re: Its a shame Kirby has to lie to these kids to get them on Campus.

He wasn't told he would sit. He was told he'd get to compete for the starting job. He and his father both watched Fromm lead UGA to the the playoff and they still held firm. He was complaining that they didn't let him throw the ball in a game where we had already put it away and the opposing HC was a personal friend of Smart's. A guy who had helped him along in his career and they were freaking teammates for one year in college. Kirby was not gonna throw the football all over the field at that point. I do wish we would have let him air it out more in other games without that kind of relationship between the coaches. But he wasn't promised anything but that he could compete to win the job. Same way Fromm was promised the year before.

Justin had about 20 high school starts, Jake had well over 40. Justin did not have the same kind of coaching Jake got. Jake was as prepared as any HS QB could be upon entering college. Justin was not. Fields has an incredibly high ceiling. But he's got a long way to get there.