Tua ready to compete with Jalen

Do we just assume the other kid has no shot?

No we don't assume anything about a true freshman. Jalen was creating buzz even before his first spring practice. Jalen had the best ADay performance out of all the QBs.
After ADay, I said Jalen was the best QB on the roster (and got slammed by everyone on the board for saying it).
We'll see how Tua does, but my money says that he falls on his face during his first ADay like most true freshmen do. I won't count him out, but remember that Jalen won the job because of his athleticism and poise. Tua isn't near the athlete Jalen is, so he'll have to come in and light it up throwing the ball, which is much harder for a freshman to do than running it.

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After ADay, I said Jalen was the best QB on the roster (and got slammed by everyone on the board for saying it).

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Come on man, at least half this board thought that Jalen looked like the best QB after last year's A-day.

But I 100% agree with rest of your post.

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Hmmm, Ok.

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Not sure if I agree with your "Tua is nowhere near the athlete Jalen is" statement.

Not sure if you are real, either.

Jalen may be a little better runner, although Tua looks pretty good running it to me. They are virtually the same exact size. If Hurts runs a 4.5 and Tua runs a 4.6 or 4.7 that's close enough that the best passer likely wins the job assuming both can grasp the offense. Look I expect Hurts to start, but nobody can deny that his lack of down the field passing really handicapped our offense in certain spots last year. That leaves the door cracked just enough for Tua to make a serious run if he's a quick learner and a more gifted passer, which is yet to be determined.

And Jones is a legit QB as well as soon as he adds about 20 pounds to his noodle-like frame. We're really fortunate to have 3 quality QB's that could all start at different programs.

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Best case scenario is that Hurts learns how to throw a football to a running receiver sometime in the next 5 months.

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He did it plenty of times last year. He did it in the first game of the season, and the last game of the season, and pretty much every game in between. Was he consistent in every game? No. But he knows how to do it.

Plenty enough times for us to know that he definitely can complete passes to running WRs.

True. Jeremy Johnson and Brandon Harris completed some downfield passes once in a while. For that matter, Spencer Pennington completed a few.

The key, of course, is to complete enough, consistently enough, to make the defense defend the entire field rather than bull rushing the qb, who rolls out and throws away the ball. Complete enough passes to sustain some drives. 3 plays and out, giving the other team 99 plays per game, and you're going to get beat vs a good team.

It isn't, though, only the lack of a passing game. He needs to learn to read defenses before and after the snap. Hopefully he will.