Kyle Trask vs. Mac Jones: Who does Paul Finebaum give the edge to the Heisman Trophy race right now?
With only a couple of weeks left before the College Football Playoff field is announced, the Heisman Trophy race is heating up.
Many analysts have Alabama QB Mac Jones and Florida QB Kyle Trask in the top 2 positions on their lists in some order.
So, who has the edge? SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum said on Sunday morning’s SportsCenter that he’d give the edge to Trask at the moment:
“It’s really tough,” Finebaum said. “Right now, I’m going to give Kyle Trask a hairline edge — I mean narrow — over Mac Jones. One of the problems for Mac Jones is DeVonta Smith — his great wide receiver, but Kyle Trask … he didn’t play his best game yesterday against Tennessee — still 4 touchdowns. It was almost pedestrian. That’s how good he is when he is in rhythm.
“But don’t forget, 2 weeks from last night, he’ll get his chance against Alabama and Mac Jones. It’s a big game and a win there, he might have the Heisman in his trophy case.”
Jones is working with a talented receiver in Smith and perhaps the nation’s best running back in Najee Harris. But, Trask has plenty of help, too, working with the top tight end in the nation in Kyle Pitts.
With only a couple of games left to go before the Heisman ceremony for each quarterback, it’ll be interesting to see who closes the season on a high note.
Jones should win it. He points out how good Najee Harris is, that just goes to show how balanced Bama is and Jones is still putting up insane numbers. Trask is throwing by the goal line and all game long. Florida has 6 rushing tds on the year while Harris has 20 by himself.
He also points out that Trask has Pitts, who didn’t have a single TD catch yesterday. Trask spreads the ball around to 10 or more different receivers where almost half of Jones TDs and yards have gone to Smith. All he has to do is throw it in the vicinity of Smith and he’ll catch it. You also fault Trask for not having a RB like Harris, but sorry that’s actually further proof of his greatness. Every defense he faces knows he’s going to be throwing the ball and they still can’t stop him. Every defense Bama faces has to worry about the run first, which opens up the passing game. They’re both great QBs and no one will question it if either one wins, but it’s much more difficult to be a successful QB in Florida’s offense then it is in Bama’s. Did you see how many times Trask was under duress yesterday with defenders constantly in his face? Now compare that to how many times Jones was pressured. He has all day back there.
Your TD #s will be inflated when you get the ball 1st and goal after a pass interference call and throw a TD. Sorry, but not having a running back there means two things. 1 – you are going to lose to Bama because you can’t run the ball. 2 – Your coach is inflating your QBs #s.
Yeah I don’t think people realize how often Trask throws against a defense that drops 8 defenders in coverage. It’s a lot, because no one respects our run game
Oh please tell me who UF has played that’s worth a crap? We all found out UGA is average at best. So who has Trask played against? Pretty much the same crap Bama has played against except for Vandy and South Carolina. Both teams don’t know much as all they done is play poor SEC Teams!
Stat wise I’m saying it’s more impressive that Jones is putting up the numbers in a balanced offense. If he threw every down how gaudy would they be, or if he still had Waddle.
Watching them both play I feel like jones makes better decisions and throws (not by much.) Just my opinion.
I agree that both could win it but I’m giving the edge to the undefeated one.
“All he has to do is throw it in the vicinity of Smith and he’ll catch it.”
And yet all he does is drop dimes, still.
Jones is probably a hair better than Trask, but the real heroes are the guys on the O-line. Look at us, the Maroon Goons have given a slightly above average quarterback the chance to hold every QB record in A&M history.
But at the same time Harris forces teams to stack the box and play man giving Jones easier man coverage matchups. I think Najee Harris helps Jones stats as much as he hurts them honestly.
So UGA and Bama fans don’t understand the heisman trophy is an individual award and how it works? Cause both of the arguments above are exactly why Trask should be ahead of Jones
That’s good… Next week leave everyone on the sideline except Trask…
Let see him win this “individual “ award…
Sorry Paul, but using a WR’s greatness to discredit a QB is lame at best, and it’s how people have managed to take shots at Jones so far. They could very well be proven wrong once the 19th comes.
Sorry Paul, but using a WR’s greatness to discredit a QB is a joke at best, and it’s how people have managed to take shots at Jones so far. They could very well be proven wrong once the 19th comes.
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What is with this comment section flagging posts for no apparent reason? I attempted to post this earlier, but it keeps getting blocked:
“Sorry Paul, but using a receiver’s greatness to discredit a QB is lame at best, and it’s how people have managed to take shots at Jones so far. They could very well be proven wrong once the 19th comes.”
Trask was still in game with 3 min left throwing the ball
Bama is more balanced. Florida throws the ball 80% of the time
yes, because 340 out of 616 is 80%. Math is fun! What an idiot.
Fun to compare the two. I’d say the short and skinny is Trask is a little less efficient at doing more and Jones is doing a little less more efficiently.