Keelon is my starter. No brainer really. They will start Ty and also want to implement Mack into this guy's system. Hope Keelon is patient...LOL!
Poll: Who is your starting and Back-up QB for the 2025 season?
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I totally agree with a true freshman being expected to start. Some on here had Sayin starting as a freshman and we kind of know how that turned out. It is hard for me to know what drove Ty to stay at Alabama. That decision could have cost him millions! Klubnik who was rated close to Simpson out of high school has started for two years and is looking to the NFL draft. Regardless Ty has gotten a pretty tough deal with BOB leaving almost the moment he signed.
I'm not ready to say that DeBoer won't play the backup QBs more than Saban did. If there really was some sort deal in place for Milroe to be the starter and hold the team together, than I'm not sure it would have been smart to give Simpson any more playing time than he did. If Simpson gets more live reps and plays well, then you have a potential crisis on your hands, especially if the starter had the support of the locker room. He may handle the backup QB reps differently now.
I’m curious….why do you say Russell is a no-brainer choice?
I think he has more upside than the other 2. Speed, Stronger arm and more elusive. From my video study, he may be the next Jayden Daniels. Of course will that translate to college football? Who knows? I think it will. Camp will decide that.
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I'm pretty optimistic about KR also, and Daniels isn't a bad comparison. Daniels really emerged late in year 4 and year 5 of his college career though, and I could see a similar path for KR. Give him a year or two to learn and adjust to the college game, which is what most of our best QBs in recent memory have had. It's a big jump from level to level and it seems QBs who are pushed into playing early don't always develop to their full potential, or at least have a much harder time getting there, than guys who get some development time under their belts.
I voted for Ty, but I do think Keelon in the first QB since Tua that has the raw talent to be able to start as a true freshman.
Probably better if he doesn't have to play as a starter this early, but it is comforting to know he has the raw skills to step in if it happened that way.
Probably better if he doesn't have to play as a starter this early, but it is comforting to know he has the raw skills to step in if it happened that way.
If Keelon starts I think we are in trouble. True freshman quarterbacks don't start and have success their freshman seasons. You can't find one in the history of college football that led their team to a championship as a full year starter. Yes, I realize Tua came in for 1/2 of a championship game.
Agreed 100%.
It's only because of his incredible potential this is even being mentioned. And I only think it would happen in the case of TS having a season ending injury. And even then, there's Mack who has 2 years in the system who could be a potential replacement.
We should be in year 3 of Ty as the starter. I haven’t rooted for a player to succeed this much in a long time.
At this stage of the spring, everybody's opinion is about as valid as the next, so here goes mine. I think if Keelon Russell starts, we can count another three loss regular season at the least. The list of true freshmen who come in, start right away, and go 10-2 or better in the SEC is short, very short. So if he's starting when September rolls around, it means Ty and Mack weren't that good more than it does Keelon is that great. The more likely scenario is Ty or Mack wins the job, Keelon MAY, MAY get a few snaps during the regular season in mop up duty. But overall he gets in the weight room, gets in the playbook and makes the most of his freshman practice reps. If he's truly as good as advertised, he'll be ripe to push for starting reps next season.
Ty balls out! We go undefeated in the regular season. Ty is in the Heisman conversation. Mack and Russell get lots of playing time, because we average 40+ a game and the defense leads the nation in fewest pts allowed. Germ and Ryan 1000+ season. Young breaks out and rushes for 1000+. Punter only punts 1-2 times a game. OLine wins Joe Moore award.
Those predictions and the punter still comes on 1-2 times a game??? That's 1-2 times too many.
I love it!
To drill down a little on TS. How close to 4800 yards will he get? How much above 2800 might he go? In case you are wondering those two numbers represent two recent QBs yardage totals, roughly speaking.
I'd say if he's around 3800+ and our rushing totals increase that means we are having a great year. If he's close to 4800 he's definitely in the Heisman race and we enter the post season as one of the top 2-4 teams.
My biggest questions aka "unknowns" about Ty are:
1. Can he throw with anticipation like DeBoer and Grubbs' offense demands? Because if he can't, the offense will not look much better than last season.
2. Can he make the right protection calls and audibles at the LOS? If not, the offense will not look much better than last season.
These two things, from a QB perspective, will be what defines our offense. If he can do the above two things, we can/will have an offense to be feared. But these aren't easy things to do either.
1. Can he throw with anticipation like DeBoer and Grubbs' offense demands? Because if he can't, the offense will not look much better than last season.
2. Can he make the right protection calls and audibles at the LOS? If not, the offense will not look much better than last season.
These two things, from a QB perspective, will be what defines our offense. If he can do the above two things, we can/will have an offense to be feared. But these aren't easy things to do either.
I'd say there's a 97.823% your two points will be improved on this upcoming season.
Only thing that really bothers me is that Ty didn't get much time last season or in 23. We should be going into 2025 with an experienced QB. The fact DeBoer never yanked Milroe and sent in Ty.....has a chance to cause losses this season just from lack of experience.
Not doing this hindered his development. There's nothing like game reps and the growth that comes with them. Even last season when Saban was here, Ty lost out on so many opportunities to get in there and get real game passing experience, but Saban and his ways, which I'm not going to argue with, relegated him to handing the ball off to bleed an 11:00 minute clock.
Everyone will be surprised at Ty Simpson ability
I really hope that's true, and Simpson winning the job and playing at a high level is probably our best path at being back as a national title caliber team. However, I thought he would win the starting job two years ago, and he didn't. Granted, I'm sure he's improved since then, but it wasn't as if he lost the job to a really good QB.
The one thing I do have a ton of faith in is that DeBoer and Grubb will develop and choose the QB that gives us the best chance at success.
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