re: Who was the WORST starting QB for us in the 2010s?

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I really can't blame McElroy for that game. It seemed like every time he dropped back, he was being pressured or was sacked. As great of a day as the offensive line run blocking, they were getting killed in pass protection. The only good clean pocket I remember that night was when Greg hooked it up to Julio. I think Texas ended up with five sacks in that game and he only attempted 11 passes.

Early on in '09, McElroy had a 9-1 TD-INT ratio and the offense was rolling. Then, the offense couldn't score touchdowns in the red zone due to poor QB play and questionable play calling from McElwain.

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Half those sacks vs Texas were because Greg hung on to the ball much too long. And you can have a 9-1 ratio for much the same reason. With our potent run game, teams were committed to the box. Julio often had man to man coverage and unless Julio cleared his opponent by a large margin he wasn't throwing the ball. Greg took some hellish hits that season and in the Texas game. Perhaps he took to heart Saban's thing about turnovers more than he should. Sometimes that kind of coaching can make a guy, who already tends to think too much out there and make him too hesitant. He's not the first QB at Bama that got way too cautious with the ball and he had a case of it.