OK. But honestly, who was he going to play?
Sims came in with a ton of experience. The number two guy was 5th on the depth chart last year, got no reps in practice, and was asked by Whipple to move to TE. I'm glad HH is developing now, but It's not hard to believe Sims outplayed him for most of camp.
You could make the case he should have gone with Casey or got a different portal QB. But Casey was coming off of major shoulder surgery, so just rolling with him wasn't really an option. A different, better potral QB could have been the answer, but there weren't a ton of great options.
Seems like the style of play that is the Rhule way is gonna require a big, physical guy calling the plays. We've seen both Sims and HH pull it down and run, and also have to scramble.
Its gonna take a Tagge, Frost, Sims or HH type of QB to take the hits they're gonna take.
I think there are those big, physical type QBs, the problem is they are likely gonna be A- runners, and C+ passers. Until the rare exception surfaces at NU, that's where NU is at.
So, no disrespect to Kaelin, but he doesn't look like the physical type. And until NU severly upgrades the quality of the OL with some quality depth, smaller guys like Casey, Smothers are gonna get pounded.