re: Florida seems to have a bright future

Lagway is still only a few weeks removed from a pretty serious hamstring injury. While he’s not the fastest guy out there, he was rated the #1 dual threat qb out of high school for a reason and the qb-run threat is a big part of his game. He’s basically been playing solid football without all his tools at his disposal (and with opposing defenses knowing this). His willingness to throw downfield has also opened up the run game that struggled mightily with Mertz.

As far as Napier, I’m cautiously optimistic but he still hasn’t won any big road games. He’s getting a lot of props for his players not quitting on him, but Beamer, Freeze, and Venables all have their guys playing hard despite a disappointing start for their seasons. Not sure why Napier’s future is any brighter than theirs.

The only coach that actually has had players quit on him seems to be Norvell.

He is playing at 80% and can’t run, which is a big part of his game.

DawginSC, you are purely looking at aggregate stats and drawing conclusions from them. There are a number of reasons why people are excited about Lagway

1. He's playing competently at QB, making multi progression reads and correctly identifying defenses pre snap as a true freshman. He's not running a paired down version of this offense. He's already fully in command. This is exceedingly rare from a true freshman.

2. He's the #1 rated QB in the country according to PFF on throws 20+ yards down field. This is honestly incredible from a true freshman and unlike what Mertz brings to the offense, allows the run game to excel more due to the consistent threat of being beat deep.

3. He had a grade 2 hamstring strain and was trying to play 7 days later. He actually played 14 days later and led his team to victory against a top 25 team.

4. His ability to make off platform throws in disrupted pockets is amongst best college

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He genuinely thinks DJ getting hurt had no impact on the UGA UF.

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I genuinely think we win if DJ doesn't get hurt. We were winning when he got hurt, and although he might not have been perfect, he was consistently moving the ball and giving them problems through the air and on the ground. It's either ignorance or trolling to say that DJ getting hurt had no real impact on the outcome of the game, my vote is on the latter.

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UF got a lot of momentum heading into 2025.

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Napier will find a way to fk it up. no doubt.

The players had to go to the coaches to have changes made on defense.
Lagway is only playing because of Mertz injury. Dumb arse Napier had mediocre Mertz pegged as his guy no matter what. pre-injury.

Baugh and Jackson would’ve been buried under bench if not for injury.
Napier loves to play tenured guys even if the younger ones are better.

His boring, basic offense needs to be tossed in the bushes.

The players are playing hard but shouldn’t any good coach have their players playing hard. why wait for your seat to be the hottest in America first.

Napier doesn’t have IT. never had, never will.

If UF wants 7-5 or maybe the occasional 8 win season, Napier is the guy.