QB is NOT a Transfer Portal Priority, per KF on Dec 18. Jeremy Hecklinski appears to have passed Hank Brown on the Depth Chart.
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Go with the guys we’ve got. The Coaches are confident in them & seem to be looking forward to a QB competition. Allocate those funds to a different position group of need (DL &/or WR).
Good humor!like father like son. wasting no time at all in assuming an anti iowa role
like father like son. wasting no time at all in assuming an anti iowa role
i hope our D was able to contain him
I'm hopeful that we have a solid duo at QB for next season. It may be that we don't go after a portal QB because the coaches are confident we don't need to. That said, during the game today one of the announcers said that Lester had to figure out how to alter his offense to fit Grono's running ability into it. Basically, that he doesn't typically have dual threat QB's in his offense (I can't remember the exact words). I really think we are much better with a true dual threat QB and would like to make this a priority every year so this comment wasn't music to my ears. Anybody else hear these comments during the game and come away with the same take?
I can't remember how mobile Hecklinski & Brown are supposed to be.
Lester calls Jeremy a gun slinger, so I look forward to seeing that
it will be interesting to see if Ryan sticks with Iowa or joins his dad in East Lansing
They commented that Lester hadn't run an offense with a running oriented QB. That doesn't mean he doesn't favor mobility and he has said that he considers mobility in a QB an advantage. Lester wants a QB who can throw first. So do I.
Last I heard Ryan loves Iowa football and Iowa city and plans on staying here along with LeVar's son.
Lester is excited about his top 2 QBs. But check out what Mark thinks about Lester. I just hope we can keep him around.
Is Hecklinski the only projected starter in the B1G for next year without any experience as a starting QB?
Anything after #5 is questionable at best, Bryce Underwood at 5 is laughable. Bro is DJ Lagway v2.0.
That’s crazy. If you are team with deep pockets can afford to keep buying other qbs that other teams develop or top rated ones. For teams like Iowa or MN did last year play the kid you brought in and in developed for a year or 2 and think is ready. We brought in Gronowski cause Lester wasn’t comfortable what we had last year this coming year sounds like he is with guys he has, fingers crossed. Still insane how 17 of 18 conference teams qbs have some type of starting experience.
Also at least 6 of the 9 in bottom half we play so least we got that going.
Kirk Ferentz on Iowa's QB competition between Jeremy Hecklinski and Hank Brown:
"There's no rush here, there's no benefit in making a call, unless it just becomes obvious, and then we'll do that. But I really foresee these guys competing for quite a while. The whole idea is not to make the decision fast, but to make the right decision. That's what we're going to try to do."
"There's no rush here, there's no benefit in making a call, unless it just becomes obvious, and then we'll do that. But I really foresee these guys competing for quite a while. The whole idea is not to make the decision fast, but to make the right decision. That's what we're going to try to do."
Iowa DB Jaylen Watson on what he's seen from Jeremy Hecklinski:
"Confidence. He's a gunslinger, like they call him. He's very confident. He's willing to take risks and it helps us each and every day because we know you've got to be focused because he's going to want to take the deep shots. He's going to want to take the shots that make the crowd go 'oooh oooh.' So you know you've got to be on your A game going against him."
"Confidence. He's a gunslinger, like they call him. He's very confident. He's willing to take risks and it helps us each and every day because we know you've got to be focused because he's going to want to take the deep shots. He's going to want to take the shots that make the crowd go 'oooh oooh.' So you know you've got to be on your A game going against him."
I'm not buying that it's questionable. Seems like we all know who the starter will be, if healthy.
It’ll be interesting to see if he’s able to avoid mistakes the way Kirk wants him to in the spring and summer. The gunslinger label he’s been given has historically been anti anti-Kirk ball.
That’s literally never happened with KF. Might as well hope he changes our uniforms between first and second half.
With all due respect, that's incorrect. In 2008 against Florida International, Stanzi got 1 half and JC got the other when they were fighting for the starting spot and it wasn't settled in fall camp.
