re: All three QBs will be here during the Spring

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I'll go a step further and say that Daniels didn't transfer here to be a backup. A QB that's started his entire time in college, even his freshman season, was never transferring to a school to simply "compete" for a starting role. I can't believe ANYONE is naive enough to believe that.

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So two possibilities going into last spring:

A. Kelly fully expected Daniels to compete with everyone else for the starting job. If Daniels had not honestly won the job and wound up as QB2, what’s the damage? Kelly pisses Daniels off, a 5th year senior who is not even the best QB on the roster.

B. Kelly promised Daniels the starting job and held a “sham” QB competition. If Daniels had not honestly won the job but wound up QB1 anyway, what’s the damage? First, it means you piss off every other QB on the roster. Second, it means you completely undermine your entire message about hard work and accountability. Third, it means your team can no longer trust you. Fourth, it means you’re intentionally keeping your best QB on the bench.

It shocks me that so many of you think Kelly, who has been very vocal about the need to rebuild the culture of the program, would torpedo that message for Jayden Daniels when it would be against his own best interests as head coach. Why would he do that? In what way does it benefit Brian Kelly?

This “rigged competition” talk is a coping mechanism to deal with the fact that you don’t understand why the staff thought Daniels was the best QB.