re: AJC DN "UGA should make Jacob Eason ‘QB1’ from Day 1"

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Didn't read the article either but we need to make sure we have a line that will keep him upright before we throw him into the fire. Last thing we need is to get him gunshy right out of the box.

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Tony Eason agrees:

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“The icing on the cake was the o-line hire,” Tony Eason said. “You want to talk about all these people looking at quarterback development and the latest gurus and you have to fly your kid here or there, that o-line coach is more important than any of that. If you don’t have a solid line up front your quarterback isn’t going to play well and he’s going to look terrible.”

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It all depends on how limited. Look, a large factor in this equation is how fast can Eason pick up the playbook and how fast can make reads. Everything in college is extremely accelerated and sure 7-on-7 helps QB's but the speed is still a different level and he will just have to speed up his progressions.

He is at a large disadvantage to Grayson Lambert and Ramsey because they have the experience to know what the speed of the game is like. The fact that Lambert and Ramsey will be working in their third offensive system could be a positive because lets face it the concepts that they will learn aren't much different regardless of the system. They just have to learn terminology. That could be a bad thing as well because they could have developed bad habits.

Personally, I'd like to see Eason start with a small role and work his way fulltime into the system in the later stages of the season. But if he can learn the system at a fast enough rate then you start him early. You just don't want the team to be so limited that we are missing large components of certain packages. IE. First down and 10 packages, redzone packages, two minute packages, etc.

Eason's development will not be comparable to Stafford, IMO. This is due to the rules changes in the summer and the fact that coaches can sit in a room with the players, teach their system, and test the playbook during the summer. When Stafford was around they this was against the rules.

Jacob Easons father kinda said the same thing I was going to in that the OL can make the QB look really good or really bad. Our OL sucked last year.

While most would look to Lambert and Ramsey as working with their third OC being a negative. I think there would be some positives as they will have more exposure and more knowledge from different people. That's definitely a positive but Eason starting from a clean slate.

Unlike most people, I really think Lambert is a pretty solid QB who throws a really good ball. I think Eason will probably get the better of him and completely pass him on the depth chart by the time that we get to Auburn game maybe even before unless Kirby at Chaney have promised him he'd start. Then you've got to factor in the thought that Chaney will see Eason as his guy where as he didn't choose to offer Ramsey or Lambert. That will push Eason past Lambert and Ramsey as well.