Shea Patterson Ranked the #15 QB by Athlon
Out of 130 starting NCAA QBs, Athlon has ranked Shea Patterson at #15. This will come as good news to those of you suffering from Shea Patterson Hype Fatigue (SPHF).
Big 10 QBs on the list:
3) Trace McSorely, Penn St
12) Brian Lewerke, Mich St
15) Shea Patterson
25) Alex Hornibrook, Wisconsin
27) Nate Stanley, Iowa
28) Dwayne Haskins, Ohio St
37) Clayton Thorson, Northwestern
44) David Blough, Purdue
52) Kasim Hill, Maryland
68) Adrian Martinez, Nebraska
73) Brandon Dawkins, Indiana
93) Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
110) Artur Sitkowski, Rutgers
116) Cam Thomas, Illinois
Link: https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-starting-quarterback-rankings-2018
Personally, I'm not tired of the hype. I think Shea Patterson together with Jim Harbaugh is a match made in heaven. Having Ed Warinner and Jim McElwain now doesn't hurt either. I'm expecting more than 10 wins this year.
P.S., Brandon Wimbush of Notre Dame is at #43. I'm expecting him to have a very difficult time with Michigan's defense.
Shea has not won the starting QB position either. I do think he will win the job and have a good year, but some of these polls are kind of putting the cart before the horse.
the fact they have 14 better than him is odd too. He should at least be in the top 10. #15 just looks odd.
why is this so hard to beileve? guy hasnt played a snap for us yet why dont we just slow down the hype train
First a way too early poll
second a returning starter versus a transfer who needs to learn a new system on a team that is known lately for sacrificing multiple young men a year to Sack god of pain.
The jury is still out in my court of approval. He is small and a different type of QB than the offense is built for. Im actually rooting for Peters to give him a strong run to be the starter. Peters has all of the tools and showed flashes last year despite playing behind a crap OL with very little WR talent.
Anyone claiming they know who is leading between Peters and McCaffrey is 100% talking out of their ass.
Edit: Lol, irrefutable and downvoted. Y'all some clowns.
Give me more. All the downvotes. I want them. Clowns.
Sam Webb is the only one talking about Milton that way.
I have a hunch that the main reason he only completed 50% was because they threw it deep so many damn times. IIRC in his highlights, most of the throws were like 60 yard bombs. If he's completing 40% of those and 60% of his other throws, that's pretty damn good. Couple that with some early Harbaugh teaching and is it really that far fetched that he might actually be good? The arm talent is undeniable. I'm not really saying I'm drinking the Kool Aid, but I'm saying it's not that far away from reason.
Yeah, not his fault if his receivers have rocks for hands.
WR while Milton was a starter at Olympia(2015/16-2017/18):
Jordan Underwood: 3 star, signed with FIU
Shane Hooks: 3 star, signed with Ohio
Jeff James: 3 star, signed with Miami (YTM)
in year #4 coming off a dissapointting season last year. Way too much at stake and combined with fact 3 extremely talented guys ahead of him who already know the system. Be surprised Milton redshirt is even burned. There's just way too much to lose.
Sam is wrong all the time when he gives opinions. When he has inside info we know he is usually dead on, but when it's just his opinion he is wrong a bunch. Last year he was saying there is 0% chance JBB would even be allowed to be back for a 5th year.
don't get the Shea Patterson hype. I don't get the Brandon Peters hype. Yes, Brandon Peters is a good QB. And he throws a beautiful pass! I was really high on him last year. But I didn't like some of his decision making when he was flushed and was on the run. I don't think he has a chance against Patterson. I am not even sure he is better than Dylan McCaffrey. I am anxious to see Dylan McCaffrey play in clean up time this year.
I was a huge fan of Peters after Speight went down and when he finally got the chance to start he was progressing well until the OL sent him to the hospital. Now he is spooked and played terrible in the Bowl game. Sometimes, getting ear-holed can really create game-day demons that are tough to shake. Cases in point - JOK developed happy feet with accuracy issues, Peters lost his confidence and even the veteran Speight looked spooked in the pocket.
My hope is Shea has the skill set to manage a game with less than ideal pass protection ... his 152 QBR at Ole Miss is highly encouraging given the putrid OL they had, but that Alabama game tempers my ultimate expectations because our OL couldn't handle Alabama's crazy-good pass rush either. So will we contend for the B1G title in 2018? Maybe, but that schedule is brutal. Will we contend for the CFP in 2018? Not likely, only because our OL can't compete at an elite level versus the likes of Alabama.
I think the OL will continue to struggle in pass pro against the better DLs we face ... ND, MSU, UW, PSU and OSU. However, if Shea stays healthy I think he can help us pull off at least 3 wins out of that bunch and put us in the hunt for the B1G title. Beating both MSU and OSU on the road will take some exceptionally strong playmaking on his part. But this year given the QB upgrade it is definitely possibe ... Go Blue !!!
Did anyone notice Trace is number 3? Seriously 3?!?!?!
Ol' Captain Arm Punt.
just curious as I follow few these closely never seen him mentioned there.
Did you happen to catch the Michigan vs. Penn St. football game last year?
which QB you meant.
McSorely didn't have a great game. Lewerke did though.
McSorely embarassed us. Did you watch the game or just checking the box score?
I misread Mich St.
That's why I said McSorley and Lewerke.
Sorry about that.
...you can't base that on one relief appearance, where the defense was not prepared. See also: O'Korn vs. Purdue last year.
Granted our defense was much better than Purdue's, but the point is that QBs sometimes do much better in a relief situation than when opposing defenses are prepared for them.
That said, I'm guessing he's pretty good.
If a true freshman QB playing in relief is a bigger problem to our defense than our defense is to him, then he is pretty fucking good.