passing drops--it's not a memory thing he's still having to think about it.
More than anything he can not take a sack there.
But this team is still playing much better football than I would have expected from a back up quarterback against what is probably the team that's going to win the West division.
Yes, Palendech has his warts and limitations. But a lot of his problems are due to inexperience.
Odd thing about Alex Smith is like you mentioned he showed a lot of athletic ability at the college level. At the pro level you rarely see him use his legs to make plays.After rewatching the game....I believe Palandech COULD be the guy to lead this team to where we want. He reminds me a bit of Alex Smith when he was at Utah playing for Urban Meyer. The only difference is the offense was built around Smith's ability to run, and we've yet to do that for Palandech....although, that could come.
What I really like about Palandech is he's very explosive when he gets outside the pocket....Smith wasn't this explosive, but a guy from the team up north was, and he replaced Smith on the 49ers. I do think those two interceptions cost us the game....both were in or near the redzone....they SHOULD have been 3pts at least. They were bad passes, both of them....but it's hard to not see the potential with KP.