Boise State QB Taylen Green visit

This kid can play.

I'd take him over Morris.

I think this guy is good, but he’s not guaranteed starter good.

If they didn’t give two eventual heisman winners any guarantees why would they start now? The most they’re telling these guys is they can come in and compete

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I think this guy is good, but he’s not guaranteed starter good.

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Especially since he lost the starting job at BSU this season.

FYI, before we get too crazy with the comparisons.

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Green saw his playing time dwindle in favor of backup Maddux Madsen midway through the season, and eventually lost his starting spot to Madsen for the New Mexico game. But Madsen suffered a season-ending injury that night and Green retook the starting spot and played nearly every snap at quarterback the past three games.

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Sounds like someone Nuss should be able to beat out.

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Is that a word?

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It is if you bundle it.

Jesus those stats are sick. Not a fan of 15 INTs, but 3800 pass 1000 rush?

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We're going to be a run heavy team next season and we need a QB to run the rpo package.

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These two things dont often go together. RPOs are more frequently a way that pass-heavy teams can work in more runs.

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and the rpo with a QB who can run is going to be a big part of that

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A running QB is in no way whatsoever necessary (or even actively beneficial) for RPOs. It seems like you're talking about the read option, which is a totally different thing. Outside of Jamey Chadwell's offense, 95% of RPOs do not have an option for the QB to run; it's a choice between handing the ball off to a RB or throwing.



Also, just btw - despite JD5's gaudy rushing numbers, the read option actually wasn't a big part of our offense this past year (especially over the final ~2/3 of the season when he really got hot). Obviously we'd throw it in on occasion just to keep the defense honest, but most of Daniels's rushing attempts were pure scrambles--i.e. they were not designed running plays. Just anecdotally (i don't have any way to verify, other than manually going back and re-watching every game and counting) i dont think we really ran more than 5 read option plays per game over the latter portions of the season.



In any event, I don't disagree that play action should be big for us next year, and I also expect us to be fairly run-heavy, but I think Nuss's skillset is an absolutely perfect fit for an under-center, play-action heavy scheme where we're primarily looking to bully you but will be aggressive pushing the ball downfield when we do throw it. Think 2019-20/2020-21 Tennessee Titans, the years when Ryan Tannehill went crazy. Lots of bootlegs and heavy-personnel and play action; not a lot of spread stuff or quick game. Of course, that may not be what they want to run, but imo Nuss is a perfect fit for that type of run-heavy attack. He'd get to channel his aggressiveness into controlled, advantageous settings (i.e. play action) and wouldn't necessarily be asked to be a patient, take-what-the-defense-gives-him quarterback who slices-and-dices his way down the field.