Who's Going To Be Our Starting QB This Season? It Really Doesn't Matter
Saw this on 247 and really couldn't agree more. I've been busy this off-season conversing with fellow fans and giving my reasoning behind why I think one QB will start over the next. This article just put into perspective something I think we all really know. It won't matter who starts this season because whoever starts is going to ball out. Couple that with the fact they're pushing each other as hard as they are. For the first time in a long time, I'll feel comfortable with whoever will be the backup.
The guy is batting 1.000 at producing quarterbacks. He's never missed.
In his first role as a full-time coach, he helped Rich Gannon put together the best run of his NFL career on his way to Super Bowl XXXVII and the 2002 AP NFL MVP Award.
He moved on from there to his first head coaching gig, taking over at FCS San Diego in 2004. That's not a program that regularly spits out NFL football players. But Harbaugh spit out two.
First he helped BYU transfer Todd Mortensen become a free agent for the Lions and Patriots. He had a little longer to work with his second quarterback project. After a couple of years with Harbaugh, San Diego's Joshua Johnson went on to be drafted in the fifth round of the NFL Draft and has kicked around NFL rosters for the past eight seasons.
It's true. Harbaugh's track record is too good to worry about who starts. They will have a high floor at a minimum. That paired with our defense will win us a lot of games.
Brandon Peters will earn it eventually and it could happen a lot faster than people are expecting.
This is like Shane Morris all over again in terms of how sure people were that he'd grab the job from one of our older guys. Peters could win the job, although it's unlikely, but some of you act like you're Nostradamus.
for them to be led by a true freshman QB.
I thought he looked good against minny. helped pull out the win. good arm.
I remember when he looked at the cameras and said that Jake Rudock was a NFL caliber player. This is the same Jake Rudockwho was benched at Iowa and told not to come back and was having a rough first couple games. We all chuckled thinking coach was just trying to give him confidence. Even Brian chuckled about it in a writeup. Look who was drafted to the LIons and IS an NFL caliber QB. Harbuagh knows football, but he knows QB most of all and who ever trains under him for any length of time will be good.
that "Jake Rudockwho" guy. It's almost unfair because Harbaugh has that mysterious "Harbuagh" guy to help him out. It would be like if Mike D'antoni had a special assistant QB coach at MSU named Mark Dantonionio
at a winning Big Ten program. His credentials were pretty decent all things considered.
He wasn't drafted by the Browns. If he overcame that then he would go down in history.
This battle for the starting spot is going to be good....love to see them trying to get any advantage they can. It seems safe to bet that they will push even harder as we get closer to kick-off, which should be an absolute blast to watch unfold.
Touche
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Most come here because they know they'll be the starter. Most aren't.
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Would have to agree about O'korn being the most likely starter as he has the experience and looked very mobile in the Spring game.
JOKer?
this man:
...even if you don't trust his cat.
The internet for the day.
that Harbaugh wants to start.
But if there were an MGoPool on the starting QB, I agree, I'd go with O'Korn. (Guessing the starter/pontificating about it is perfectly fine preseason entertainment for we fans. But that's about it.)
but whomever the next 2 guys are, they will get some playing time in the first 3 games if the games are the routs we think they will be.
So we'll get a chance to see who can do what early enough in the season.
So yes, I agree.
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It's too bad Shane didn't have Harbaugh when he got here.
/S for those fellows that don't get the sarcasm.
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Revise that: too bad Devin Gardner didn't have Harbaugh when he got here. I really think that Gardner under Harbaugh could have been really special.
On a RR Offensive Coordinated team, but not head coached?
...Devin had AL BORGES! (ducks)
Hey there, ND Sux,
There's no need for "ducks"
We must pity poor Borges
Because although he was gorgeous
He didn't have Harbaugh's QB mux*
What is this mux I speak of?
It's simple you see
4 players go in
and out pops a QB
A QB so talented and bright
above his head shines a light
Because the output of the QB mux
will remind you of the Lucks
His passing will be out-of-sight
*a "mux" is a common nickname for a multiplexer, used in microelectronics. A mux selects from among multiple inputs and provides one output depending on the setting.