re: Why Mac Jones will win the Heisman per PFF!

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I agree... kid plays well and keeps his head about him fairly well... was listening to Jacksonville sports radio this afternoon, person from The Athletic called Mac barely in the top 32, and Trask a mid day 2. I ain’t too convinced there is that much difference between the two of them.

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I think the biggest difference between the two is the types of defenses they throw against are drastically differently drawn up.

People know that Florida's rushing game is no where near that of Alabama. Trask is basically having to throw to win almost every game, whereas Mac doesn't need to. If Trask went down for a quarter, our offense would have to completely retool and have a major overhaul.

Alabama's offense can just lean on the rush, just to demonstrate:

Florida Passing TDs: 36

Florida Rushing TDs: 6

He is basically our entire offense, and even though defenses are playing pass defense the majority of the time, he is still getting it done.

Alabama Passing TDs: 24

Alabama Rushing TDs: 24


I'm not saying that Trask is better or Mac is worse, I'm just saying that Trask is having a lot more asked of him. He doesn't have a lot of one on ones, just look at his highlights. Most teams are dropping into cover-3 and 8 defenders, basically the opposite of Alabama's program where the opposing program loads the box to stop the run.

I think if Trask and Mac switched teams, as it were, they would likely do the exact same things. They are almost mirror images of each other.