Georgia Fans: QB Situation

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who would you rather start and why? (Eason or Lambert)

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It's only a matter of time before Eason starts. Like, probably within the first handful of games. All bets are off with game 1 though, just no way to know wiht a brand new staff how they'll play it.

Gun to my head it wouldn't surprise me to see lambert start game one O-N-L-Y because he's a senior with loads of experience and won't be as shaky or nervous as eason. But eason will undoubtedly play against UNC, and will be starting within short order.

Anyone with a eyeballs and a brain can see that eason is the best QB we have, it's just a matter of bringing him along as a True Frosh that will be a juggling act. Good thing is after UNC we have nicholls st then missouri, so it's not like we're facing a murderer's row early on. Eason will be starting by ole miss for sure.

As an Ole Miss fan, I can only assume Eason will get his first start in Oxford and go for 350 yards with 3 TDs

Every UGA fan will tell you they'd rather have Eason start, largely because we've already seen what Lambert and Ramsey can (and can't) do. Eason is shiny and new and, as you mentioned, really lived up to the hype during the Spring.

Lambert has experience but there were too many times last season when he was just flat out bad, complete with bad mechanics and poor decision making. Ramsey has a strong arm but has been a question mark in the Motivation and Decision Making categories since he got here.

Ultimately, like WG said, Eason is going to be the starter. It's just a matter of whether that happens sooner or later. It's really unpredictable at this point, though, as nobody knows what Kirby wants (will he take the hiccups that come with inexperience for the talent or the experience for the lack thereof?) and nobody knows how Eason will react on gameday (what does he do when he gots popped the first time? Throws his first pick? Goes 3 and out? Loses a game?). Hopefully that all gets answered against UNC but, you know, best laid plans of mice and men...

Here's the biggest thing in my opinion.

Lambert is pretty untalented but he's not necessarily going to lose a game by himself. He can't throw it deep much and has a limited arsenal, but he does protect the ball fairly well and wont' put us in a bad spot. Eason, as is the nature of pretty much all TFr quarterbacks, will probably be erratic early. That's just how it goes...you got a guy that was in high school a few months ago adjusting to SEC/ACC speed in real time, it can be overwhelming and you can probably expect some bad reads, probably an INT or 2, a few head scratchers. However, he can make every throw in the entire playbook. There isn't anything relating to throwing the football he can't do, which is NOT the case for lambert.

Lambert has a very low ceiling but pretty high floor. Eason has a limitless, uncapped ceiling but a fairly low floor as well. Just depends on how risky we wanna be. Against a legit opponent in UNC, wouldn't surprise me at all to start with the steady hand in lambert. But it's just a matter of getting real live reps before Eason takes over permanently. I love having nicholls in game 2, Eason should play very heavily there. He should also get some good PT against missouri.

Heading into OM, Eason will have played a handful of drives against a legit OOC away from home, a ton of snaps at home against a tomato can, and another handful of drives against an SEC team on the road. At that point, he'll be expereienced enough to where there shouldn't be any rational reason to continue starting lambert, IMO.

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Ultimately, like WG said, Eason is going to be the starter. It's just a matter of whether that happens sooner or later. It's really unpredictable at this point, though, as nobody knows what Kirby wants (will he take the hiccups that come with inexperience for the talent or the experience for the lack thereof?) and nobody knows how Eason will react on gameday (what does he do when he gots popped the first time? Throws his first pick? Goes 3 and out? Loses a game?). Hopefully that all gets answered against UNC but, you know, best laid plans of mice and men...

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I think Kirby has to weigh the risk/reward for this season and the future with Eason. Does he feel like they have a serious shot to win the East with Lambert?

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I think Kirby has to weigh the risk/reward for this season and the future with Eason.

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It's a no brainer. Lambert is a senior that isn't going to win us anythign meaningful. This is a transition year with a brand new staff, what do we have to lose?

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Does he feel like they have a serious shot to win the East with Lambert?

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Probably not.

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what do we have to lose?

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Ceiling is certainly higher with Eason and only gets higher with each year of experience but you guys still have some great players on your team. Chubb and a good oline can win a lot of games with a shitty QB.

Ultimately, I think you are right. Eason will be starting in the second half of the season and if he is not than that just means Lambert has been good.

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It'll come down to which QB brings Chaney the best cookies.

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Should have read the rest of the thread

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Made it through an entire post about the UGA offense/QB situation without bringing up Chaney

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Yet you did