The QUICK RISE & FALL of Graham Mertz (What Went Wrong?)
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Wisconsin is not known for signing or producing big time quarterbacks which is why many people hyped up Graham Mertz as the savior of the program who could change that narrative. After a late rise, he was the highest ranked QB recruit to ever sign with Wisconsin, but after nearly 4 years, he has not lived up to the hype, so what has gone wrong? Enjoy!
You know it’s bad when this guy makes a video about how trash your qb is 😭😭😭
At least they have Braelon Allen
Owned by the Illini
He's good, but he unfortnuatley cost UW the game against MSU
Immediately after this he has his best game since his earth shaking debut
Yes they Crushed a TERRIBLE Northwestern team and lost a close game to Michigan State
Iowa Fahked his world up.
@@Yyyyyy5 Stuck with Kirk Ferentz as HC LMFAOOO
@@krispyboi2519 no one has to be stuck with anyone.
This year he’s actually looked pretty good… the game against OSU sucked, but he’s making some really great throws this year
Yes. He threw some really good passes to Iowa.
Nah, Mertz is terrible.
Turn music down some next time
Let's see how he does under Jim Leonhard. I believe the way Paul Chryst coached him (magnifying each time he did something wrong), Chryst turned a highly confident player into a QB who is afraid to make a mistake. Mertz has all the tools to be a big time QB so let's see if he flourishes under Leonhard.
Dann right.
So far, so good.....9 TD, 1 INT under Jimmy and Bobby
I think Mertz needs a team with better receivers and a philosophy to let him sling it. Wisconsin was such a weird situation. The Badgers wanted a great QB to reach the next tier of college football, but they just weren’t ready to commit to that style of offense yet so every mistake was magnified. They had one foot in and one foot out.
Hopefully Billy Napier and staff can fix whatever happened between HS and the shit show in Madison
I hope he doesn’t ever play at florida
Mertz has taken a massive step forward this year, however due to inconsistent wr play and an uncharacteristically bad o-line(evidenced by 2 total rushing yds vs illinois) he is being dragged. Sure he struggled last year but he does not deserve the blame for this year.
Exactly. In addition, to really be a successful QB at WI a solid running game is needed, and that just hasn't been the case this year to date. That coupled with the WR and OL issues gives him little to no chance. Mertz has really been fine this year. Perfect? Of course not, though I feel that is the bar some have set for him.
BRO.. SPEAK LOUDER AND TURN THE BACKGROUND MUSIC DOWN.
Not only is he a turnover machine, but I swear every time he does it is at a pivotal moment in the game. I'm pretty sure a majority of the time he through an int it was either in the red zone or with only a couple minutes left in the game.
He's been extremely frustrating to watch and I just hope he can get out of his funk in whatever way possible.
As a Utah fan, that's great to hear.
Nah, Wisconsin is just a dogshit program that can’t even develop a multi year 5 star talent at qb🤓😂. Mertz is looking like an nfl pro under Florida’s offense.
Mertz has no pocket awareness. Unless he is given a huge amount of time he gets sacked, or throws picks. Wisco needs amobilevQB who can run because the O line is not always going to succeed. This year, he started to stink again but a lot of I has to do with a horrible O line and midget receivers who don’t catch, fight for the ball, or fumble when they make a catch. The past 2 years on him. He sucked. This year a bad team is making him look worse.
Mertz is elite playing on Florida currently. PC is a terrible OC, can't develop QB's, and the system is garbage run run pass long attempt and most likely a sack, incompletion, int, and then punt if not a TO.
Right on, always got scared sh>tless when ever I saw him in the pocket more 4 seconds
He's the last QB I wanted to transfer to Florida.
lol sorry man
Y’all screwed now. Don’t worry… Napier will be gone after two more seasons and then y’all can get back to the perpetual head coaching search
Billy obviously seen something in him, he doesn’t want a super flashy qb who’s supposed to put the team on they’re shoulders, he wants a all around well oiled machine with a qb who’s able to just make the check downs and get first downs. I feel mertz can do just that, plus he’ll have a much stronger receiver core at florida along with a much more talented offensive line! Not saying we’re gonna win any championships but we will do better than last year
His decision making and awareness rating should have plummeted for choosing Wisconsin of all places as a QB
No comp at the position probably
😂
I respect the kid for going to Wisconsin. Everybody doesn’t wanna go to the same 5 schools year in and year out. That’s why we keep seeing the same damn schools in the playoffs every year.
Been waiting on this one since last season
Minnesota here he comes
Mertz will transfer to Minnesota and start next year.
hes never leaving
Athan is our guy next year
That would be a great move for him
Gators
Good video, have you considered lowering the background music a bit? It can be hard to hear you over it at times.
Just a quick correction on his history. He went to Blue Valley North, not Northwest.
my bad!
Was about to say this. I actually went to high school with him.
Back here after mertz went to florida and became a G #heismertZ
He went to a place where they don’t develop QB’s like of course he was gonna flop
Gators will probably turn him into a Heisman player
Turns out you basically right
Fast forward week 8 2023 and the kid is near top of efficiency and is 12-2 TD-INT
Big fan of your channel and really enjoy watching your videos, but I am sorry to say your “Wisconsin was a bad choice for Mertz because he has nobody to throw to” take is just a flat out lazy and uninformed argument. The truth is Mertz could have thrived at Wisconsin, but simply was not good enough. Russell Wilson had the best year of his collegiate career under Chryst and this system. Sure, he was a once in a generation type talent, but Chryst also turned no name players like Scott Tolzien, and Joel Stave into pros. He also turned lesser-known recruits such as Jack Coan and John Stocco into solid game managers at the collegiate level. Also, your argument that he did not have guys to throw the ball to does not add up either. Jake Ferguson is playing exceptionally well for the Cowboys. Guys like Danny Davis and Kendric Pryor were key play makers for Wisconsin’s 2019 Rose Bowl team. Chimere Dike has emerged as one of the top deep play threats in the B10.
Curious, did you watch many of his games? It doesn’t sound like you have as you merely reference his stat lines and make no mention of his numerous, unforced mental errors. Bad fumbles costing them games, sliding before the 1st down marker, flat out missing wide open targets, and repeatedly playing his worst ball in the biggest games. At some point, you have to stop blaming the coaches or the program for these failures. If he just makes the easy plays, the plays an average B10 quarterback makes, Wisconsin wins the West Division in 2021 and 2022. This is my personal take; I just don’t think he is smart enough to run a complex pro style offense (remember when he dropped the mayo bowl trophy?).
You are exactly right. This bum has never watched a full Badger game with Mertz. Your points are what many "pundits" like this clown never watch. Mertz is so consumed with his brand that he forgot how to play football OR is too stubborn to really listen to the coaches and correct his mistakes. Mertz has never improved over 3 years and now he wants to go to another school. Well good luck with that son. You are maybe a DII QB, but no big time D1program will make you their starting QB.
@@goodcitizen6185 Thank you for the kind words. I have to disagree with you on a couple points. I don't think he was stubborn or mentally preoccupied with NIL. All the coaches and players love him. I just think he's dumb as rocks. Also, he improved across the board this year, just not enough to make him a good QB. This puts into perspective just how bad he was in 2020 and 2021.
Hopefully he'll soon have a Blue Christmas and a career reboot!
Wisconsin is a running team
For him to be a really good quarterback at Wisconsin he needs a new arm and he definitely needs a new brain!
HE NEEDS TO GO!
and now he has transferred to University of Florida. Billy Napier time.
What happened? He went to a system that is centered on running the ball and pass plays are dependent on the defense going all in on stopping the run, not necessarily stand alone plays that scheme guys open. Secondly, the offensive line has deteriorated since Mertz got there to the point they can’t even run the ball anymore. Third, play calling has been terrible. Fourth, the coaching staff hasn’t developed his mechanics hardly at all.
To be fair to him he lost his QB coach after his first year. I don't think Chryst had the time to really develop the QBs. Not replacing the QB coach may be the biggest problem. His arm is capable, but her makes mistakes under pressure.
I think he'll be different under Jim Leonhard. I used to think the same way, but the way this season started, he showed improvement with a different QB Coach. Now that Chryst is gone, let's see how he does with a different head coach. You may have to make a retraction to this video later. And keep in mind, I have been one of Mertz's harshest critics on Badgers pages in the past, so I've turned the corner on him.
9 TD, 1 INT....I'd say he has turned it on since Leonhard became HC
The fall started with not going to Notre Dame. He would have been the starter on a better team. Better because with him I think they would’ve done better.
My advice to Mertz, transfer to another school with a legit passing attack. It will save his career.
I agree 👍
No it won’t he’s passed the ball plenty this year and has shown nothing. He throws awful interceptions he’s a bust face it.
@@jacobfoss6548 He's a 5-star QB with no coaching right now. If he had a decent QB coach and playcaller,, he'd be a stud because he can make all the throws.
@@stevenvargo2440 you havent watched a single mertz game and it shows bro 😂 chryst was a QB coach that was his thing. Mertz is just an embarrassment of a QB, zero pocket presence, zero arm strength, zero ability to read defenses.
You’ll get your wish he’s going to Kentucky
He should have added wide receivers and tight end to his list. Wisconsin has not weapons.
Danny Davis, Kendric Pryor, and Jake Ferguson. Shit Ferguson was one of the best TE in college football also danny davis was a 4* recuit he had these 3 guy his first 2 years and couldn't do anything with them but over throw them.
Hey why doesn't this guy add that mertz spent more time working on his logo in the off-season then trying to get better.
Yo lmk what background song you use please
Now he’s balling out with the Gators. Just threw for over 400 yards no interceptions on Saturday
No he's still the same, 1 great game and meh the rest off the year
Update?
Thank you for this.
Music way to loud. Drowns out narration.
I love how this dude makes videos on players mid season about them sucking lmao. I find it highly entertaining for some reason
The Penn State game where they were trying to give the game to the Badgers and Mertz tripped over his own feet and threw interceptions made me throw up.
Video breakdown: 5 minutes of intro and high school story (worth mentioning, but spend like 2 minutes on it because the main point of talking about that is he was a big riser with offers from top schools). 5 minutes of recapping his Wisconsin career. This is where the analysis should be happening. What went right, what went wrong? Show him making bad decisions (INTs) and why they happened. Show the playcalling being bad. Show SOMETHING. Don't just tell me what the outcome of the game was for Mertz and UW...if I wanted to know what happened in every game he's played, I would go look at box scores.Then you spend ONE MINUTE getting to the actual point of the video, what went wrong, and it's five obvious things with no video to back it up, no actual analysis, and no real thought put in. This video was a boring disappointment on a topic that could be really interesting. I'm sorry this comment is so harsh, but I hope there are some constructive points because you pick really interesting video topics and I would want to watch more if there was some substance in the video.
Bro can u speak up when u do these videos? I have on BOSE headphones and I can barley here u. Love the videos keep up the great work
He looks GREAT with the Gators
People who defend mertz clearly havent watched a single game he has played. zero arm strength, zero ability to read defenses and the worst pocket presence i have ever seen
I just left a much longer comment, but you summed up what I said in a couple sentences, lol. Agree with you 100%.
As a Wisconsin fan, pocket passers just don't work very well with our style of offense. Wisconsin o-lines primarily specialize in run blocking and tend to do it very well. Wisconsin's offense does best with a dual threat quarterback. Russell Wilson succeeded at Wisconsin without any notable WRs or TEs because he had a great o-line, great running backs, and teams weren't able to load the box and beat us because of the omnipresent threat of Wilson breaking containment for a big run. Of course, it also helped that Wilson could throw a ball with laser accuracy in addition to being fast as lightning. Wisconsin would do better with a DT QB who gave the Badgers a rushing threat at the perimeter even if he wasn't the level of athlete that Wilson was.
Nick Toon and Jared Abbrederis were pretty nice college WRs
@@cadewyman3848 I actually like these WRs they have now. They're just all inexperienced outside of Dike.
As a Wisconsin fan whose memory is clearly longer than yours, Wisconsin has done just fine with pocket passers and has a notable history of them. Bollinger, Stocco, Donovan, Sorgi, Stave, Hornibrook, Tolzien... None of these guys were 'dual threat' players. They were more or less mobile, but none were truly dual threat. They won Rose Bowls, won the Big Ten, blah blah blah. They were all successful QB's and many went on to the NFL to be longtime backups.
Sorry, if your idea of "what we REALLY need is..." and you follow that up with "NFL Super bowl winning level QB's!" then you'll be waiting a long, long time.
Do dual threat QB's help? Well... sure, because they simply add a different wrinkle. But you don't have to be truly dual threat, you simply need someone with some mobility to scramble when able or to make some guys miss to extend plays. Dual threat implies someone is just as likely to run as they are to pass. Mobile is really what Wisconsin has needed, because Mertz is NOT mobile. He has had a couple runs, but he lingers in that pocket and can't slide around to buy time at all with his poor pocket awareness.
He will have the best season of his career this year!! Against the best defense’s in the country. Go Gators
lol. You're out of your mind.
defenses*
@encycl07pedia- I mean...he technically has had his best season by far and against some really tough defenses.
@@encycl07pedia-am I still out of my mind!! The kid played his ass off for us this year!!
@@mcgovernoutdoors33 I keep forgetting "best" with a QB like Mertz doesn't even have to mean good. Mertz is a joke and it predates his stint at UF.
But assuming he had his best season (I'm not bothering to check), you were definitely right.
So what do you think about him now
Yeah I’d take this one down there Scott. 17 TDs 6 picks so far this year. Statistically the 3rd best QB in the big10 and 22nd nationally.. the numbers speak for themselves, far from a bust.
This didn’t age well
Obviously
Played against him in high school mans is a dawg
I wonder why that state doesn't produce qbs. What offense high schools are running?
Do you really need an 11 minute video to say he played for Wisconsin. Lol Go Gators!
Some background and a correction to your video.
He went to the feeder middle school to BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST, he was behind Jacob Clark (a TRUE bust [Started as a sophomore in high school at NW and then transferred to Rock Wall Texas, went to Minnesota, got stuck behind Tanner Morgan and now transferred to MO State to play for Bobby Petrino]) and decided to go to miege instead to get a chance to play. He was behind someone at miege and transferred to BLUE VALLEY NORTH where he lit it up. I played football at NORTHWEST and was on the team with Clark. NORTHWEST also lost J. Michael Sturdivant (Cal). Mikey Pauley (Nebraska walk-on/baseball scholarship) was the QB for NORTHWEST who won the state championship in 2021.
The prior NORTHWEST coach was so bad, that all the talent left to play somewhere else. 5 power-five players on one high school team and 3 of them left to play somewhere else.
Mertz and Clark would have been seniors, Honorable Mention Danny Robinson (Tackle at KU) would have been a Junior, Sturdivant a Sophomore, and Pauley a freshman
Graham was never jacobs backup Jacob didn’t even play QB until our freshman year this is a straight lie 😂😂😂
I'm sorry but where the hell was I during the Rise?
Who should I do next?
VIDEO IDEA: UCLA is criminally underrated. Or just anything positive about UCLA pls. Lmao!
Do the most elite true freshman wide receivers
You should do what happend to Agiye Hall and Jahleel Billingsley to Big time bama recruits doing nothing at Texas
Iowa QB Spencer Petras. Downfall or Dumpster fire of Northwestern. San Jose state they are 3-1 could be sneaky good this year.
South Alabama's successful season in 2022
Mertz is a horrible quarterback he always screws up
Started slow, ending slow.......
I enjoy your videos but sometimes the background music really overshadows when you speak.
What has went wrong for Mertz and Wisconsin over the last few years?
He really had no skill positions on the outside. Paul Chryst is a good coach just not the best coach for a QB to develop.
I believe he will transfer to Minnesota.
Paul Chryst happened…. Every QB he touched turned into nothing and regressed never progressed
Hes mid
Big part is the lack of any decent receivers. They got nothing.
I wouldn't be surprised if mertz transferred to a different school since it looks like Wisconsin is going to overhaul the coaching staff and maybe bring in a new quarterback
You were right lol.. but I'm worried we're not gonna get a solid QB replacement anytime soon
Year after year Wisconsin fans bitch about the quarterback and get excited about the next recruit just to be dissapointed again. Maybe WI just isn’t a great passing team?
Another thing. Enough with the term “development.” CJ Stroud or all the Alabama QBs stepped right in and were good. Mertz shouldn’t have to be “developed.” He’s not good. Fact.
Just kidding.
Poor Florida Gators..... what were they thinking? About to find out the hard hard way :(
Gainesville Geckos takin out Buckys trash! Thank you and Sun Belt Billy is messin around tryin to get fired is what he’s thinking
@@n0tawhale902 F*cking hysterical, and true at the same time. Miller & Mertz 🤡 show.
@@hb2088 no ohio is a choke, i meant joke. Ohio Chokeyes
@@soflyy9961 fly to learning how to read. This was about the Gators getting QB Mertz from Wisconsin. Who gives two FF's about your sucky Bucky's
And...now his is gone. Whose up next?
I wonder if the Luke Fickell hire will help him out at all
I feel like you can’t say mertz is a bust because he was good for his first game at Wisconsin and that was it. He never did all that great again.
Wisconsin hasn't had solid QB since Jack coan and that's sad
Didn't Mertz beat him out and cause coan to transfer?
coan got hurt and mertz took the spot for 2020, so once coan came back in 2021 he just decided to leave instead of trying to win the spot back
@@nohandles67 you guys are both right. I totally forgot about that
Been a Badger fan, Way before they were the door mat of the Big Ten. I just don't understand why Wisconsin never goes after a Good Throwing QB that can run like the wind, can we Russell Wilson... But no they want 6.5' stand in the pocket that can't break the 10 second 40.. unbelievable
Las Vegas Bowl, not Sun Bowl
He is friggin terrible !
Yah, paul as coach was clueless never get a sentence out mouth made sense
A little premature, eh? He’s having a good year.
Lots of talent but erratic. Doesn't seem to thrive under pressure. Can make good throws and is a modest guy. Chryst did not develop him the way it was expected.
I'm a Seminole fan and e play the gators every year..Wisconsin is not a team to try and be a real qb unless ur skilled like Russell and can move around in the pocket and throw in the run. I think he will have a bounce back year with the gators because they have more talent at WR. His interception to td ratio was not bad but the td ratio is just low as hell as well as the yards..I don't really watch Wisconsin games but it sounds like they run the ball a lot.. u know I'm sorry he might be trash because he in the SEC and can't move around.. wish the best for the kid except against FSU of course
As a Florida fan....thank you for believing in our QB, hard to trash talk now
@@dominictudor5188 😆 🤣 u funny. 😆
Transfer to Kentucky
Cohen will make him a first round pick
I think it's a pretty numbskull comment to make that Mertz's issues can be blamed on going to a school "not known for developing QBs". The incompetence of the OC did the boy no favor but only he has 95% control over whether he throws picks or not.
Liked what I heard . Go gators gatornation for life
he should have just went to Minny
And the rise once again lmaooo
Paul Chryst could barely develop a thought, let alone a QB. Mertz may end up being much better the remainder of this season and next now that Chryst is gone. His first start against Illinois was both great but a disaster in terms of his future. Every game would be compared to that one. Every interception building up, every incompletion building up, and every loss building up into a letdown due to the success of his first start. The Chryst offense was built on sustaining 10 to 15 play drives behind a dominate offensive line and running game in order to score. Over the past three seasons the Badger O-Line has been pedestrian at best and this season they are perhaps the worst in many years. When they aren't getting beat they are holding. 8 yards rushing against the Bert led Illini is a disaster for a QB running an offense built on the run. I wish the best for Mertz and hope he can pull a Lloyd Christmas and totally redeem himself. Speaking of Chryst, did I mention he was 0-5 against OSU? How about 0-3 against Penn State? How about .500 against Northwestern? Zero B1G Championships, Zero Rose Bowls, and a 41% winning percentage against ranked opponents. Ufff.
He is a Florida gator now and will be asked pass more and make plays will have to see how he does from what I've seen from him not to excited about him..
He simply never developed. He's wildly inconsistent and reverts to the same mistakes he made his first year, which shows his game hasn't matured at all.
Oof this video didnt age well. Literally had the best passing rating in the nation last Saturday 🤣
Russ
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Update on mertz, Wisconsin is the problem not mertz
😂😂😂
Mertz isn't exactly a bust he's just mid at wisconsin
Dude, loose the music
Dude should have never went to Wisconsin, that was his fault.
Too many excuses. He's just a bad quarterback. He basically got two head coaches fired .
I guess going to a bad system means you’re a bad quarterback
Well turns out Wisconsin is full of jackasses, his doing great when his actually on a team
Mertz just had a great year as a gator. I’m glad he came here
Lol😂
Should’ve made this last year since this year he’s been playing great. Stats don’t show how good he’s been for the badgers this year
Cameron Kokesh he has not been playing great clearly you dont watch games
@@justinalley3399 you are quite literally brain dead. He’s getting sacked constantly because the o-line is very bad this year and wr’s aren’t getting open and he has showcased his arm talent when his teammates have let him show it
Never developed as an elite quarterback. Wisconsin always misses one
This aged horribly 💀
Lol
Anyone else (besides the AD) notice that no matter how terrible Mertz played, Paul Chryst wouldn't bench him?
Who do you bench him for? The Badgers aren't exactly flush with options at the position.
@@rhackler you make a good point, but I think you pull him out for a series anyway after a terrible lapse in judgment.
This is a lame video because Graham Mertz has been extremely solid this year.
....and then November came.
Maybe it was the coach 🤔
Repent of your sins and trust in Jesus you will be saved love yall
Yes you are exactly right but will it help Graham cracker Mertz play better as quarterback
This didn’t age well. Damn lol
Lol
He's in the transfer portal now. Good luck at Austin Peay Grahm Cracker Mertz.
Florida fans how we feeling? 😅🐊🟠🔵
Depressed
We are central Florida fans now
@@generalfreddie That'd just be you fair weather guy.
I guess while see
F*cking great! 🐊
Transferring to a team that’s still building a o line wasn’t a good decision for his career. The defense he’ll have to face every week will be a problem for him. Off the top of my head I can’t think of a pocket passing sec qb. They mostly duel that scramble and make throws