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UGA fans: honest expectations for Jacob Eason?
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:46 pm
The thread about yalls first game vs UNC got me thinking.
Consensus seems to be that he'll be the guy. Will it be his team from the get go or do you expect him to slowly be given the reigns or split time at the beginning?
What kind of a learning curve do you expect?
Even for 5-stars struggles should expected for true freshmen at QB.
Eason is coming from a 4A high school in Washington state going to the SEC. Matt Stafford came from a large HS in Texas and struggled mightily as a true freshman and wasn't the starter until game 4. The jump in competition for Eason will be much larger. Stafford was also an early enrollee like Eason.
What kind of effect do you think it will have that this is Kirby Smart's first year as a HC ever?
Consensus seems to be that he'll be the guy. Will it be his team from the get go or do you expect him to slowly be given the reigns or split time at the beginning?
What kind of a learning curve do you expect?
Even for 5-stars struggles should expected for true freshmen at QB.
Eason is coming from a 4A high school in Washington state going to the SEC. Matt Stafford came from a large HS in Texas and struggled mightily as a true freshman and wasn't the starter until game 4. The jump in competition for Eason will be much larger. Stafford was also an early enrollee like Eason.
What kind of effect do you think it will have that this is Kirby Smart's first year as a HC ever?
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Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:50 pm to BowlJackson
dunno
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:52 pm to BowlJackson
Not a UGA fan but if they are expecting anything other than struggles and inconsistency on offense then they are setting themselves up for a long year.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:53 pm to BowlJackson
I don't know what his struggles will be, I just want the best Qb to give us the chance to win a championship. if that means throwing him to the wolves for experience in 2016, so be it.
He's definitely got the best arm on the team, but can he learn quick enough for a big impact in 2016? I guess we all will find out.
He's definitely got the best arm on the team, but can he learn quick enough for a big impact in 2016? I guess we all will find out.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:54 pm to olddawg26
Educated guess? How was he in spring practice? Did y'all get a good look in the spring game?
Posted on 6/13/16 at 10:58 pm to BowlJackson
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Educated guess? How was he in spring practice? Did y'all get a good look in the spring game?
19-29 244 1 TD
The average stats for a stud QB TFR starting last year was 58% comp 2800 yards 20 TDs 9 ints. If we get that out of him I'll be extremely happy.
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Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:00 pm to BowlJackson
I thought he looked pretty solid.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:22 pm to olddawg26
I expect Kirby to use him similarly as Saban would a young qb. Try to limit guys mistakes, and lean on the run game to win.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:26 pm to JesusQuintana
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Not a UGA fan but if they are expecting anything other than struggles and inconsistency on offense then they are setting themselves up for a long year.
I can see that way but I can also see Chubb running well and the passing game look good by sec standards.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:30 pm to BowlJackson
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guess? How was he in spring practice? Did y'all get a good look in the spring game?
He threw an amazing pass that connected with Ridley. They will have many of those in the future, but maybe not too many as true fresh. Make no mistake, The talent is obvious with Eason, but freshmen make mistakes.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:43 pm to djsdawg
Probably takes the reigns mid-season i believe
Posted on 6/13/16 at 11:50 pm to bigdawg7780
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19-29 244 1 TD
The average stats for a stud QB TFR starting last year was 58% comp 2800 yards 20 TDs 9 ints. If we get that out of him I'll be extremely happy.
Not bad. If y'all get that kind of production to go along with yalls run game and what I expect will be a typically stout UGA D y'all should win the East running.
Looked up some highlights from yalls spring game and his talent is obvious.
As an AU fan I've had to learn to not look too much into QB results from spring games either way it goes. For example Jeremy Johnson looked like a Heisman contender his first two spring games, while Cam Newton looked average at best.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:07 am to BowlJackson
One thing to remember about the spring game- green jersey. The merchandise was not to be damaged. Oddly Eason's effectiveness likely depends on Chubbs knee. If nothing else he will be a downfield threat, which we haven't had in a couple years.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 12:51 am to BowlJackson
It's really too early to tell anything definitively. I think he'll be solid, but I want to at least see him play a real game against decent competition before crowning him the next Heisman. I think expectations for him in general are too high and the Spring game didn't help.
He's already treated like a Savior on campus and there are quite a few fans that expect him to take us to the promised land right away. I hope those fans are right, but I think we need to temper expectations just a hair.
He's already treated like a Savior on campus and there are quite a few fans that expect him to take us to the promised land right away. I hope those fans are right, but I think we need to temper expectations just a hair.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 6:09 am to BowlJackson
It's been exactly 10 years since Matt S was recruited. But there is a ton of difference today in how high school players and especially QBs and WR come to the college level. They are conditioned all year now and with the inclusion of camps and 7-7 they are better pre-pared.
UGA was in a completely different mode, CMR was starting his 6th season, coming off the SECC and finishing 10th in the nation. Neil Callaway was the OC , CMR play called. MB wouldn't be named OC until 2007. There was a "qb battle" but everyone one knew JT3 was the starter , and he was till he got hurt during the 2nd game early. From then on it was Stafford having to learn on the job with JC getting in in relief.
I say all that , just because the situations are so different. If the QB battle is close and fall practice hasn't started , you have to wonder if JE won't be given the reigns because of so much upside. This might be possible and CKS has indicated so. However , I really think GL gets the start for UNC and JE and BR gets playing time early. It could be Easins team by he 4th qtr.
As far as how he'll do , I expect some wow games, even maybe some upset performances where he's crowned the next big thing nationally followed by a bone head game , where he shows a learning curve.
UGA was in a completely different mode, CMR was starting his 6th season, coming off the SECC and finishing 10th in the nation. Neil Callaway was the OC , CMR play called. MB wouldn't be named OC until 2007. There was a "qb battle" but everyone one knew JT3 was the starter , and he was till he got hurt during the 2nd game early. From then on it was Stafford having to learn on the job with JC getting in in relief.
I say all that , just because the situations are so different. If the QB battle is close and fall practice hasn't started , you have to wonder if JE won't be given the reigns because of so much upside. This might be possible and CKS has indicated so. However , I really think GL gets the start for UNC and JE and BR gets playing time early. It could be Easins team by he 4th qtr.
As far as how he'll do , I expect some wow games, even maybe some upset performances where he's crowned the next big thing nationally followed by a bone head game , where he shows a learning curve.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 6:12 am to BowlJackson
There's a ton of hype on him. It's almost unfair. A friend of mine in Georgia tells me that some expect him to be like the second coming of Peyton Manning
Posted on 6/14/16 at 6:24 am to BowlJackson
I don't really have any expectations for him this season. Probably very up and down. If we could get a season out of him like Josh Rosen had at UCLA last year that would be awesome.
I do think starting him is the right call. I don't think we can win with Lambert or Ramsey, so might as well take our lumps now, especially while we have Chubb and Michel to protect him. This is under the assumption that the OL will be at least competent. If it isn't, don't get him killed.
I do think starting him is the right call. I don't think we can win with Lambert or Ramsey, so might as well take our lumps now, especially while we have Chubb and Michel to protect him. This is under the assumption that the OL will be at least competent. If it isn't, don't get him killed.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 6:57 am to JesusQuintana
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a UGA fan but if they are expecting anything other than struggles and inconsistency on offense then they are setting themselves up for a long year.
Not every freshman is going to be as bad as Lock. You may be right but just because Lck was terrible doesn't mean Eason will be
Posted on 6/14/16 at 7:27 am to BowlJackson
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Consensus seems to be that he'll be the guy.
he without a doubt will be...question is how long it will take. We dont' have another QB on the roster that's even slightly above average.
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Will it be his team from the get go or do you expect him to slowly be given the reigns or split time at the beginning?
The latter. I think we'll give him a series or two against UNC but go with the steady senior. Next 2 weeks we have Nicholls state and missouri so that should allow him to ease on in with more reps and he should be starting by ole miss.
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What kind of a learning curve do you expect?
probably like staffords. Show flashes early followed by boneheaded or downright stupid mistakes. Light shoudl come on around midseason then sky's the limit.
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Matt Stafford came from a large HS in Texas and struggled mightily as a true freshman and wasn't the starter until game 4.
He was the starter before game 4 but I see what you're saying.
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The jump in competition for Eason will be much larger. Stafford was also an early enrollee like Eason.
Stafford also didnt' have the luxury of a brand new coaching staff which means everyone has a clean slate. Kirby/Chaney didnt' see lambert or ramsey in practices and stuff the past few years, all they know is what they've seen on film and what they've seen the last 6 months. Everyone is on equal footing, which is advatnage eason (compared to stafford I mean).
Basically it boils down to this. Eason will frick up, probably a lot, early on. But the whole point of picking your 11 guys you send out is to give you the best chance to win games, and lambert and ramsey do not give us a great chance at that based on what we know right now. Lambert may be less likely to turn the ball over but he doesn't present any challenges to a defense. At all. Despite the expected screw ups, Eason can do things no one else on our roster can do and there isn't a throw on the field he can't make.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 7:31 am to 3rddownonthe8
People forget that Stafford his freshman year, especially early in his freshman year, was not very good. You could see the talent, but he was not ready. 8-19, 171 yards and 3 ints against SC. But by the end of the year against AU and VT, he began to put it together.
Bottom line, Eason may be more advanced than Stafford, but I still would expect inconsistency.
Bottom line, Eason may be more advanced than Stafford, but I still would expect inconsistency.
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