re: the criticism on jalen hurts

Can we wait till Hurts gets to play vs a non elite defense before we start judging how much he improved between his true frosh and sophomore seasons ?

His legs prevented 100 yards of sacks the other night. Literally. FSU defense is elite. Not sure their D is getting enough credit for their performance vs Bama.

Francois had a much more impressive pass chart, but he also turned the ball over a few times, and Hurts did not... it was the difference in the game.

CNS is not going to lose the turnover battle in a game like that by cutting his QB loose. Protect the ball and play defense like savages - this is his formula, and I'd say its been a fairly successful formula.

Hurts and Bama have just now come through a stretch where they have faced four elite defenses in a row for high stakes. That has to be taken into consideration.

Word from non bammer analysts over the off-season was Hurts had greatly improved.

Once he gets a clean pocket to stand in lets see how he reads the field, and whether or not he gets the ball where it needs to go. Then we will know what sort of progress there has been.

Anyone that saw the touch on his passes the other night when he had time to set his feet could plainly see he has progressed so my money is on Hurts proving his doubters wrong.