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(10-05-2020 08:50 AM)ucbrownsfan Wrote:  

(10-05-2020 08:35 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(10-05-2020 08:23 AM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  

(10-05-2020 07:39 AM)jarr Wrote:  I will take being number 11, but my honest opinion is we are not #11 with Ridder as QB. The most important position on the field is a FCS level talent. And the coaching staff seems hell bent on riding this season out with him. Could anyone seeing a Ridder lef offense being able.to score on some of these teams ahead of us or even behind us?

Actually I’ve thought the same thing. I think we are a top 10 team at every position except QB. With Ridder I have doubts we can beat many of the teams in the Top 20 currently and to do so would probably take an exceptional effort from the defense, running game, and Special Teams.

I've been a give Bryant a real look guy for a long time but calling Ridder an FCS talent is a stretch. His first year he was 5/11 qualified AAC starters in QBR, 8/12 last year, and 5/8 this year. He's a middle of the pack AAC guy; probably an upper tier guy in the MAC or Sun Belt. The reason I want Bryant to get a look is to truly be a great team capable of beating good P5s we'll need to have a QB who's a difference maker; we've got nearly 30 games evidence that the current guy isn't that.

But he's hitting middle of the pack QB rating numbers with a top tier running game, which would make it fair to say if he had a middle of the pack running game would he be a bottom tier QB?

Where does Prater stand in this discussion? Are the coaches dead set on redshirting him? Lindauer was listed as 2nd team this past week.