You are moving the goalposts here. That was not the discussion. Since Real Deal and others handed you your butt:chairshot: with facts you changed the narrative. You were the one with the post that if he had gone to Georgia he would be a first round pick. Are you freaking kidding me?? He would not beat any of those QB's out to be the QB. I am sure the NFL is thinking we need to steal this kid off the bench to lead our team. Joe - use the first round pick on the benchwarmer.
With that statement along you showed everyone on here you have no clue about football and are simply protecting your baby. I want all UK players to do well, and maybe instead of having the time to post 31 times in a thread about Towles you could google Don Shula or Vince Lombardi and learn football.
I don't know if Barker would be better, but at this point it is the QB position that is killing us. Against Mizzou and SC he threw for netter than 70% and had 2 TD's and 1 int. Versus the rest of thee SEC he has 3 TD and 7 INT's - all losses. Our running game averages 5.5 ypc when you remove his sacks so that is not the problem like you stated. His lack of vision, holding on to the ball, and staring at one receiver is the issue.
Maybe you need to take a break from this thread since you are getting awfully frazzled and not making sense. First round pick - that could be the best thing ever on this board
#1 I have called for Drew the last 2 weeks thus your inept and childish comment regarding me "protecting my baby" reveals just how absolutely idiotic you have become.
Again, my biggest peeve is that some posters simply overlook the truth and lie, which is what you are doing here.
#2 It was my post so I think I know better than some conceited whiny *** what I said.
Here it is again for you to to totally screw up with your lack of intelligence:
Being that the "experts" (Kiper and others) have labeled PT as a top 3 Jr QB how much better would they love him and could they possibly project him as a first rounder someday if he had chosen UGA?
Why is that so hard for your condescending face to understand?
My take was:
If they love him now, with all of his deficiencies on full display, he could be a 1st round pick had he been at UGA instead of UK.
I was very clear he would have many of the same deficiencies, just that they would be masked much better and he may improve on those had he been in one system instead of 3 different ones.
You can't comprehend this?
I went on to explain my point.
The same system under a QB coach like Richt (who is a former QB coach with 2 Heisman winners) the last 3 years would have probably been a better learning environment then what he has had here. Thus it is not unreasonable to say he could improve his game in this situation.
You can keep being the idiot who says the kid could never improve even had he gone to UGA.
I also offered evidence as to why his deficiencies would be masked and thus he would look better:
A better oline gives him more time for those deep throws and he could showcase his physical talents even better. Scouts love those big arms.
A better oline limits the number of times he has to rush his passes and he perhaps improve his accuracy %, we know when rushed that number is awful.
A better oline provides a QB more confidence and lessens the number of plays a QB has to make under pressure, in which PT has struggled.
A better running game brings more defenders in the box and thus less defenders in the secondary.
You are such a genius but you believe it doesnt matter if you are throwing against 7 defenders vs 3.
I will try to help you with this stupidity.
See, with 7-8 men they can play a cover 1, cover 2, cover 3, rotate safeties over (cloud), play quarters, sneak up a robber - so many options with that many defenders, especially knowing your front four will have no problem rushing the QB.
3 defenders are usually in man coverage and a QB can take advantage.
Did that help? (3 wrs vs 7-8 defenders more difficult than 3 wrs vs 3 defenders)
Also drops do affect QB's , thus better wr's catching catchable balls helps, and get this, how about great wr's catching almost uncatchable balls to help you out?
Yes, this really happens. If you watched our UF game their QB was bailed out by a few great catches.
So there is your football lesson, I cannot help you with reading comprehension and your arrogance will not allow you to do better.
As to your last line:
"Maybe you need to take a break from this thread since you are getting awfully frazzled and not making sense. First round pick - that could be the best thing ever on this board"
My first round comment was in conjunction with "the experts" current take on PT
AND if he had gone to UGA for the last few years instead of UK. The experts really go for physical attributes and PT could have been one of those overvalued high picks - never said he had the makings of being a successful first round player - just drafted there.
His strengths would have been magnified and his weaknesses lessoned.
Again, you make yourself look extremely stupid by using his stats here at UK with our oline and his previous training, as the discussion is about him with better players.
Try to understand that this was a what if situation. A hypothetical. You cannot fathom anything other than the stats you pick out which have nothing to do with the conversation at hand.
So in closing:
You have proven to have a major lack of reading comprehension because you have no idea of the subject at hand.
You believe a 4 star recruit with great physical attributes could not possibly improve under any other conditions.
You once again come across acting like you know more than everyone else and that you are better than everyone else. But all you do is FAIL.