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Even though spring practice is over for most programs, that doesn't mean the starting QB races are. Coy Wire helps out by picking signal-callers for the Tigers, Longhorns, Tide, Aggies and other top programs.
Alabama Crimson Tide
Contenders: Jacob Coker (RJr.), Blake Sims (RSr.), Cooper Bateman (RFr.)
Pick: Jacob Coker
In Alabamaās spring game, Sims and Bateman were far from being the efficient and stable QB that Crimson Tide fans learned to appreciate with A.J. McCarron, and both failed to gain an advantage over Coker, who wonāt arrive until this summer.
In most situations, a transfer is far behind when it comes to learning an offensive scheme. But compared to the other options, Coker is not far behind and will be in the same position as the others this summer in trying to learn new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffinās scheme. Each candidate will have a few short months to grasp the new terminology and philosophies.
Sims is not the prototypical Crimson Tide signal-caller, as a dual-threat quarterback who would be most effective running an offense with the read option, bootlegs and sprint-outs at the top of the call sheet. Kiffinās pro-style offense would have to be custom-tailored to best suit Simsā abilities, and, presumably, thatās not what the staff prefers to do.
Coker, who backed up Jameis Winston at Florida State, is a 6-5, 230-pound prototypical pro-style quarterback, who spent all of last season running the Seminole scout team versus arguably the nationās best starting defense. Georgia defensive coordinatorJeremy Pruitt was the orchestrator FSUās defense last season and told me during a conversation last week that Coker has a lot of talent and a chance to be really good.
To me, this points to Coker being chosen to conquer the unenviable task of replacing McCarron. After spending 2013 in the shadow of a Heisman Trophy winner, heāll be chomping at the bit to roll for the Tide.
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Alabama Crimson Tide
Contenders: Jacob Coker (RJr.), Blake Sims (RSr.), Cooper Bateman (RFr.)
Pick: Jacob Coker
In Alabamaās spring game, Sims and Bateman were far from being the efficient and stable QB that Crimson Tide fans learned to appreciate with A.J. McCarron, and both failed to gain an advantage over Coker, who wonāt arrive until this summer.
In most situations, a transfer is far behind when it comes to learning an offensive scheme. But compared to the other options, Coker is not far behind and will be in the same position as the others this summer in trying to learn new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffinās scheme. Each candidate will have a few short months to grasp the new terminology and philosophies.
Sims is not the prototypical Crimson Tide signal-caller, as a dual-threat quarterback who would be most effective running an offense with the read option, bootlegs and sprint-outs at the top of the call sheet. Kiffinās pro-style offense would have to be custom-tailored to best suit Simsā abilities, and, presumably, thatās not what the staff prefers to do.
Coker, who backed up Jameis Winston at Florida State, is a 6-5, 230-pound prototypical pro-style quarterback, who spent all of last season running the Seminole scout team versus arguably the nationās best starting defense. Georgia defensive coordinatorJeremy Pruitt was the orchestrator FSUās defense last season and told me during a conversation last week that Coker has a lot of talent and a chance to be really good.
To me, this points to Coker being chosen to conquer the unenviable task of replacing McCarron. After spending 2013 in the shadow of a Heisman Trophy winner, heāll be chomping at the bit to roll for the Tide.
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