SEC QB Power Rankings, Week 3: Auburn has bigger problems than Bo Nix, but will he ever be the answer?
Quarterbacks: There are a lot of them! Each week throughout the season, SEC QB Power Rankings will help you keep the game’s most important position in perspective by ranking the SEC starters 1-14 according to highly scientific processes and/or pure gut-level instinct. Previously: Week 1 … Week 2.
1. Kyle Trask, Florida
As Trask continues to cement himself as a bona fide Heisman candidate and potential first-round pick, it’s incredible in hindsight to consider how close he came to never seeing the field at all: If not for Feleipe Franks’ injury last September, there’s a good chance Trask’s playing career would have ended in total obscurity, without him cracking the starting lineup in college or high school, where his status as a career backup to classmate D’Eriq King limited his scholarship offers to the likes of Houston Baptist, Lamar University … and Florida. At the time, signing a who-dat prospect with no meaningful game experience and no interest outside of local FCS schools was another signal that the imminently doomed Jim McElwain was losing the thread; in the end, it may be the single best move he made toward the Gators’ long-term success.
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(Last week: 2)
2. Mac Jones, Alabama
There was a train of thought this offseason that, with Tua Tagovailoa and a couple of first-round wideouts on their way out, and with a proper workhorse like Najee Harris still in the fold, that Alabama’s offense would revert to its old, run-first form, with Jones playing the unassuming role of, say, Greg McElroy. Yeah … no.
Hello, Mac Jones. Hello, John Metchie. Hello, end zone. pic.twitter.com/RN1aVjYHXY
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 3, 2020
This is just Alabama’s offense now. Jones’ output against Texas A&M was straight-up Tagovailoan: 20-of-27 for 435 yards and 4 TDs, 3 of them covering more than 60 yards, in a 52-24 romp. Like Tua the past 2 years, he’s setting a furious pace as the national leader in yards per attempt (13.4) and overall efficiency (222.1), with (still) the most explosive WR corps in the college game. John Metchie III, the unsung third wheel of the group behind DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle, is averaging more than 30 yards per catch in his first 2 career starts.
Even Jones’ first big negative play of the season, an interception that set up a quick A&M touchdown in the second quarter, was the result of a tipped ball on an attempted screen pass rather than a bad read or errant throw. Presumably there will be a few of those along the way, too – Georgia’s coming to town next week. As it stands, though, the offense hasn’t missed a beat in the transition and there’s no reason to expect it’s about to start.
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(Last week: 3)
3. Matt Corral, Ole Miss
Corral shredded Kentucky on play-action passes, assembling a near-perfect stat line (24/29, 320 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, 221.0 efficiency) on a steady diet of slants, quick-hitting seam routes, and some first-rate Lane Kiffin gimmickry …
Ole Miss running an H-Back Insert Iso Pop Pass through the B-Gap pic.twitter.com/K71wDvavVX
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) October 5, 2020
… every bit of which was needed to eke out a 1-point win opposite a defense that gave up 400+ yards rushing and currently ranks dead last among Power 5 schools in total and scoring D. At this rate, Corral is well on his way to one of the most prolific passing seasons in school history out of sheer necessity. Anything less and the Rebels’ season will devolve from entertaining to desperate in a hurry.
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(Last week: 5)
4. KJ Costello, Mississippi State
It’s hard to put together two more contradictory performances in consecutive weeks than Mississippi State’s win over LSU and Mississippi State’s subsequent loss to Arkansas. Inevitably, Costello has come in for his fair share of the heat after serving up 3 picks vs. the Razorbacks and generally failing to spark any of the downfield fireworks that fueled the upset in Baton Rouge. His yards per attempt plummeted, from 10.4 ypa to 5.3, and he connected on just 1 pass that gained more than 20 yards.
K.J. Costello NOT picking up where he left off…
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 3, 2020
Much has been made of the fact that, in contrast with LSU’s man-to-man mentality, Arkansas largely succeeded in grounding the Air Raid by dropping 8 defenders into zone coverage, preventing big plays, and forcing Costello to consistently make short, routine throws without stalling out or committing a major gaffe – probably a little bit too much. (As Mike Leach, who has surely encountered every conceivable permutation of pass coverage in his 20+ years calling plays at the major college level, told reporters on Monday, “we’re out of business decades ago if dropping 8 is some secret deal.”) More likely, the issues stem from a combination of missed reads and missed throws by Costello, demonstrating the Jekyll-and-Hyde aspect of his game that ultimately cost him the starting job at Stanford. If that’s what happens every time he sees a zone defense, it’s gonna be a long year.
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(Last week: 1)
5. Stetson Bennett IV, Georgia
Sanity check: As comfortable and efficient as Bennett looked in Georgia’s 27-6 win over Auburn, there are some fairly obvious limits on how much we should read into a former walk-on making his first career start in a game in which the opposing offense fails to score a touchdown. That said, Bennett easily cleared the first test of his staying power at the top of the depth chart, settling into the role like a long-tenured vet.
Against Tennessee on Saturday, that sounds just fine. Against Alabama in 2 weeks, on the road? Seeing is believing.
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(Last week: 7)
6. Bo Nix, Auburn
The gap between Nix’s performance against the top half and bottom half of the schedule was a central theme of his freshman campaign, and based on Saturday’s flop at Georgia the issue is only going to get hotter in Year 2. If anything, Sophomore Bo has arguably regressed: In his first real test, he turned in a career-low 4.4 yards per attempt and failed to account for a touchdown (rushing or passing) for the first time in 15 starts. His inability to challenge the Bulldogs downfield was the stuff of mockery …
Bo Nix on throws of 10+ yards against Georgia:
▪️ 3/18
▪️ 1 INT
▪️ 16.9 passer rating pic.twitter.com/0TfRqhm7BY— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 4, 2020
… made worse by the fact that all 3 of those completions came with Auburn deep in comeback mode in the second half. Even then, the longest gain covered just 20 yards.
To be fair, no, that doesn’t all fall on Nix, who in some ways may actually have been among the least of the offense’s problems. The real issues, as the above photo of UGA’s Nolan Smith bearing down on him makes clear, began up front. Auburn’s running backs accounted for 35 yards on a grand total of 10 carries, all via true freshmen Tank Bigsby and Jeremiah Pegues; with no ground support to speak of, Nix spent the night running for his life almost literally every time he set up to pass.
UGA’s version of the box score credited Georgia’s defense with an astounding 28 QB hurries in addition to 3 sacks, and while hurries are not an official statistic (too subjective to be recorded consistently; many schools don’t even bother), that number certainly passes the eye test. Nix was under siege from the jump.
And again, to be fair, almost every opposing quarterback Georgia faces this season is going to find himself in the same position, with more or less the same results. The Bulldogs’ front seven is on the short list of the most dominant units in college football. But Nix, a 5-star recruit, was supposed to be the kind of talent who elevates the team around him, not falls victim to it. If he’s not a finished product, he’s close enough now that it’s also fair for Auburn fans to begin asking if this is as good as it’s going to get.
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(Last week: 4)
7. Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
Nix at least still has plenty of time to grow into his potential. Mond’s time, on the other hand, is on the verge of running out.
That’s not an easy conclusion to reach about a guy who just passed Johnny Manziel on A&M’s career passing list and is pretty much certain to break the school record this weekend against Florida. But lord, how much of that output has he racked up in a futile effort to throw the Aggies into games that were all but decided at halftime? An awful lot, it seems. His 318-yard, 3-touchdown outing at Alabama was a case in point: More than 75% of those yards and 2 of the 3 TDs came with A&M trailing by at least 14 points. And while the defense was never going to give the Aggies a chance to hang with the Tide, Mond did his part to contribute to the deficit at a point when the game was still plausibly within reach.
The Wright Stuff pic.twitter.com/Gw4oDLmYyT
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 3, 2020
Twelve of Mond’s 36 career starts have come against ranked opponents; A&M is 2-10 in those games, both wins coming in 2018 vs. Kentucky (a low-scoring slugfest decided in overtime) and LSU (a deranged shootout decided in 7 overtimes), respectively. Aside from a valiant, down-to-the-wire effort against Clemson earlier that year, the losses have rarely been close enough to make the case that the Aggies or their overworked QB are making progress. Yet another blowout in Tuscaloosa made exactly the opposite case.
The heir apparent, true freshman Haynes King, made his first appearance Saturday in garbage time, where he’s currently scheduled to remain barring a complete meltdown. Mond isn’t the meltdown type, or at least hasn’t been to date. But he hasn’t moved the needle, either, and the window for hoping he ever will be may have just slammed shut.
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(Last week: 6)
8. Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee
Guarantano’s stat line in the Vols’ 35-12 win over Missouri wasn’t much to look at (14/23, 190 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs), but in context, it was arguably the ideal of how Tennessee envisions his role in the offense – that is, a limited one that plays off the success of the running game, a luxury he’s never been able to rely on prior to this year. The massive o-line was at full strength for the first time against Mizzou, thanks to the SEC’s belated decision to give Georgia transfer Cade Mays the green light to play earlier in the week, and lived up to its billing, paving the way for UT’s running backs to churn out 222 yards on a healthy 5.7 per carry. In that context, defining Guarantano as a “game manager” whose top priority is avoiding killer mistakes is playing to his strengths.
It’s harder to imagine that equation holding up this weekend at Georgia or, down the line, against Alabama, Auburn and Florida, without Guarantano making some plays. Against those defenses in the past, he’s been a deer in the headlights. But then, Tennessee has never gone into any of those games in his tenure as the starting QB with anything resembling a coherent identity on offense. It’s early, but at least these Vols appear to know who they are, and who they need Guarantano to be, which already counts as progress.
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(Last week: 8)
9. Feleipe Franks, Arkansas
Franks justified his existence in a Razorbacks uniform at Mississippi State, doing just enough (20/28, 212 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs) to put the Hogs over the top in a game that was truly won by the defense. After the revolving door that defined the position over the past 2 years, Franks has already established a degree of stability behind center that had been sorely missing and even allowed Arkansas fans to dream the impossible dream of multiple SEC wins in the same season. With the albatross of a 20-game conference losing streak out of the way, suddenly the sky — or at least the first rung above the conference basement — is limit.
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(Last week: 9)
10. Terry Wilson, Kentucky
Wilson was the lynchpin of Kentucky’s 400-yard rushing bonanza against Ole Miss, accounting for a career-high 129 yards and 3 touchdowns on the ground as well as 151 yards passing … only to have it undermined by a) An unusually flammable Wildcats secondary, and b) A missed extra point in overtime that left the Rebels room to win, as they inevitably did, with a touchdown and PAT. Despite the disappointment in the end, the results on the ground were an encouraging sign that offense has the potential to pick up where left off last season as one of the most productive rushing attacks in the country. Wilson, of course, isn’t Lynn Bowden Jr. as a runner, but he’s close enough that even some modest consistency as a passer could represent an intriguing upgrade.
None of which matters when the defense and special teams are as out of sync as they were Saturday. But even coming close to approximating last year’s Bowden-fueled ground game with Wilson running point over the course of the season would be a pleasant surprise.
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(Last week: 10)
11. Myles Brennan, LSU
If there’s any defense you want to see on the schedule when your young QB is in struggle mode, it’s Vanderbilt’s, and Brennan made good on the opportunity, rebounding from a rough debut against Mississippi State by torching the Commodores for 337 yards and 4 TDs in a 41-7 rout. (It’s worth noting how far SEC offenses have come when that kind of stat line is all in a day’s work, regardless of the opponent.) Just as encouraging: He wasn’t sacked in Nashville after eating 7 sacks in the opener. Even if that ultimately says more about Vandy’s D than it does about Brennan or his protection, it’s still a step firmly in the right direction.
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(Last week: 11)
12. Collin Hill, South Carolina
Hill’s promotion to the starting job in preseason camp was surprising enough that it was difficult to gauge just how firm his grip was on the job with the presumed starter, sophomore incumbent Ryan Hilinski, still waiting in the wings. Two games in, the jury is still out: Although Hilinski has yet to make an appearance, Hill has proven to be prone to taking too many sacks (he’s been dropped 8 times, the most of any quarterback nationally who’s played in 2 or fewer games) and ineffective downfield, leaving the door wide open for Hilinski to return if Hill continues to stagnate. Again, Vanderbilt appears on the schedule just in time for him to ring up a little goodwill before it’s back to the grind.
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(Last week: 13)
13. Connor Bazelak, Missouri
Shawn Robinson is out following an abysmal start in Mizzou’s 35-12 loss at Tennessee; Bazelak is in, for now, after looking relatively competent over the final 3 quarters. With Bazelak at the controls, the Tigers managed 3 extended scoring drives (1 touchdown, 2 field goals) and connected on 5 passes of 20+ yards to 4 different receivers – more than enough to move him to the top of the depth chart for this weekend’s date against LSU, if nothing else. How long he stays there with Robinson, the more touted athlete, looking over his shoulder remains to be seen.
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(Last week: 12)
14. Ken Seals, Vanderbilt
Seals has looked the part of a true freshman in over his head, averaging just 4.9 yards per attempt with 4 INTs in Vandy’s losses to Texas A&M and LSU. He’s also taken nearly every snap in both games (fellow freshman Michael Wright has appeared briefly in a Wildcat role), affirming the Commodores’ patience with a guy they hope will mature into a solid long-term starter. But if he has designs on notching a W in Year 1, it needs to happen in the next 3 games vs. South Carolina, Missouri and Ole Miss, after which the odds over the second half of the schedule drop to slim and none.
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(Last week: 14)
JG has a great opportunity Sat to play lights out and show up Thurston Howell III
JG could also end up looking like gilligan and end up 3rd (III) string by the end of the night
#11 ranking given to brennan seems a little harsh. 1-3 look good to me.
The “Rating” below is Passer Rating, not QBR and the quarterbacks are ranked by passer rating. Mac Jones and Matt Corral are slightly outplaying Kyle Trask in passer rating, though Trask has thrown more TD passes than both.
K.J. Costello needs a Bo Pelini asterisk next to his yardage and TD totals. Matt Hinton has Costello way too high.
CMP — Yards — Rating — TD
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74.5 — 684 — 222 — 6 — Mac Jones, Alabama
76.7 — 715 — 212 — 7 — Matt Corral, Ole Miss
71.8 — 684 — 196 — 10 – Kyle Trask, Florida
60.2 — 682 — 150 — 7 — Myles Brennan, LSU
64.9 — 451 — 149 — 3 — Stetson Bennett, Georgia
61.1 — 449 — 143 — 2 — Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee
66.4 — 936 — 141 — 6 — K.J. Costello, Miss St
58.3 — 507 — 133 — 4 — Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
69.1 — 390 — 131 — 1 — Terry Wilson, Kentucky
60.9 — 412 — 124 — 3 — Feleipe Franks, Arkansas
57.1 — 286 — 120 — 0 — Connor Bazelak, Missouri
61.6 — 502 — 120 — 3 — Collin Hill, South Carolina
55.2 — 410 — 118 — 3 — Bo Nix, Auburn
#4 seemed a bit high to me for a QB with five interceptions in two games. Most coaches would be benching a QB with that kind of lack of ball security.
That’s not true. Most coaches are not benching KJ Costello. Like Most coaches didn’t bench Brett Favre
poor comparison. Brett Favre averaged 0.8 interceptions per game, which is not good, but is not even close to 2.5 per game. There is no two consecutive game stretch where Favre came close either. Costello leads the nation in interceptions per game.
Costello is somewhat of a reminder that guys usually don’t transfer when they are likely to keep the starting job at their original school. His mechanics are all over the place, which leads to poor accuracy.
But in his defense, interceptions become more likely with an increased number of passes thrown.
Except for the Falcons who benched him then traded him….sheesh
Falcons benching him had more to do with his off the field behavior than on the field performance…but you know..whatever..
And the comparison wasn’t there stats, it was that when you believe your cupboard is bare, you live with the most talented guy even if he makes his mistakes.
And two fumbles
True. A TEAM with seven turnovers in two games is in serious need of a reset. A single PLAYER with seven turnovers in two games obviously does not have his head in the right place.
NGator,
Where did the table you used above come from? I mean which article?
You know, I actually don’t recall because I copied and pasted it out of a spreadsheet. But you can find comparable data at secsports.com/statistics/football/player/passing and cfbstats.com/2020/leader/911/team/offense/split01/category02/sort01.html. I’m leaving the prefixes off the web links so this comment doesn’t go into the black hole of moderation.
The difference between QBR and Passer Rating can get confusing and different sites have slight variations in formula. Generally, QBR includes rushing/scrambling and fumbles, while passer rating is strictly limited to passing metrics.
Have no problem with where G is rated. Brennan probably rated too low and Nix too high. For G to be a higher rated and higher respected QB he just needs to keep doing what hes doing except adding a few more passing stats, TD’s… No more WTH moments and he will continue to move up the list. Brokeback and Pthericker are both right. he has an opportunity show some mettle and has the same opportunity to show he hasnt really improved much. Think you have to be mindful that the quality of the georgia D is going to make a number of QB’s look worse than they may really be. Bama has been doing that for years.
Yes, Hinton has Nix way too high and Brennan way to low based upon the actual data. Nix played a really tough defense this past Saturday, but his judgment and pocket presence were still terrible.
Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but I can’t help but feel that Nix is having the same problem Stidham had his last year. The o line is so bad that they’re anticipating having to scramble on every play, so on the rare occasion the line actually gives him a good pocket to stand in, he bails anyway out of habit. I just wish we could give him a quality line so we could really see what he can do.
It’s not a stretch to say Nix has been dealing with the worst or one of the worst OLs in the SEC since he’s been at Auburn.
True, but he’s not doing his job well either.
I think Nix, much like Franks the week before, will look much better this week.
I think you are right on point. He scrambles in anticipation. Easy to do when your play UGA.
He was pressured on 46%of his throws. Any smart person would slowly stop trusting their line with numbers like that. He was making up for the weakness of the O-Line play with his legs. I honestly dont remember the last time Auburn had an elite O-Line. Stidham had a decent O-Line at best. Put Stetson Bennett behind our O-line and I’d be willing to bet his numbers would look like Bo’s or worse.
2016 Eason vibes.
AuburnRX, I totally agree. Stetson only looked as good as he did because he has a fortress surrounding him. I’m not going to make excuses for Nix, but if he had what Stetson has, it would be fun to see. Auburn has had years to fix the O-line and they haven’t. Kirby and Saban are recruiting circles around us and it’s evident every dang year. It’s not going to change until we make a change. I love college football so so much, but it’s beyond frustrating getting the same results every season.
Malzahn has shown he can win at a high level with good o line play. He did it in 2013 and 2017. But at some point it’s on him to either recruit better at the position or bring in an o line coach that can develop the 3 star guys at the position.
Costello’s performance wasn’t contradictory. He didn’t take care of the ball in either game.
Which will never allow you to beat a good team.
Or many marginal teams.
Felipe is about where he needs to be in these rankings. Not setting the world on fire but not shooting his team in the foot. Should the running game ever approach the success it saw last year that, of course, will open up the passing game a bit but even at that I don’t expect FF to ever climb into the top 5 on this list. BUT. Efficient and consistent. Just what the doctor ordered. Glad he’s here. Secondly. Just throwing tho out there. Aside from Cam, CGM hasn’t had much luck developing a QB. We saw over the last two years the problems CCM had in the QB room. I wonder how young mister Nix would fare under CDM, CLK, OR The Pirate. Just a thought.
Shooting his team in the foot was (usually) always the issue with FF at Florida. Other than his tendency to attempt a big play and throw a pick, FF has a high ceiling to make his team win. High highs and low lows for sure. Hopefully at Arkansas, he has learned that his solid performance this last week will not but him on a Heisman list but will get him a win.
This is a great summation of his playing days at Florida. Not good enough to win a championship but not bad enough to bench. A horrible conundrum. If he could just get through his reads more efficiently he could really be good.
Is it just me or does anyone else get the exact same vibe whether it’s Franks, Mond or Guarantano, not good enough to win but not bad enough to bench?
Forgetting Franks at FL, he doesn’t need to win just get a few wins. Mond has had plenty of talent around him but pulls an “Auburn” in a few games that keeps them in the 2nd tier. This is Guantanamo Bay’s best chance to prove the doubters wrong.
I find it ironic and hilarious that JG got benched last year, and almost lost his UT career because of a QB sneak, and this year he has converted like 5 sneaks for either first downs or touchdowns.
The last time JG played Auburn (a much better Auburn defense then) he absolutely torched them. I am not scared of the do nothing Tigas and the “legend” of bo Nix.
How do ya feel about my boi Stetson?
Stetson is solid. And the run game helps him more than Auburn’s run game (non-existent) helps Bo.
It did against Auburn, but it was his scrambling and passing that helped the run game against Arky. Two games doesn’t make a season or player but I agree, solid is a good description
I’ll be honest because of weddings I haven’t been able to watch a lot of the other games. He looks better than the other guy y’all started in Arkansas but he has played 2 teams that don’t impress me. Could be great could be a product of weak teams. Again though I haven’t been able to watch him play enough.
Fair enough 53crock. On that line of thinking, in your opinion is he going against a team you consider weak and unimpressive again this weekend?
I don’t think Arky is as weak as many think, as for Auburn I’m on the fence. I think Auburn looked weak because our strengths matched up much better against them than they did against Arky.
Good luck this weekend. I mean this from the depths of my heart, I wish you guys a solid and injury free second place finish this weekend in Athen (:
You must have Bo Nix confused with the “other Bo” or his Daddy, Patrick Nix. Bo is serving time behind an O-line that would have a hard time with a top tier Group of 5 defense. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get hurt on his scrambles.
Vandy should join the CUSA for football.
I never did understand why, even when Kyle Trask was playing lights out last season, so many Florida fans were pining for Emory Jones? I’m sorry, but Jones hasn’t shown me anything. No, a couple of nice passes in garbage time doesn’t cut it. My take is that he has had trouble learning the Florida offense, otherwise he would have been given more playing time.
Terry Wilson below Franks, JG, and Mond is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!!
Until we develop a passing game, Wilson’s rating won’t improve.
The Georgia- Tennessee game is going to be very interesting.
Pruitt is a great DC, I look for him to try and take away the run, and throw everything to include the kitchen sink at Stetson Bennett on third and long. It will be interesting to see how Bennett handles it.
Something to consider, teams usually show improvement from week one to week two. This will be Bennett’s second week of getting the starters reps in practice. We’ll see if he shows improvement with his timing with his receivers.
Collin Hill is better than 11 by a long ways!! That dude threw so many perfect balls that were dropped on Saturday that I quit counting. He is WAAAYYYY better than Bo Nix, Matt Corral and KJ Costello. His receivers just kept dropping perfectly thrown balls. His receivers treated him like a criminal.
He’s better than Nix and Costello. He’s not better than Corral.
I like Hill. SC is better than I thought coming into the season. Could finish 4th in the east ahead of Kentucky if things bounce their way and Mike Bobo can overcome Will Muschamp
I think one thing you have to consider when you do these rankings is how much of the offensive responsibility rests on each quarterback.
You have some guys who have to account for 90% of their team’s offense:
Trask, Costello, Mond, Nix
On the flip side you have teams that don’t require their quarterback to do everything, b/c they rely on the run:
Stetson, JG, Wilson, Franks
It’s really hard to compare guys that are in the other category. Could Stetson be successful if he was running MSU’s offense? Would Mond look like an all SEC guy if he was in Florida’s system? Is Trask really that good, or does he benefit from having a really great collection of pass catchers?
What has made Trask so much better this year is his pocket awareness/movement and his read progressions. He has always been very accurate. Mond and Stetson would look not perform as well as Trask in Florida’s offense because they are not as tall (which is huge for throwing over the middle) and they are not as accurate (which is reflected in CMP ratio).
Trask’s pocket presence has been unbelievable in the first two weeks. Agree with that.
I thought last year that Mac Jones was the real deal. I will jump on the Trask train when he beats Georgia.
Start doing those quadriceps exercises because I’m still saying this is gonna be Florida’s year!
Stetson will fall back down to Earth this week. He is a walk on for a reason. He’s not a four or even a three star but a walk on and will play like it this weekend.
Baker Mayfield was a walk on. How did that work out?
Stetson looked good on short and medium routes but has serious arm strength issues on the long ball. Once or twice the WR had to stop and wait for the ball. Somehow it was still a completion.
He won’t need the long ball against utk.
Our o-line is absolutely terrible. We don’t have a go-to guy to hand the ball off and grind out 5 or 6 yards. And how could you, when your line can’t get any push all night. Bo is frankly our most athletic back, and when you roll him out he can definitely be dangerous. But those designed runs between the tackles!!!? What the hell is that. Against Georgia who is absolutely manhandling us. And basically made is throw it downfield every snap. Seth Williams, his only real go to guy, was not 100% out there. How do people expect Bo to be so cool out there with all this? Stidham was jumpy out there too originally. Because we had a bunch of inexperienced guys starting like we do now
I’ll be honest with you, Arky looks primed for the upset right now.
Auburn will get better down the stretch but right now, none of the three Tiga teams looks ferocious!
Stetson for Heisman!!!!
When TLOCP ends we’ll know if he’ll get more than a handful of votes. I must say I’m impressed with him. Mond, as everyone knows, is someone I’d have on the bench. Not impressed at all. Regarding the poster who wondered about when Auburn last had a good O-line, it was 2010, when Cam had a Senior-laden front 5. And with Wes Byrum to help (look at the scores-he was the difference in FIVE games) we know how that turned out.
Stetson puts chaw in after pulled in 4th quarter…..gotta love him.
Walk on or not, I’d take him right now. Dude just seems to be a natural. And, Are you serious, a chaw?!?!?! Wow! My respect for him just went through the roof!!!
If more people REALLY knew where Blackshear GA is, they would get the lack of stars.. Saban and Kirby’s chairperson would have hard time find place
Choppers*
Nix at six? You’ve got to be kidding.