Before the season, I said I'd be willing to risk 8-4 with Perry over another 10-2 season and blowout in acc championship game because I need to know if we have a qb on the roster for 2019 (when I thought we could make our push for playoffs). So I can't back off that statement now.
My issue is that Rick's offense doesn't let me see if Perry can carry the water because it doesn't play into Perry's strengths, which are mobility and accuracy. If Rick ran a power spread offense and Perry just couldn't accurately get the ball to his receivers and we lost 16-13 to UVA, at least I'd know that Perry isn't the answer next year so it's time to see if Williams can do it. Problem is that Rick, due to running up the middle on 1st and 2nd down for zero yards, was constantly putting Perry in 3rd and long situations. Defense knew exactly what was coming. Hard for any QB when the defense can guess the play 90% of the time, let alone a qb making his first road start. Just awful, awful scheme from Rick.