Free Agent QB or Sign a Polished 5* is only way to go henceforward

Here is a question I am seeing asked by Milroe supporters on the board this year:

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are people forgetting the first two years of Jalen Hurts?

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And of course the answer is - we are all trying to forget the first 2 years of Hurts. His limitations cost us a title while we had one of the best defenses in college history.

Yes, I recall it vividly... roll right, make one read on one side of the field, then run or throw the ball in the stands. It was painful AF. We had some of the best WR's of the Saban era they were being wasted.

He was well on his way to blowing another title when Saban finally buckled and brought in the QB that could distribute the ball, and the rest is history.


Now, I love Hurts and his story, and effort, and where he's at now, but You are actually making the counterpoint to having QB's like Hurts and Milroe by asking if we "recall where they started."

Yeah, one day Milroe will get better. He'll probably get a little better next year, but once we start to play teams with equal talent and better QB's than us we will lose... again. We've seen it over and over now. The data is in.

The NFL has time to work on players so it's kinda counterintuitive that you develop in college then go pro. Now, with transfers and three and outs... why waste three years "developing" a QB ? For what ? Is the team that drafts him and has less work to do going to send us a box of cigars ? Once we've lost two playoff games he's ready to go pro and thank Bama for giving him the opportunity to let him "develop" at Bama ?

In this era teams had better either sign a high football IQ kid that is physically developed out of high school, and give him the keys on day one, and see where you are at years end, or pay for the best free agent QB in the league. No more "project" QB's. It makes zero sense. Theres no time to develop them at the expense of losing titles.

Let someone else sign and develop project "athletes" to play QB. Lets sign kids like Bryce Young, Tua, Julian (Hopefully), OR lets jump in the portal and pay for the best QB available.

Cerebral QB's that can read defenses and make pre and post snap decisions about where to go with the ball are going to win every time in every league.

The QB that can thrown downfield, up the seam, hit the slant, and float it to the flat is gonna beat the team with the QB that can only heave it downfield every time.

Times are a changing folks. You have to have a QB to win it all, and if you're gonna spend three four years "developing" someone to understand the simplest of concepts you are going to DECLINE while other coaches go out and sign free agent QB's

This years Heisman QB was a transfer QB from Arizona Jayden Daniels

This years playoff QB's:

Penix is a transfer
Ewers is a transfer

LSU doesn't sniff a title without Joe Burrow, a transfer.
Kyler Murray was a transfer.
Russell Wilson was a transfer.
The list is endless. Never again waste a scholarship on a "project" QB at a place like Alabama.

Final word... no more wasting YEARS developing a QB. Those WR's work hard, those RB's work hard, and even more so those defensive guys dont deserve to be held accountable for a fourth quarter collapse because their legs have turned to jello after running back on the field after quick possessions yielding no points.

The game has changed. Either draft the best QB in the country and give him the keys (Julian Sayin, Bryce Young, Tua, etc.,) to get his clock started, or go out and sign the best free agent available. We have the resources to do this so lets get it done.