The QB for SO. Carolina
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agreed, he doesnt look great...but hes not bad. offense looks better with him in control, did a nice job getting the ball to the playmakers.
Hot hand baby! Roll with the mojo!
DB should've been benched regardless after UF, just to see what SJ has to offer.
Things seemed to have a natural flow with SJ. It looked like he had the confidence of the team.
There's no reason to rush DB back, and there is no reason to shelve SJ after the showing he had.
DB should've been benched regardless after UF, just to see what SJ has to offer.
Things seemed to have a natural flow with SJ. It looked like he had the confidence of the team.
There's no reason to rush DB back, and there is no reason to shelve SJ after the showing he had.
While it was against NMST, how can you say he didn't look great? As if he was just mediocre?
17-22 and 310, 3 TDs, 0 INTs. That's pretty damn good. Against anyone.
Now, can he do the same against USC? To be determined.
I can't really agree with this. The offense looked great yes. But, Drew hasn't faced the 2nd worse defense in College football yet. I think Drew would have lit them up as well.
But we know that Drew has been the better of the 2 in practice facing the worst defense in college football.
Until we get better OL play, a drop-back, pocket passer is not going to work for UK. If a QB can't get 2.5 to 3 seconds to set his feet and get his pass off, he's not going to be very good, I don't care how accurate he is. You can't throw the ball running for your life, or standing on your head.
Johnson is the right QB for UK at this point. Lot of poise, fast enough to get outside and pass, or scramble if receivers are covered. He can buy time with his feet, which Barker cannot.
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Johnson is the right QB for UK at this point. Lot of poise, fast enough to get outside and pass, or scramble if receivers are covered. He can buy time with his feet, which Barker cannot.
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do we really know who looks better in practice? do we really know how that translates to saturdays? seems alot of guys got PT based on practice, then couldnt get it done on the field and have been replaced. i like the way johnson spread the ball around.
I'd go with Johnson. Looked confident and seemed like he had the team's confidence as well. NMSU may not be a great baramoter but I like what we saw! Think I might play that freshman back as well. Talk about determinded!
Thought he looked excellent yesterday and yes he got the ball to his"studs"... should definitely be the starter on Saturday
I missed the first part of the game but didn't drew get to face them his first series and threw a pick on his first pass? SJ came in and three 22 times with no picks. If stoops runs Barker back out there next week to start against SC he should be fired on the spot (should be already but besides the point). SJ adds another dynamic to this offense that DB can't add and that's not even debatable.
With the defense we have, you can literally put Tom Brady in at QB, but we will only beat trash teams. USC is pretty terrible. But I think they win. East Carolina would beat us, so one can only assume USCjr will beat us.
I agree. I thought SJ looked sharp. He got the offense going and seemed they were more confident. I can't say much for the defense. I even made a comment that the coach should have the offense stay on the field and play defense too. They can't do worse than our defense.
SJ passes the ball to Conrad which makes him far more qualified to play the position than our last 2 QBs.
I like Drew so I hope he can get healthy and start playing like he did against SMU in the first half again.
I like Drew so I hope he can get healthy and start playing like he did against SMU in the first half again.
If you've paid attention Drew was hurt on one of the first plays of the game. Also, (which baffles me) Drew was never allowed to hand the ball to Boom. I think NMST had 14 points before UK handed the ball off for the first time.
The first two series had nothing to do with Drew. I think it was the worst play calling Gran has had.
So I am guessing you want drew back out there then despite the play SJ put forth. Drew played quite a bit against Florida and resembled his entire play of last years UOFL debacle and the 2nd half of so miss game to start this year. I like DB but he needs to serve as a backup to SJ as he brings what this team needs and allowing him to play and gain confidence is the only shot this team has.
I'm just saying that Drew hasn't had the luxury to play against a weak defense like SJ. I don't know which QB I want back there. It'd be a whole easier to see how they practice.
Johnson, even if Barker is healthy. His dual threat capability makes us harder to defend...would love to see a little Wildcat with Johnson running it. I don't think SC is any great shakes defensively, despite their stats. Johnson's deep ball to Badet was a beauty...my only concerns with him were his ability to go down the field. He checked the box with that throw. He deserves to start.