I was merely showing his production levels in passing and running, and how it is virtually the same over his 3 years. He has maintained an average level of QB production. And many of the same mental and throwing mechanics issues are still evident. That is all.

You are the emotional one, trying to see improvements in things that are not evident in his actual production levels.

His production characteristics are what we are discussing. Especially as it relates to the high winning percentage teams. NOT the cream puffs. The last QB before MR was a master at putting up stats and wins against the cream puffs. MR is suffering from that to a large extent when playing above average teams. He needs to demonstrate improvement against higher echelon teams. I think we can all agree on that.

If Reed is going to be our QB going forward, we're going to have to get more out of the running backs and get more out of Reed using his legs. I don't doubt that Reed can continue to progress and shake some of his worst habits that cause the missed passes in the short game, but I don't think there's any version of him that's evolves into a credible deep threat or even a consistently efficient mid-range passer. The best that we can hope for is a more efficient, less turnover prone version of what he was this year. If we can't get things going on the ground against elite defenses, he's not going to be able to bail us out.

What's his completion rate over 20 yards? His 60% stat is held up by short yardage passes.

TheDecadeSapling said:

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What's his completion rate over 20 yards? His 60% stat is held up by short yardage passes.

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How does that compare to the QB's you consider good? And what quality of defenses did each play?

Reed was very strong through midseason in the 10-20yd range. Then defenses figured Klein out and we literally never adjusted a thing.

MR in the 3 most important games over the past 2 years:

MR vs UT 2024 146 Passing, 0 TD, 1 INT, 60 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS
MR vs UT 2025 180 Passing, 0 TD, 2 INT, 71 Rushing, 0 TD - LOSS
MR vs MIA 2025 237 Passing, 0 TD 2 INT, 27 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS

0-3 Record
0 TD Passing
0 TD Rushing
5 INT
2 Fumbles lost

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As I said earlier I am upset with Reed but that also falls on Klein who had a foot out the door. They knew what Reed's weaknesses were and he took gigantic strides from the previous season. I do see a great work ethic in the kid and I think he will get it done.

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It is not revealed by his stats that MR made "gigantic strides". Minimal stride at best.

He still has the yips, happy feet, throws off balance off his back foot, can't process more than first read, sometimes a second, hesitates, throws erratic passes over the head of receivers, or wildly off target to the point receivers momentum causes them to fall down after catches (see Bussey and Owens). Still has only one speed, a fastball.

His minimal production improvements were:
1. Passing Percentage from 61.3% to 62.1%, or 0.8%.
2. Average yards per completion from 7.8 yards to 8.4 yards, or 0.6 yards.
3. He threw a TD for every 16 pass attempts last year, and threw a TD for every 15.08 pass attempts this year, or 0.92 attempts.
4. Passer rating of 142.1 last year and 148.2 this year, or 6.1 rating points.

His production declines were:
1. His INT per pass attempt fell from 1 INT per 40 attempts to 1 INT per 31.42 attempts, or 8.58 attempts.

His rushing Yards per attempt remained the same at 4.7 yards per rush attempt. He scored 1 less TD rushing this year on 12 fewer rushing attempts.

One could easily equate his minimal passing improvements to the improved talent at WR position, which enhanced catch rate and YAC. To log "gigantic strides" would take better fundamental QB play to include mental processing and throwing mechanics, which has mostly remained the same over his first 3 years in the program. He essentially is what he is.

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How people like you can't understand that the most development (especially when arm throwing mechanics are not an issue) comes from playing and experiencing a variety of defenses and opposing gameplans shows even further your devotion to emotional temper tantrums.

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Except arm throwing mechanics are an issue. He can play against all the defenses he wants but until he gets the form cleaned up, it's not gonna matter. Look Mrs Reed, we don't have anything against your son personally. It's just that he's not that good. He does squint a lot though so maybe he needs to call Arch and get the Warby Parker hookup. That may help

redjalapeno-87 said:

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MR in the 3 most important games over the past 2 years:

MR vs UT 2024 146 Passing, 0 TD, 1 INT, 60 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS
MR vs UT 2025 180 Passing, 0 TD, 2 INT, 71 Rushing, 0 TD - LOSS
MR vs MIA 2025 237 Passing, 0 TD 2 INT, 27 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS

0-3 Record
0 TD Passing
0 TD Rushing
5 INT
2 Fumbles lost

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I'm Reed agnostic, but it's bad faith to just cherry pick three losses and say "these are the games that matter." Like, Notre Dame wasn't important? Last year's LSU win wasn't important?

Heineken-Ashi said:

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TheDecadeSapling said:

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What's his completion rate over 20 yards? His 60% stat is held up by short yardage passes.

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How does that compare to the QB's you consider good? And what quality of defenses did each play?

Reed was very strong through midseason in the 10-20yd range. Then defenses figured Klein out and we literally never adjusted a thing.

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We literally never adjusted a thing? Give me a break. The QBs I consider good have no issues with these.

marcel reed; miami vs texas a&m pic.twitter.com/6SKnSEVszr

— ◇ (@F0RGIAT0) December 20, 2025

He literally sucks soooo bad. A&M HAS to be move on https://t.co/AoGSWkkNiF

— 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐉 (@WreckinqCrew979) December 22, 2025

TheDecadeSapling said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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phatty26 said:

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As I said earlier I am upset with Reed but that also falls on Klein who had a foot out the door. They knew what Reed's weaknesses were and he took gigantic strides from the previous season. I do see a great work ethic in the kid and I think he will get it done.

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It is not revealed by his stats that MR made "gigantic strides". Minimal stride at best.

He still has the yips, happy feet, throws off balance off his back foot, can't process more than first read, sometimes a second, hesitates, throws erratic passes over the head of receivers, or wildly off target to the point receivers momentum causes them to fall down after catches (see Bussey and Owens). Still has only one speed, a fastball.

His minimal production improvements were:
1. Passing Percentage from 61.3% to 62.1%, or 0.8%.
2. Average yards per completion from 7.8 yards to 8.4 yards, or 0.6 yards.
3. He threw a TD for every 16 pass attempts last year, and threw a TD for every 15.08 pass attempts this year, or 0.92 attempts.
4. Passer rating of 142.1 last year and 148.2 this year, or 6.1 rating points.

His production declines were:
1. His INT per pass attempt fell from 1 INT per 40 attempts to 1 INT per 31.42 attempts, or 8.58 attempts.

His rushing Yards per attempt remained the same at 4.7 yards per rush attempt. He scored 1 less TD rushing this year on 12 fewer rushing attempts.

One could easily equate his minimal passing improvements to the improved talent at WR position, which enhanced catch rate and YAC. To log "gigantic strides" would take better fundamental QB play to include mental processing and throwing mechanics, which has mostly remained the same over his first 3 years in the program. He essentially is what he is.

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How people like you can't understand that the most development (especially when arm throwing mechanics are not an issue) comes from playing and experiencing a variety of defenses and opposing gameplans shows even further your devotion to emotional temper tantrums.

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Except arm throwing mechanics are an issue. He can play against all the defenses he wants but until he gets the form cleaned up, it's not gonna matter. Look Mrs Reed, we don't have anything against your son personally. It's just that he's not that good. He does squint a lot though so maybe he needs to call Arch and get the Warby Parker hookup. That may help

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Cute, but stupid, like the majority of your whiney offerings.

Marcel's arm mechanics are great. It's the lower body that's the problem.

TheDecadeSapling said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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TheDecadeSapling said:

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What's his completion rate over 20 yards? His 60% stat is held up by short yardage passes.

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How does that compare to the QB's you consider good? And what quality of defenses did each play?

Reed was very strong through midseason in the 10-20yd range. Then defenses figured Klein out and we literally never adjusted a thing.

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We literally never adjusted a thing? Give me a break. The QBs I consider good have no issues with these.

marcel reed; miami vs texas a&m pic.twitter.com/6SKnSEVszr

— ◇ (@F0RGIAT0) December 20, 2025

He literally sucks soooo bad. A&M HAS to be move on https://t.co/AoGSWkkNiF

— 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐉 (@WreckinqCrew979) December 22, 2025

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Bad passes.

What does that have to do with running the same plays we put on film all year?

Why run different plays? The receivers were wide ass open. Like they've been all year

Could not have said it better myself. The Reed hater crowd is loud right now, glad I'm not the only one who sees things this way.

If that is true then that means more problems for Reed lol

If that is true then that means more problems for Reed lol

Holy moly that KC underthrow was something else. His feet weren't even on the ground lol

People can make excuses all they want, but those three turnovers were 100% on Reed and no one else.

That underthrow to a wide ****ing open KC is sickening

Stats tell a different story than anecdotes. Reed's overall performance is going to be a distribution from horribly bad to insanely good, but those are just the extremes. Every QB is going to have great plays and terrible mistakes, and you can't judge them on either. If you keep playing him based on a handful of great plays and what he might be you will easily find yourself chasing performance that will never exist.

Reed's distribution doesn't really seem to have changed much from last year. On any given play, his probability of success and the nature of that success is basically what it was last year. Maybe some marginal improvement, but he's not making huge strides.

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Reed ain't it.

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What happen to all the Heisman talk?! I laughed then and I'm laughing now!!!

If Mond experience as starting QB for A&M is any guide...Reed will probably be a tad better but not great.

Actually I think I am more pissed at Klein for dumb as coaching decisions

Klein just played the same game as tu game vs Miami where we went nowhere. klein doesn't learn

why can't Klein instruct Reed to haul ass if after initial progression is unfavorable? good riddance to klein

Reed's run game success gives him confidence in his passing game in 2nd half of SC...Klein never seized what was working that day and instead pounded a square peg in a round hole

Elko developed Riley Leonard at Duke. He knows what it takes to win. He made portal signings at WR because it was a need and there was the opportunity to upgrade. We know how that went.

I imagine it will be the same process for QB. Will there be someone better than Reed available? Not sure. If so, great, would love to see it. If not, I trust that he will put Reed in the best position to improve and win for this team.

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redjalapeno-87 said:

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MR in the 3 most important games over the past 2 years:

MR vs UT 2024 146 Passing, 0 TD, 1 INT, 60 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS
MR vs UT 2025 180 Passing, 0 TD, 2 INT, 71 Rushing, 0 TD - LOSS
MR vs MIA 2025 237 Passing, 0 TD 2 INT, 27 Rushing, 0 TD, 1 Fumble - LOSS

0-3 Record
0 TD Passing
0 TD Rushing
5 INT
2 Fumbles lost

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I'm Reed agnostic, but it's bad faith to just cherry pick three losses and say "these are the games that matter." Like, Notre Dame wasn't important? Last year's LSU win wasn't important?

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The rest of MR games were at least average. The 3 games I mentioned were the 2 rival games and the playoff game. And MR put up a goose egg on the board and looked bad doing it. Is that what you are satisfied with? No scoring from the QB over a 3 game total? What about the bad halves of other games as well? Where he looked lost? That came back to bite the team. We need consistency.

My post was not bad faith, it was analyzing production of the most important player/leader on the team.