It’s a horrible year in the portal for QBs

I read in am article the other day that 90 QBs are in the portal this year. Surely somebody can find a starter.

90 QBs transfers is just crazy to me

This is dumb lol. There are plenty guys that would be elite at many programs. Daniels, Nix, and Penix came in and put up no less than 3800 yards and 29 total TDs in their first season leading their teams to 10+ wins.


You just don't see the value because you're looking for a LeBron James to transfer. You know who else was young, transfered immediately after being a backup, and dominated? Justin Fields.

The fact that you're looking for the equivalent of LeBron James to enter the portal at QB is insane. But then again, you were one of those extremely ignorant clowns hating the hell out of Daniels before the season. Don't deny it. You had plenty of threads, of which one was brought up the other day, and critiquing is not what you did.

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you're looking for a LeBron James to transfer.

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No, not at all.

If you are Ohio State or FSU and you have to get a QB that can get you to the playoffs, who are you getting?

I’m not just making this up on my own. 24/7, Cover 3 and other outlets have all said this.

Last year was horrible as well.

2022 was incredible. Two Heisman winners, plus Quinn Ewers who could win it next year.

I have to disagree with you.

Gabriel is a really good player. Cameron Ward is a legit QB who will play on Sundays. Aiden Chiles has all the measurables to be a star QB. I’m not on board with the Dante Moore hype. Kyle McCord put up some good numbers. Riley Leonard is a damn good QB. Will Howard is a good college QB.

I’m fairly interested in seeing what Collins has.

But yes, we need a backup with some experience for sure

I agree with you there, but OU and K-State feel like they have star QB’s who will take over in Jackson Arnold and Avery Johnson. The pasture isn’t always greener on the other side. I’d be surprised if both those players put up better numbers than Gabriel and Howard did this season.

Neither Joe Burrow Nore Jayden Daniels were “that guy”

Joe was absolutely a desperation grab because our QBs looked terrible in spring and Joe became available.

Yes, I listened to that one.

They also discussed how coaches have too much pressure to allow their home-grown QBs to develop, so they go get a portal QB that may be better today, but may not have the upside a developed QB would.

It’s a conundrum the coaches have, balancing their rosters and the portal.

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You just don't see the value because you're looking for a LeBron James to transfer. You know who else was young, transfered immediately after being a backup, and dominated? Justin Fields.

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Justin Fields was a top QB in his class and played non-garbage time snaps in several conference games. UGA just handled his situation poorly and chose the wrong guy to be their starter. And they didn’t have the offense to properly utilize him, either.

Daniels is also a bad example. He was the top dual threat QB in his class. Guess who was #2? Bo Nix. Neither measured up to their talent levels at their first stops, but it was still easy enough to see how athletic they were and that they both had potential.

Penix is a decent example, as he was the 36th pro style QB and was a 3 star. But he had still already shown better than those ratings in his limited playing time at Indiana. The knock on him was that he was injury prone.

Most of the QBs in this portal class haven’t shown the athletic ability or arm talent to take over a game the way any of the QBs above had before they transferred. There are a few good ones, but there’s a lot of solid journeymen or less, as well.