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Jacurri can be real good. TVD is real good. Jake probably has a lot of talent as well. But we are killing all of them with our offense
I thought Gattis was very good in the 2 long drives not asking too much of Jacurri and then finishing the drives with easy flips to the tight end.
But then we had penalties and asked Jacurri to do too much as a straight drop back passer and we didn’t score for almost 2 quarters even after starting a drive on the Tech 45 yard line.
It was almost like Gattis was at his best when he was scared to ask too much of Jacurri, and ran the ball effectively. Jacurri this season is basically a running QB who should only be asked to make easy throws or on sideline routes with single coverage. Think of a college version of Justin Fields. It can work if a team is willing to commit to it as the Bears have finally done. Its not pretty but can be effective.
Jacurri does have something you can’t teach, a powerful arm. And he’s tall and can run.
I hate to even bring this up because I’m not comparing both of them, but do you remember how Jalen Hurts looked his freshman year. He looked like a running back shotputting airballs. No lie. We have threads about it if you go back far enough on this site. Nobody, and I mean nobody argued he was anything with but a running back with a half *** arm.
Now I’m not saying JB will ever be anything close to Hurts, ever, none of us has seen enough to make any kind of an accurate prediction about his future, but for a big ole running quarterback with not a ton of passing expertise, he’s not half bad, and I like his attitude. In my opinion TVD looks mentally defeated half the time, and Garcia? I’ve just seen a lot of bad decisions from him .
So what am I saying?
Yeah I’ll say it, go with JB the rest of the year.