I originally posted this on penyas thread but I think a lot of people need to realize just how messy it is right now and how little TRUST there is between QB, Coaching staff, and offensive skill “talent”
I don’t think it matters at all that Payton can run and if we let him we’d win or do better. there are multiple compounding factors that are making it hard to really parse this in a way that makes Hugh look good,
1. Payton is the obvious starter because Hugh doesn’t think Robby can unlock the “full offense”
2. Payton hasn’t opened up the full offense because, Receiver misplay, Line protection, and the coaching staff not calling good games (looking at you Monty)
3. Payton is not trusted and he has no confidence now, and that makes him play worse, and now that he plays worse the offense ceases to function, the coaches can only call certain things and that doesn’t even work, so the offense looks worse.
4. Payton has no trust in himself, or the coaching staff, or the offensive weapons and help. Hugh doesn’t trust Payton or the staff or the offensive weapons, and the offense doesn’t trust Payton, I think they still support Hugh plenty.
5. The offensive skill weapons don’t think Payton is putting them in a situation to succeed, and they begin to play worse because the QB can’t make passes, they play worse, they don’t catch the balls they can finally catch, and it gets worse the trust gets worse.
6. From the first game i think we’ve seen the seeds, payton didn’t throw well or look good against a garbage opponent like Umass, Robby who is given chance after chance keeps fighting but Hugh can’t actually let him win because the offense he wants to run requires Payton to make big boy throws or just put a ball consistently in a place WRs can go up and make a play. He’s incapable of even that because his confidence is so shot.
This is very much so like the patriots, where a lack of trust and happenstance make a bad situation 9000x worse
I don’t think it matters at all that Payton can run and if we let him we’d win or do better. there are multiple compounding factors that are making it hard to really parse this in a way that makes Hugh look good,
1. Payton is the obvious starter because Hugh doesn’t think Robby can unlock the “full offense”
2. Payton hasn’t opened up the full offense because, Receiver misplay, Line protection, and the coaching staff not calling good games (looking at you Monty)
3. Payton is not trusted and he has no confidence now, and that makes him play worse, and now that he plays worse the offense ceases to function, the coaches can only call certain things and that doesn’t even work, so the offense looks worse.
4. Payton has no trust in himself, or the coaching staff, or the offensive weapons and help. Hugh doesn’t trust Payton or the staff or the offensive weapons, and the offense doesn’t trust Payton, I think they still support Hugh plenty.
5. The offensive skill weapons don’t think Payton is putting them in a situation to succeed, and they begin to play worse because the QB can’t make passes, they play worse, they don’t catch the balls they can finally catch, and it gets worse the trust gets worse.
6. From the first game i think we’ve seen the seeds, payton didn’t throw well or look good against a garbage opponent like Umass, Robby who is given chance after chance keeps fighting but Hugh can’t actually let him win because the offense he wants to run requires Payton to make big boy throws or just put a ball consistently in a place WRs can go up and make a play. He’s incapable of even that because his confidence is so shot.
This is very much so like the patriots, where a lack of trust and happenstance make a bad situation 9000x worse
