P town's post made a lot of fine points. The only point p town made when addressing the various positions that jumped out at me in wtf way was the statement, "Ehlinger can be brilliant." Huh??
I was really wanting Ehlinger to be great. But I didn't see greatness. I saw a terrifically courageous kid, giving it everything he could, running too much, inaccurately passing, unable to read defenses and then making mistakes that were mind numbing. His season demonstrated why he needed to be red shirted. Not just for his development, but because we had such a porus O line, unable to protect anyone. We needed an O line that could cover up the mistakes of youth. We had an O line that illuminated the inexperience of our young QB's.
I would say, "Ehlinger needs to demonstrate that he can be a competent D-1, Power five QB consistently." Brilliant is way down the line.
Buchelle showed flashes of above average passing accuracy his freshman year. Buchelle hasn't shown he can stay healthy. Buchelle needs to deliver the accuracy, and show he can stay healthy; then we can see if he can be an effective, competent D-1, Power 5 QB.
I would say that putting a QB on the field that can win consistently is the biggest, most important question that needs to be answered for this team.
If Anderson comes, we should be competent at O line. We will have experience next year, even if he doesn't come. We will be better in the line regardless. If Anderson comes here, then we could have above average O line play. Then other things have a shot to fall into place for this offense.
Our defense is going to be good. Period.
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