Three things for Sindelar during practice this week.

[Tommaker]

1. Accuracy
2. Touch
3. Progressions/check offs

 

[MilwaukeeBoilerFan]

1. Accuracy
2. Touch
3. Progressions/check offs

4. Pump fake if there is time to make defense jump on the route, then burn them.

 

[ghostoffatjack]

1. Accuracy
2. Touch
3. Progressions/check offs

4. Pump fake if there is time to make defense jump on the route, then burn them.

QB needs pass protection from the OL to do #3 and #4.

 

[Summy1]

And receivers that actually catch the ball.

 

[MilwaukeeBoilerFan]

Two surprises to me yesterday:
1) Jarrett Burgess was inserted for WR work. Shows coaches are working to find combination.
2) The biggest surprise was both Brycen Hopkins and Cole Herdman were back in the gameplan. Appeared to have had quite games the last few weeks and both made impacts on stats yesterday.

 

[ghostoffatjack]

And receivers that actually catch the ball.

Amen...was watching the Penn State MSU game yesterday and was envious of the catches both teams WR were making in terrible weather!

 

[Nerdberts]

1. Accuracy
2. Touch
3. Progressions/check offs

Sindelar is better than Blough in # 1 & 2. He throws a WAY better ball. He needs a lot of work on #3, which will only improve with experience. Huge fan of Sindelar.

 

[pboiler18]

Sindelar is better than Blough in # 1 & 2. He throws a WAY better ball. He needs a lot of work on #3, which will only improve with experience. Huge fan of Sindelar.

Haha. So off base there.

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

Amen...was watching the Penn State MSU game yesterday and was envious of the catches both teams WR were making in terrible weather!

Also jealous of the speed. Oklahoma and Oklahoma state both had some true burners at WR that Purdue lacks

 

[threeeputtt]

Do any of you older fans remember Mark Herrman? Does Sindelar remind us a little of him in arm strength, gait, height etc?

 

[Dandelion1972]

Do any of you older fans remember Mark Herrman? Does Sindelar remind us a little of him in arm strength, gait, height etc?

Yes, in many ways. Could we bring back Bart Burell?

Elijah doesn't have the touch (despite Nerdbert's accessment) that Mark had!

 

[punaj]

I've never seen touch from Sindelar until last game. Two nice passes that I can remember, the one at the 1:02 mark of this video was really good, IMO.

http://video.btn.com/illinois-at-purdue-football-highlights-6e6026d6ac60

If he can do this more often, the WRs shouldn't be dropping as many passes.

 

[PaBoiler78]

Do any of you older fans remember Mark Herrman? Does Sindelar remind us a little of him in arm strength, gait, height etc?

was at Purdue then, Herrman threw a softer pass and had a longer wind up. I remember after playing UCLA, their AA safety Ken Easely said he had a "wet arm". Mark was a really good college QB.

 

[SIBoiler2]

Do any of you older fans remember Mark Herrman? Does Sindelar remind us a little of him in arm strength, gait, height etc?

Still say he's reminiscent of Mike Phipps.

 

[PurdueTiger]

Do any of you older fans remember Mark Herrman? Does Sindelar remind us a little of him in arm strength, gait, height etc?

Herm was outstanding in his day,but it seems to me that college athletes in general are much bigger,faster and stronger now.Sindelar does run somewhat like Herrmann did,and they are about the same height,but Elijah outweighs him by about 20 to 30 pounds.When his time was over at Purdue,Mark had passed for more TDS than any college Qb ever.