Yes, exactly. For example,
CaneSport said:
Waters added "Heaps would have been my guess (to be named starter).
Dorsett said the competition between Kaaya and Heaps "was so equal to me" that he's not sure how coaches ultimately made the decision.
If the competition were really as close as the coaches and WRs say, then it wouldn't make any sense to start Kaaya on opening night in a hostile environment against a quality opponent instead of waiting a week for Florida A&M at home to get his feet wet.
If D$ is right, that would make more sense than throwing the less experienced QB into the fire even though he isn't any better in practice than the experienced one. It could be that the WRs were just trying to be equally supportive of both QBs. After all, they are all teammates.