2018 Alabama: Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts, Mac Jones, Layne Hatcher
Yes every cycle. I know only one can play. But you need to get a top QB every year in my opinion. Let them fight it out so to speak. No job should be guaranteed. Competition brings out the best. Now, whether or not you can get top QBs every year is another story. But you need to at least try.
Some of these names on your list are not elite QB's. Mac Jones? 😂 I could go on, but I don't want you to look foolish.
Mac Jones was damn good in his time at Alabama. NFL ? Not so much. A familiar tale.
Every cycle? CFB has changed radically, and top QB’s who want to be paid well ain’t going to sit the bench.
2002? 2005? 2018? That’s ancient history. CFB has changed radically just in the last 2 years, from the transfer portal and being immediately eligible to play, to big up front money for top players.
Mac Jones was good, not elite. He had elite weapons around him that made him look better than he was. You could have plugged any QB on that team and they would have won.
Define elite ? He was elite enough for Bama and that's all that really matters right ?
Jimmy Clausen. However, I have a lot of respect for DeShone Kizer, Ian Book and Riley Leonard. But none of them were top level.
His Bama offense may arguably have had more talent than the Patriots, but he still started 2 seasons in the NFL. That’s still a more accomplished career than any ND QB in how long?
I just remember Devante Smith catching a 10 yard slant and turning it into a 60 yard TD against us... he was so fast and quick
The only thing missing were the big yellow clown shoes when they were stomping Kelly teams!
The dude just doesn't care. Conservatively, there's another 15-20 handles on standby.
I love that channel. My favorite is Jim Rockford.
Wimbush was highly recruited. I think Kizer too.
I wonder how good Kizer would’ve been if he had stayed another year
To be fair, you were stating they reached out during the season. According to the article, they reached out in January.
They reached out while we were still in the playoffs. It's not my inside info, it's every insider on every site was stating it.
All ND sites say that is inaccurate. He reached out and we weren't interested
He certainly had all the physical tools. Another year probably wouid have benefited him. Wouid ND have been better? Hard to say. But I would think they might have been better had he stayed another year
I guess Gunner Kiel would kind of qualify. He was a 5 star, top 25, and qb. Odd story.
Yes, Gunner Kiel was an odd story indeed. After he left ND he had to sit out a year under NCAA rules before he was allowed to play for the Cincinnati Bearcats. He threw 6 TDs in his very first game for the Bearcats and had a really good first year. Then he completely fizzled out, some of it probably because of injuries. He apparently developed a severe addiction to pain killers, and that was pretty much the end of his playing career.
