re: Does anyone realistically expect Eason to take the starters spot in '16???

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He's going to redshirt no matter what

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Should tebow have redshirted? What about Jameis? Or Gurley? Stafford?

If you're THAT good, and by all accounts Eason is, you don't redshirt him if he can help you win. It's not like Eason will be battling against Stafford. He'll be facing off against a guy who had been extremely underwhelming in his 2ish game experience, and a guy who has never taken a college snap as of now. If we redshirt him, how much better off are we in '17, honestly? He'll still have zero game experience, he'll simply know the plays better. Big whoop. We need Eason to be playing early in 16 even if it's just getting some mopup at the end of games.

Do you recall how hard stafford sucked the first half of 2006? Despite his talent there's a learning curve. Unfortunately for him, he was thrown to the wolves out of necessity, but by the end of 06 the light came on. In 07 and 08 he was great. But how good would he have been in 2007 if we just let JT/Cox play all of 2006? It's a pretty safe assumption he wouldn't have been as good, and that's assuming he even would have played as much as he did (since in this hypothetical Cox would have a whole year starting advantage on him).

Elite, top 5 national players like Eason..you don't sit them on the bench. You play them early until they're ready to be unleashed.