re: FYI John Doe on Milroe

Saban is riding the Milroe train now with no stops for better or worse.

I just don't want to be tied to Milroe going in to 2024... unless he shows big improvement in pocket awareness and the passing game. Heck, I'm hoping he runs the table and is the Heisman favorite going into 2024.

We'll see.

I mean, we have the A game tape and it's pretty clear Lonergan is a step ahead of Milroe at throwing the ball. Also jibes with all the reports he's rocketing up the depth chart

Milroe from a physical standpoint is the most talented guy on the depth chart, but his passing skills (Pocket presence, decision making, pre/post snap reads, etc.) are the least developed of the group besides maybe Holstein.

At this point the staff deems Milroe the best option going forward, but that doesn't make him the best passer

Part of it, and part of it is our center snapping the ball. Someone on here mentioned that most of Milroe problems come when they're is a bad snap, that he seems to get rattled by it. So I went back and watched and I think they are right in one sense. Milroe troubles do come on snaps he has to adjust to.

I think his problem is has had a really hard time finding the defense. When he has to look away and look back up, he struggles to locate them and make a read. When he can keep his eyes on the safeties, he does much better. I don't know what he would it could do to overcome that. Whether it's just hard for him to see around the oline or defensive players moving makes it hard for him to differentiate a LB from a safety, i dunno. But he definately has some sort of issue where when he looks away he struggles to get focused.

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even Buchner were playing the QB position better than Milroe in camp

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I don’t believe this anymore. Buchner is terrible and we should not have pulled him out of the portal.

Buchners throws were terrible against USF, but he largely makes the right reads and avoids sacks. I'm not surprised he performed the best that week in practice, he may just be a practice warrior that can't put it together under pressure in actual games

Not sure why he went from that fine MTSU drive to whatever USF was, but the kid couldn't hit the broadside of a barn that day. MTSU it just looked like he had some issues putting it high

A day game is useless. What defense was Lonergan going against? He's headed for a redshirt since he's not even getting mop up duty. Lonergan is at least a year away!

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I just don't want to be tied to Milroe going in to 2024...

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Saban will ride him until he loses at least one game next year.

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We are playing a Top 5 roster in terms of overall talent on the road. Tell me how that's a recipe for a blowout?

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Their secondary is young, inexperienced and bad at this time. They are talented though. Watch the Miami vs A&M from this year.

I don't think Saban is sold on Milroe regardless of what he says publically. Saban is playing politics and the long game. He knows Milroe will have to sink or swim against A&M. Their DL is very good and it remains to be seen if Milroe can take advantage of their woeful secondary. If Milroe cannot take advantage of their secondary we have a 50/50 shot of winning at best. Furthermore, if Milroe cannot improve his passing enough against the better teams we won't beat Auburn in Jordan Hare.

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Lonergan and Simpson at this moment have better QB skills who can pass the ball.

This is based on no evidence whatsoever and is nothing more than wishful thinking.

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He can’t really read defenses but the passing game has been fairly efficient under Milroe. Almost 11 yards per attempt, 70% completion, and a 2-to-1 td-int ratio.

That being said, interceptions and failure to throw away the ball leading to a very avoidable sacks are probably the most inefficient results of a passing play

Overall I’m not sure where people think Simpson or Lonergan would absolutely be giving us a better offensive output than Milroe. The CFB world is littered with pocket-passing style QBs that are ineffective