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I hate these off-season threads during the season and wasn't going to respond. However, it's not too early to say that I think it's way too early to say anything about what we have coming back next year. Our offense seems to be getting better each week and "only" loses Freddy and JT. I put the only in quotes because on the one hand they're the two best players but on the other hand, they're only two players.
We don't have to ask if MJ will be as good as JT at doing JT stuff, but will he be able to do enough to be as good as JN, TW, VL, or JT in his own way. When MJ got the ball at QB over the last two seasons, he's shown that he's got a prettier pass (imo) than most of what we've seen from the previous 4 qbs. His release isn't as quick, nor as capable of escape, nor as fast over all, as JT. However, he's bigger and stronger, and likely more tough. If he develops a better pocket-presence, he may be just as effective. He has a 438.4 passer rating this year (ok, scoring a TD on every completion is easier when you only throw 2 passes). He ran our offense fairly well in the Mercer and Vandy games, except for the turnovers that have happened to every QB during early year/years.
If our offense doesn't keep getting better and if the light of consistency doesn't come on for our D, then, yeah, next year will be rough. But, I still think that both things can happen. We'll see.
We don't have to ask if MJ will be as good as JT at doing JT stuff, but will he be able to do enough to be as good as JN, TW, VL, or JT in his own way. When MJ got the ball at QB over the last two seasons, he's shown that he's got a prettier pass (imo) than most of what we've seen from the previous 4 qbs. His release isn't as quick, nor as capable of escape, nor as fast over all, as JT. However, he's bigger and stronger, and likely more tough. If he develops a better pocket-presence, he may be just as effective. He has a 438.4 passer rating this year (ok, scoring a TD on every completion is easier when you only throw 2 passes). He ran our offense fairly well in the Mercer and Vandy games, except for the turnovers that have happened to every QB during early year/years.
If our offense doesn't keep getting better and if the light of consistency doesn't come on for our D, then, yeah, next year will be rough. But, I still think that both things can happen. We'll see.
