We can whistle through the graveyard, or we can just call it like it is. I've watched every game like all of you have. Hurts is not good in the passing game. He's average at best. He has his moments, but they are few and far between, and as Saban loves to say, the "consistency in performance" is not there from the passing phase of his game. We put him in as a true freshman because we had to, and he was able to do things that kept us winning games. We also had a once in a generation front 7 with great quality depth there, and also scored many points from defense and special teams. Down the stretch, our lack of converting 3rd downs, many times because our QB was quick to just tuck it and run, killed our defense due to exhaustion. Now our dilemma is that if we stick with Hurts for 2 more years (no, he's not going pro after next year - you think a single NFL team would draft him to play QB?), we'll likley have more QB's transfer again. It could even affect our recruiting of WR's who can't get balls thrown to them, and RB's who would like some of JH's carries. I know many other teams would love to have our "problems", but why do we keep playing a QB who we know is not a threat to throw it on the opposition, when we have one on the bench who can throw the ball much better and has much better pocket presence and field vision? What did JH have as a true freshman that TT doesn't have? Not saying that he's the magic wand, but he would at least keep the defense honest with the threat of the forward passing game.
