What are your thoughts on the QB position for 2017?
QBs:
Troy Williams
Tyler Huntley
Cooper Bateman
Jason Shelley
Should be very interesting to see what our new QB coach sees in these guys. Charlie Peterson was quick to dismiss Troy Williams as not able to read defenses well enough at the college level. Troy Williams will be a senior next year with a full year of PAC 12 starts under his belt. It's hard to dismiss that kind of experience and he did have some good games.
What I'd like to see is a two-QB system with T. Williams and T. Huntley. The reason being that it is unlikely that either QB can make it through the season without an injury. I think it can be done, especially given that everyone understands Huntley brings more speed and has a different style or role than T. Williams. And I'm just not confident that Troy Williams gives us what we'd need from a QB to win the South Division. I'd rather go 6-6 taking a gamble on an unproven QB that could possibly get us to 10-2 than go 8-4 again with Troy Williams. The offensive line will not be as good this coming season as they were last year, so the QB play is going to need to be much better for us to get to where we want to be.
Cooper Bateman is intriguing although you'd think he could have done more with the playing time he had at Alabama with all the talent around him. If Troy Williams or Tyler Huntley were to get injured during the Fall or early in the season, I'd like to see Cooper Bateman get a shot.
Jason Shelley may be a Connor Manning type player, put up huge numbers in high school but is undersized for a college QB.