Who’s leading QB1 race in Spring practice?

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That's still part of the overall RPO offense, and is still a one route read, which can become an issue for your WR talent if they know on those plays they have no chance of getting the ball.
RPO plays as I understand it is the QB rides the handoff to the RB to access the blocking. If the hole is there he completes the handoff to the RB. If not he pulls the ball and looks to a pass play and then a run. The blocking scheme is for the running play for the back. What I suggested was a pass , but if that pass isn’t open the QB runs in whatever hole the blocking is set up for him. There is no RB option . He only blocks. That cuts out one decision and allows the offense to play quicker. Plus you have dedicated blocking for the QB run only.
Again only run this at times to slow down the rush. This is not a full time scheme.
 

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If Saban and Co want Buchner then I do, too.

Not exactly rocket surgery.
True. I just want the best QB to be the starter. I'm not sure who that is though. If Buchner does transfer to Bama, he will have to earn the starting job. He seems to have had several injuries in his career already. If he does transfer, I'd guess that one of the other QB's will transfer. I hope not though. I think Holstein and Lonergan have a chance to be really good next year. There are pro's and con's for Jalen and Ty starting. They would each do a good job at another school too.. they just need experience. We need a confident QB for game 2 vs Texas though. Glad that is a home game this season. RTR
 
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There are two people who truly know what's really going on with our current quarterbacks. Those same two agreed to bring in a third option for a visit, within hours of analyzing what happened on the field Saturday.

Enough said.
Maybe. We recruited him out of high school. But word is he is not much of a passer and has problems with INTs. Probly just a courtesy visit on our part more than anything I would think. If we bring in another QB from the portal it would be to compete for the starting job and do not think this guy is up to it given his poor outing in the domer spring game.
 

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Maybe. We recruited him out of high school. But word is he is not much of a passer and has problems with INTs. Probly just a courtesy visit on our part more than anything I would think. If we bring in another QB from the portal it would be to compete for the starting job and do not think this guy is up to it given his poor outing in the domer spring game.
agreed - if the domer secondary made him look not that good, what will SEC level defenses make him look like?
 

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RPO plays as I understand it is the QB rides the handoff to the RB to access the blocking. If the hole is there he completes the handoff to the RB. If not he pulls the ball and looks to a pass play and then a run. The blocking scheme is for the running play for the back. What I suggested was a pass , but if that pass isn’t open the QB runs in whatever hole the blocking is set up for him. There is no RB option . He only blocks. That cuts out one decision and allows the offense to play quicker. Plus you have dedicated blocking for the QB run only.
Again only run this at times to slow down the rush. This is not a full time scheme.

Kinda, sorta, but different. The blocking scheme for an RPO typically leaves a player unblocked. The QB reads if that player is playing the RB on the run or not. If not, handoff. If he is, pull it. That way the play is basically 'blocking' for both the RB and the QB at the same time by not blocking the one guy. If the RB was blocking, he'd probably just block the guy who was unblocked in the first place.
 

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Kinda, sorta, but different. The blocking scheme for an RPO typically leaves a player unblocked. The QB reads if that player is playing the RB on the run or not. If not, handoff. If he is, pull it. That way the play is basically 'blocking' for both the RB and the QB at the same time by not blocking the one guy. If the RB was blocking, he'd probably just block the guy who was unblocked in the first place.
Watch the spring game saturday where Haynes scored his TD he basically ripped the football from Ty"s hands seems like Ty wanted it but Haynes said Noooo!
 

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agreed - if the domer secondary made him look not that good, what will SEC level defenses make him look like?
South Carolina didn’t go easy on him - but he beat them all the same. (Seems like they had a decent secondary last year, could be wrong).

I posted over the weekend it would have to be someone with experience- he’s got more than JM. Besides Mayer, I’m not sure the quality of receivers at ND are even at Bama’s level. As for the spring game, he may have known he was going into the portal and just had a bad day; I personally haven’t seen a spring game determine who starts in the fall before. I don’t know the details of his int’s (it matters - anyone really holding JM’s Hail Mary at half time against him? Other than the record book?) and those numbers are disconcerting. But last year he was a redshirt freshman.
If he comes, I’d be surprised if JM stays, and EH or DL might go as well. Someone definitely will leave and again, that’s not an optimum situation. But neither is five QB’s on scholarship.
As others posted, two people know him (one of them pretty well) so I guess it depends on how the interview goes.
 

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Idk. He really didn't look great vs South Carolina. He almost blew the game by throwing a pick 6 in the redzone while up 38 to 31.
 

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If we are loaded at RB and we have consistency issues at WR, I would not run RPO. I would run a split back set with one less WR on the field. I would put TS at QB and JM at H-back or in the slot. This get more of our talent on the field on offense and run more power plays, imo.
 

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If he wasn’t “hot” on the play, chances of JM finding him through progression is very low; might have been covered when he was “hot” and that ended in a sack. Just guessing here because I didn’t watch it.
On the last drive I wouldn’t be surprised if coaches designed those just for MB, since he was invisible most of the game.
That's what I think too. And then when he zeroed in on him he threw to him 4 straight times.
 

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If we are loaded at RB and we have consistency issues at WR, I would not run RPO. I would run a split back set with one less WR on the field. I would put TS at QB and JM at H-back or in the slot. This get more of our talent on the field on offense and run more power plays, imo.
So just spit-balling.

If RB 1 is Jase, and RB2 (for now) is Roydell, you would have them both out there in split back.

CJ is TE.

So we have 2 WRs - let's guess Brooks and Benson.

That's the 5 eligible.

You would take one of them off the field to put Milroe, who hasn't yet practiced any of those, positions in the game?

Milroe is still in the mix to start. I think TS likely pulled a tiny bit ahead, but it's not a done deal by any means. Plus we has SO MUCH talent at all the skill positions that thinking someone would just be able to step over and move to the front of the line just isn't realistic. Milroe could certainly have the ability to do it, but the transition and learning a new position isn't likely to be quick.
 
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Maybe coach Saban is playing a little motivational head game with this, if the QBs are of the right competitive mentality they'll do the extra things they need to do to get better.
 
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So just spit-balling.

If RB 1 is Jase, and RB2 (for now) is Roydell, you would have them both out there in split back.

CJ is TE.

So we have 2 WRs - let's guess Brooks and Benson.

That's the 5 eligible.

You would take one of them off the field, to put Milroe, who hasn't yet practiced any of those positions in the game?

Milroe is still in the mix to start. I think TS likely pulled a tiny bit ahead, but it's not a done deal by any means. Plus we has SO MUCH talent at all the skill positions that thinking someone would just be able to step over and move to the front of the line just isn't realistic. Milroe could certainly have the ability to do it, but the transition and learning a new position isn't likely to be quick.
JM is a QB. He, IMHO, would transfer if switched to Tight End.
 
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