QB Competition
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The whole McCaffrey saga was a cluster f$%^ so I don't even consider him to EVER be a viable starter candidate. However, I don't think Patrick O'Brien got a fair shot, which he would have if Frost/Mario had put some packages in for his strengths, which were not running all the time. Same with Gebbia. If the predecessor recruited those two guys who were more WCO-types and Frost tried pounding them into square holes, doesn't seem very fair to them.
I hope Whipple as advertised can design playsets for Smothers, Thompson, Chubba and HH with their skillsets in mind so the competition is more fair.
How do justify this comment? Are you at practice every day, watching film of his practices or just repeating what you've heard others say? Arm strength is not the end-all of a QB. There are many successful QB's who relied on timing patterns and throwing to windows. I watched him make throws AM never would have attempted. Smothers has not had an opportunity, given time I think he will be a good one.
When I went through the list, I took the top guy and the guys relevant to NU. I added Hudson cause that was a name I remember. Very hit and miss.
There is no reason to think Smothers will not effectively compete with the two new guys. But at least there are guys that he has to compete with. As opposed to just hoping it works out with Logan.
Years of eligibility remaining:
Thompson 2/2
Smothers 4/3
Purdy 4/4
Haarberg 4/4
Torres 5/4
A real log jam with Smothers having 4 years to play 3 and Purdy and HH having 4 to play 4.
Yep, until we can get even an average OLine any qb we start will have rough sledding.
Sign me up for the 4 and 5 star guys. Seems to work out for the best teams in the nation.
Yeah, don't really care what the rankings say. They're often very wrong on dual threat qb's.
We saw in the championship game what Young could do without Williams, which was nothing. A receiver probably should have won the Heisman again. Lamar Jackson was ranked #17, so they missed pretty badly on him.
Who says a team has to have one QB on the field at the same time. What about 2 Qb's? What about 3? That would sure mess with defenses and their schemes.
On another topic, isn't it time for college football to evolve out of spread and pro style systems? Let's color outside the lines and come up with some schemes defenders can't slow down...
On another topic, isn't it time for college football to evolve out of spread and pro style systems? Let's color outside the lines and come up with some schemes defenders can't slow down...