So Dillon Gabriel gets named as Cleveland's No. 2 QB. Have I miss judged Stein, and do things look good us at quarterback?

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by Fathertime

You know...it is really hard to stick to my own rules when I see some of the things that are written. So I will refrain, but offer some facts:

Andy Staples for On3, and a similar ranking by The Athletic recently analyzed college Offensive Coordinators, and both ranked Will Stein as the No. 1 OC in the nation. (Click on link)

Below is from the Big-10 Network Telecast of their visit to Oregon's Fall Camp. (Stein has been OC for the last two years)

So over two years...he is ranked by numbers, and expert opinions to be No. 1 in the nation?

Fans are never happy... (And we know better, right?)

1 hour ago, Fathertime said:

Have I miss judged Stein

not if you judged him to be pretty darn good at the job.

while I'd like to see more explosion plays score an easy touchdown or two, (I'm sure he is way ahead of me in making progress there), he HAS accelerated two different QBs. one was more cerebral and the other a more instinctive kinda player. both were superb with Will Stein's guidance. it would be a surprise if there isn't more of the same with Moore and Novosad

Most fans tend to criticize Stein in his lack of downfield passing and pretty much just call him a short route check down guy.

The reality is that his bread and butter is the short routes where he gains the advantage in alignments and presnap reads.

It's ruthlessly efficient. It's going to get yards and move the ball down the field and find the end zone. What more do you want from an offense? It scores lots of points on a regular basis.

The chemistry didn't seem to be there last year for deep shots for whatever reason. The previous year the Nix to Franklin connection was gold.

I'm feeling the 2025 team is going to be more explosive offensively.