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

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I definitely get what you're saying but we haven't had a good track record of getting backups experience in real game situations in recent years

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I agree, you're right we havne't. We also haven't had an elite player like eason either. The last 2 times we've had a guy (that was healthy, so don't give me '09 murray) that was ultra talented with an incumbent ahead of him, we did that. Staff in 06 and Shock in 02 both got in their very first game. Staff's situation was an odd one (jt injury) but we had scripted series for DJ from 02-04. I don't see why we wouldn't do the same with eason.

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To not RS Eason would mean that we are planning on getting him reps in real game situations

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Which we should. We open with UNC so maybe we give him one series in the first half (like we did with DJ) and one in the 3rd quarter. Just anything to give him real live reps. Then we have a tomato can in game 2, no reason why he can't play a full quarter.

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why not just let him start unless he turns into a choke artist once he gets to campus?

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Because again the bottom line should be who gives us the best chance to win games. Come 2020 when it's all said and done he will clearly be the better of the 3 or 4 QBs, but not necessarily from game one. It's pretty likely that Ramsey/Park/Whoever will give us the best chance to win very early in '16. Stafford was atrocious the first half of 06 until the light came on.