Will Coker fix his slow release?

I'm really hoping one of the young guns rises up and takes this job. Coker got beat out twice..once by a guy who was almost converted to RB and another who was fresh out of high school.

That's not a good batting average.

You can't completely fix it, but I will say it looked faster at FSU.

I think it'll be fine. Jameis has a slow release and he won the Heisman. Once Coker is comfortable with the offense, it'll be a little bit quicker.

I love Cornwell's release though.

Exactly.

I don't care about the release at this point. Just let him fix the accuracy.

I'm torn.

Part of me wants Coker to have his chance. He was good when he played, and he grew up a Bama fan. He transferred here to get his chance. Now of course if he can't earn it, I'm not saying he should have it.

But another part of me wants to go in a younger direction, this would give us the same QB for 2-4 more years, which is ideal.

I'm not counting out Cooper Bateman, I'm a big fan of his, and I think he's talented.

But the two most talented QBs on the roster next season may very well be Cornwell and Barnett.

Now, between them, I'm torn again. Cornwell has that fast release with a cannon, and he CAN move.

Barnett's release needs work (so much so that even if he is an EE, I don't know if it'll be fixed by September), but he is accurate and is a true dual threat.

I'm fine with Coker/Bateman/Cornwell/Barnett. Any of them will work, they're all good imo.

Unless Barnett catches onto the PB extremely fast and dominates practices, he'll probably RS like all other QBs under Saban.

Coker rarely seemed confident... and in mop-up duty, at that. He seemed to play like a starter who was afraid of getting the hook if he made a mistake.

There was that one drive he had I think against Florida when Blake went out with injury and Coker came in to lead a TD drive.

I honestly think the QB Battle is between Bateman and Coker. I'm intrigued by Bateman due to his mobility, but Coker seems to have the inside track.

Yeah, it'd still happen after Coker.

I think Coker will be the guy too. I think he'll have a better passing season than Sims, honestly, if we throw the ball ad the young WRs emerge.

Yeah, for what Henry lacks in power (gotta improve that lower body and drive those legs) he makes up for with ability in space.

I think we'll go vertical a bit more too.

I think the light comes on for Howard.

I think Ridley/Stewart step up and shine.

IF Robert Foster comes back, I think he shines too.


I don't know if we have a 1000 yard WR, but I think we could have a bunch of 500 yard guys.