IF Milroe wins the starting job, that means DeBoer thinks he's the best option that we have...doesn't necessarily mean he's exactly what DeBoer wants...same as if anyone else wins the job.
I think he already has the job locked down right now.
If he wins the job, then yes, he is DeBoer's best option.
Or he’s better than anyone else on the roster at running DeBoer’s offense even is that may not be as well as say, Penix, ran it.
There's no doubt improvement can happen. I don't think anyone is denying that. The issue is that the things he needs to improve upon are things that just do not happen overnight. The ability to read a defense especially, is just one of those inmate things that it either clicks or it doesn't. The fact that he's entering year 4 in college and it still hasn't clicked, doesn't really inspire hope that he's going to suddenly pick that up over the summer.
It might mean Jalen is pretty close to what DeBoer wants. His running skills is an added bonus. He seemed eager to work that in to his offense.
You seriously think reading defenses can't be improved upon? So you are born with it or you are not?
Milroe will undoubtedly improve in some aspects of his game. Some here act like the things he needs to improve on can just happen in one off season. He's got habits he's formed that need to be fixed. If he can simply learn to read the DE and be consistent on read option plays, I'd consider that an improvement.
I can't tell in the following if Sheridan is referring ("they're") to all of the quarterbacks or to just the ones behind Milroe. The headline and earlier statement that Milroe has taken every first-string rep indicates that the writer sees #1 locked up. I don't know what the lead in question or statement was before Sheridan said this.SIAP.
The battle for QB2: Nick Sheridan sounds off on the competition behind Jalen Milroe
With Ty Simpson and Dylan Lonergan back, and the addition of transfer Austin Mack, Alabama has options behind Jalen Milroe at quarterback.247sports.com
I never said it couldn't be improved upon. I clearly said it could, but it's not simply that easy, especially if you just don't have "it", and it sounds like Jalen doesn't. All I said was it's not as cut and dry as some of the other things that could be worked on. It can be taught, but not as easily as some of these other things.
I guess you can look at it that way based on not knowing the lead in question and depending on what side you are on. It's still an open competition as it should be and we will see who our starter will be in the fall but it appears Jalen is doing enough to hold onto the starting job so far since he has taken all the snaps with the 1's.
Milroe was a fallback plan for that class, after we didn't get either of the couple of guys we were really targeting.
You basically did on reading defenses and I think the mental part of the game is easier to overcome than the physical and you can get better with time and experience which he is getting right now.
We did have Drake Maye committed early but when he decommited Sark went after Jalen. He was the #82 player overall, 4* recruit according to 247Sports coming out of Katy HS in Texas and played in the Under Armour All-star game. Pretty good fallback plan IMO.
He was ask about the quarterback room in general, I took his reply to mean all four were competing.
He has had 3 years of time and experience to make improvements and he hasn’t done it yet. The issues are both mental and physical. A lot more than just reading defenses.
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