I think he’s a safer option. He stays healthy for the most part , this year being the exception. Hes played a lot of football and isn’t known for being careless with the ball. Tvd is more of a streak shooter that can be amazing when hot , better talent but Rodger’s is more consistent. I’d rather take a more athletic qb but we could do a lot worse. A mature vet that’s a good leader and will be surrounded by more talent than he’s ever had.
How is Ward unproven?
You wouldn’t have said this two years ago about Nix. Thats the point he’s making. You’d actually been laughed off the board. Nix was the biggest bust / joke in CFB when he left Auburn. It’s easy to say stuff when you know the results.
That’s fair, he is proven I shouldn’t have included him in there
I mean yeah I would’ve been laughed off this board, and that’s fine, but I absolutely would have rather had a guy with Nix’s traits fwiw. I’ve never been a Van Dyke guy, I’ve always been too high on the qb run threat, and been skeptical of him as a qb. Great thrower of a football, sure. But it has always looked robotic and unnatural, like a baseball player playing football, not a football player that also played baseball, which is why the deer in the headlights look when teams three different looks at him was absolutely unsurprising.
Hence why my new saying is “call a spade a spade”. Playcalling changed but TVD became a shell of his former self. Both are true. Both affected our season.Don’t you guys get tired of the same arguments over and over
Honestly, this roster just needs that. They don’t need somebody that’s a game changer.
I like him as well. He's experienced and battle tested having gone through 4 seasons in the SEC West. I would like to have him however I don't think he would be a seismic addition. I also like Cam Ward, Conner Weigman, Seth Hennigan and I think Dante Moore would be a seismic addition. He certainly doesn't have the experience Rogers does but Moore is an elite QB prospect who has already seen a good amount of experience in his true freshman year. If Chip Kelly gets axed, I would love to grab Moore. The only potential downside to that is that Moore is still developing and may not give you what an older more experienced QB who has started multiple years might give you. Then again, Moore could explode on to the national scene and have his coming out party playing for Miami. You just don't know how these things are going to work out.
Yeah. I just have never seen him really threaten to leave the pocket hardly ever. And the stats over 4 years I think support that. He may get a random first down run every few games but it is rare. I would put him between Manning and Emory. Ha. But onward we go. I think we need better having watched him from stands for 4 years.
