There’s no guarantee Pyron burns his redshirt even if he is dubbed #2 on the depth chart. He can still play in 4 games and retain the redshirt status. You don’t really want your backup QB playing in more than 4 games anyway, unless you’re winning blowout games. Which, I don’t think anyone is really expecting to happen. In the portal era, if Pyron is looking the part I’d say it’s a much better strategy to show him the light and that he’s the future than it is to redshirt him anyway. Best case scenario is that Sims has everything click and takes off into early draft status and Pyron moves into the starting role next year. The chances of that happening are pretty low though, and Sims still has 3 years of eligibility. Straight up redshirting Pyron like we did Griffin last year provides very little to no benefit in the current environment.
