QB battle

[JJacket]

What we have been lacking, since Goose was here, is an accurate QB who can make the reads. From my perch in the UN, you can see WR's get open, we just can't get the ball to them. Correct that, and we are a consistent 9-10 win team. Our receivers are skilled. Unsure how either of the Dylan's skill level stacks up, but if they can be a force, we are gonna make noise this season.

Here is hoping Sims is our 60% + completion rate QB

 

[ramblin_wreck08]

FSU practices and prep already happened. They’ve never seen Sims play. Leaking that he’s starting the evening before the first game is not going to affect the outcome.

That’s a good point. It’s ideal timing, really. Too late to impact prep, but creates a great story line to draw more interest in the game at the national level

 

[interchange]

To me, Sims is the hardest to gameplan for. He's got the big arm and the mobility and the size, and there's no college tape to understand what he's good/bad at running in our offense. We'll also get at least 1 other guy in the game, so they have to prep for everything they might see anyway.

 

[OptionsJacket]

FSU practices and prep already happened. They’ve never seen Sims play. Leaking that he’s starting the evening before the first game is not going to affect the outcome.

Correct

 

[THWUGA]

Agreed. You gotta publish if you get a scoop on the starting QB. Who knows, Collins may have even leaked it, himself.

Since Ken has multiple people on background confirming it, Coach was fine with it. He probably gave the news to Ken as a favor.

 

[GTfan1985]

Per AJC just now, Sims to start

 

[ClubSeats]

Per AJC just now, Sims to start

 

[aeromech]

So Sims starts; but are we doing the QB rotation thing again? (no I did not read the article)

 

[ramblin_wreck08]

So Sims starts; but are we doing the QB rotation thing again? (no I did not read the article)

Patenaude said in the presser that he wants the starter to get the vast majority of reps. I think we might see a second QB, but don’t expect the flipping we had early on last year.

 

[savbandjacket]

I expect Sims starts, he’s so wound up he plays a but like Reggie vs uga, we see a bit of Graham to settle Sims down, and Sims finishes the game.

 

[ciegetanks]

Can we please avoid Sims / Ball comparisons until they are absolutely appropriate?

 

[savbandjacket]

Can we please avoid Sims / Ball comparisons until they are absolutely appropriate?

That’s as far as the comparison is going. Reggie always played uga out of his mind because he wanted to win so bad and overdid things.

 

[GoGATech]

Since Ken has multiple people on background confirming it, Coach was fine with it. He probably gave the news to Ken as a favor.

No. Coach wasn't fine with it.

 

[savbandjacket]

No. Coach wasn't fine with it.

Someone was reporting at a high level.

 

[JJacket]

Someone was reporting at a high level.

 

[Diseqc]

I seem to recall Reggie's 2nd game going pretty well
Maybe Sims can do something similar on his first

 

[JJacket]

I seem to recall Reggie's 2nd game going pretty well
Maybe Sims can do something similar on his first

Some people forget how awful we were the year before Reggie showed up.

 

[cincyjacket]

Hopefully the O-line has improved

 

[knoxjacket]

Can we get back to talking about hats?

 

[Techbert]

Excited about Sims. He checks all the boxes except experience, and we don't have many 5th year quarterbacks hanging around.

I like Gleason and Yates, and fine with whoever wins the backup job.

Graham... just had more development he needed to accomplish, coming in as a HS "athlete." The other players were well-developed HS quarterbacks, and I love the sophistication of Sims' and Gleason's HS systems. They are still freshmen, but all our quarterbacks are still essentially freshmen.