re: QBs down to two.

I'm tired of trying to remind people how bad Lambert was last year so I'll try to finish with this. Eason has seemed to pass every test so far, so maybe its not crazy to think he's ready to take the reins.

He came in the spring with a lot of hype, worked with the 3s without complaining and by all indications had good spring practices. Then comes G-Day, 93,000 + there to see him, crowd going crazy as soon as he steps on the field and how does he respond? By throwing strikes like he was in the backyard at home with nobody watching. Then comes the summer, where he beefs up enough so that we're no longer worried about him breaking in half after he takes his first sack, now fast forward to camp. He worked his way up the depth chart, with practice reports about him being positive for the most part. And then last week he got his shot to work exclusively with the ones, and from what we've heard Kirby didn't make it easy on him, with what was described as a "Trial by Fire". It sounded like JE was blitzed and had more thrown at him that any of the other QBs did. He's done all of this while being very humble and without getting into trouble or doing something stupid to embarrass the team.

After all that, a first year defensive minded coach with a lot of pressure to win appears to be comfortable handing JE the keys to the ride. The same coach who said in the spring that he would really rather not start a True Freshman QB, so if he's okay with it then so am I.