re: Why can't the SEC produce great QBs every year?

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I like Dak as a QB though, especially a college QB and think he should be in there

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Man, how could I forget Dak? I would put him in Top 3.

You can add Paxton Lynch, Brandon Doughty, and Matt Johnson to your list as well.

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If I was ranking Top 10 QB's based on purely performance (not NFL future) I'd go (in no real order) Boykin (TCU) Watson (Clemson) Prescott (State) Doughty (WKU) M. Williams (UNC) B. Allen (Arky) Lynch (Memphis) Cook (Michigan State) Mayfield (Oklahoma) Barrett(OSU)

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Yea as I said I didn't really go through and spend time thinking it through. I just gave some names of guys I think are good, and could be really good if they had the guys at the skill positions Bama/LSU do

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The offenses are built around the RB position, so the QBs aren't the emphasis in your offense and they achieve predictable results accordingly.

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I don't think that is really true anymore. The only teams that still implement a run first philosophy are Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia and Arkansas. Florida is pro-style, but McElwain is not a ground and pound guy. Mullen adapts to his personel. A&M is air raid. Kentucky runs the spread. Tennessee runs a hybrid spread. Ole Miss is certainly not built around running backs.

As for the defenses, the SEC have better DL/LB talent every year than every other league. Whether the team defenses are better or not depends on the year, but the interior play in the SEC on defense is just light years better than other places.

I agree with you that it's not so much true anymore over there as it was 5-7 years ago due to new coaches implementing spread offenses but among the top teams in that league it most certainly is.

A&M, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vandy, Florida, State, Mizzou, South Carolina, Auburn (running QB) and Tennessee (dual threat QB) offenses are built around the QB. It's no surprise that these are the teams that have the most productive college QBs in that league.

Alabama, LSU, Georgia, and Arkansas all design their offenses around the RB position. It's no surprise that these teams produce the most productive college RBs in that league. A lion's share of the DL/LB talent produced in that league is produced by Alabama, LSU, and Florida when they have their act together, not the entire league.

Qbing is very cyclical as well. The years where there seems to be "great" Qbs are years where there is multiple guys who have started for several years. Mett, Murray, and AJ all had started multiple years. Dak and Brandon Allen have as well. This year, you have a lot of first year starters - unfortunately for some of those teams, they'll be in same position next year, i.e. Bama and UGA.

Since 2007 the SEC has 3 Heisman winners at QB.

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Since 2007 the SEC has 3 Heisman winners at QB.

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And with the possible exception of Newton none could play the position.

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Know how I know you don't watch SEC football?

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No. Tell me! Tell me!

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Also, Brandon Allen is one of the top 2 or 3 QBS in the SEC despite the "run-first" narrative.

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He's had some moments for sure. All I said was your offense is built around the RB position, which it is, just like it was at Wisconsin.

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How is RG3 and Petty doing ? Peyton starts for Denver, Stafford for Detroit. Mallet, JFF and Mek fot Tennessee Titans have all started this year so thats 5 SEC QBs in a top 2 depth chart. A.J. is the back u at Cinccy

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RG3 was an injury waiting to happen but he did quite well his rookie year. Not the same QB post-injury. Petty was a project.

Peyton, okay. Stafford has been largely underwhelming. Mallet has been awful. JFF only started because of injury to the starter and was bad. Mett only started because of injury to Mariota and was about average. Eli has 2 super bowl rings. Matt Flynn has bounced around the league. etc. etc. SEC QBs as a while are not quite the shining light you paint them to be.