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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Bennett made as many poor decisions as any QB I saw last season. He was bailed out by superior targets and time to do his taxes before he threw.
As for the rest of the SEC - that's my point: I don't necessarily see any teams we have a clear advantage over. But I see very few that have a clear advantage over Mizzou.
I mean we're really gonna keep pumping off Spencer Rattler? How long are we going to act like Graham Mertz is anything worth worrying about? I mean sure, Jayden Daniels and KJ Jefferson seem like the head of the class. But the rest have almost as many questions as answers. And many of those guys will have bad years this year - it's just how it works.
There's so much 'grass is greener' stuff here. You guys are judging everyone else's Quarterbacks on what they COULD be and holding Mizzou to the standard of their quarterbacks worst days. Mertz has had 5 YEARS in college football and has never had a season even as good as the season Cook had last year. And I think last season was Cook's floor.
You're simply not giving Cook any credit at all for being a relatively ordinary, high floor, low ceiling college quarterback. While you're presuming all these other guys are going to hit their ceilings - INCLUDING our own internal alternatives.
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Lots of turnover this year, and it remains to be seen how they perform, but the bottom line is this: "relatively ordinary" QB in the SEC gives you exactly what we got last year- 6 or 7 wins, a minor bowl, and several disappointing losses to "superior" programs that we could have/should be climbing over (Fla, Kentucky, Auburn) including another moribund bowl game flop. I think those of us who are down on ED's QB outcome believe that, in the era of the portal and quick-fixes, ED, for whatever reason, has failed to procure an above-average solution to the most critical position on the field, which has in turn yielded a very average result. The offensive play speaks for itself, and the eyeball test is critically judged by those of us who have seen far better play.