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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 34147" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>But it is darned if you do, darned if you don't. Many of our blowout wins came early in the season, at a time when we desperately had things we still needed to work out. Even with a big lead, there were things that coach felt Vad needed to work on and therefore left him in to work on them. This is exactly the type of experience you would now be praising if he was back again. However, with Vad now gone, in hindsight, you argue Thomas should have gotten more snaps. Thomas played in 10 games and looks to have gotten about 14% of the snaps Vad got (at least based on total number of rushes and pass attempts). Are there many bowl teams in the country that gave the backup that percentage of the snaps in games without injury to the starter? I would have to think the answer is no. </p><p></p><p>I too wish Thomas had gotten more snaps. However, if coached believed Vad had the better chance to be the guy in the short term (1-2 years), the first priority must be to give the lion's share of the snaps to him to develop him first. As the saying goes, if you have two QBs, you have none. No sense in giving the backup meaningful time when that time is still desperately needed by the starter. JT got his snaps in practice, I can assure you that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 34147, member: 1045"] But it is darned if you do, darned if you don't. Many of our blowout wins came early in the season, at a time when we desperately had things we still needed to work out. Even with a big lead, there were things that coach felt Vad needed to work on and therefore left him in to work on them. This is exactly the type of experience you would now be praising if he was back again. However, with Vad now gone, in hindsight, you argue Thomas should have gotten more snaps. Thomas played in 10 games and looks to have gotten about 14% of the snaps Vad got (at least based on total number of rushes and pass attempts). Are there many bowl teams in the country that gave the backup that percentage of the snaps in games without injury to the starter? I would have to think the answer is no. I too wish Thomas had gotten more snaps. However, if coached believed Vad had the better chance to be the guy in the short term (1-2 years), the first priority must be to give the lion's share of the snaps to him to develop him first. As the saying goes, if you have two QBs, you have none. No sense in giving the backup meaningful time when that time is still desperately needed by the starter. JT got his snaps in practice, I can assure you that. [/QUOTE]
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