2019 Food for thought

And Franks will be starter once again. And if he plays like he did today, I’ll be fine with it.

I'm really hoping Emory proves himself good enough. Franks isn't good enough to beat the elite teams we need to take the next step. Hoping Emory proves to be the guy.

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Franks isn't good enough to beat the elite teams we need to take the next step.

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This has always been my qualm. He's kind of the Jim McElwain of Quarterbacks. (Lampooning myself a bit here).

Once a year he has a great game, but every time we play someone with a pulse on defense he doesn't seem to do so well and of course -- there's an occasional game we lose where we match up well, everything is there, but Franks can't seem to get it together.

Florida State is ranked #110th in passing defense. Missouri was ranked #109th. One game he has 300 yards, the other he got 84. We need someone who is more versatile and can add another element to the offense.

I like Jones, he has the vision, has to work on fumbles, but we've needed a strong run first quarterback for 10 years and Franks isn't going to be that guy.

I'm telling you right now: Mullen doesn't want Franks to be the guy next season. Even as little as we've seen of Jones -- if Jones is 5% worse of a passer than Franks, he will likely start.

Franks is not the off-field or on-field Mullen Model QB. If Trask hadn't broken his foot this fanbase might have had a riot with the occasional cuck who thinks his antics have been okay.

Off-field: Terribly immature habits. Mullen told him to stay off of Twitter from the very beginning and he's constantly there -- nearly getting into street fights with fans, Tweeting at Del Rio and of course hushing the crowd when Mullen told him that it was going to happen.

On-field: Needs everything going well to do well. Misses some strangely easy passes, occasionally makes an outstanding pass but for the most part isn't a true downfield threat outside of teams we dominate. Doesn't know how to zone-read for runs. <--- This is the big reason why I think Emory will take over.

There are dozens of times each game where if he keeps the ball, he's going a long way. But he's not reading the play because he's not built for this offense. So the coach has to call it for him, and that's really annoying. All of the 'option' plays are pre-snap for him, and that takes out a very strong part of a Mullen rushing offense.

However...

He could develop his downfield passing threat, but I think when Mullen has our Jonses, Franks' will start getting benched for even off-field behavior. He just got very fortunate that Trask was injured and Jones is so young.