re: Brennan had good stats but his 3rd down conversion rate was terrible.

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Strong arm, but I just don't see the "it" factor with him.

And there are people on the board saying he'll go early to the NFL after next season.

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You make a good point; Brennan has to prove he can be poised, take command of the offense, and win competitive games. Each of our QBs have a lot to prove in order to be at championship level.

Brennan has oodles of arm talent and has shown command of the offense and advanced ability to read defenses. Can he be the poised QB who converts the third and five against Bama when their corner is hitting him 1.8 seconds after the snap, like Burrow did?

TJ and MJ both looked extremely poised to me. Both have good arm talent, but neither as good as Brennan’s. Max lacks Brennan’s arm strength, and TJ lacks Brennan’s accuracy. Can these second year guys develop their read and reaction times?

If Brennan is healthy he will almost definitely start over TJ, who gives you nothing that Brennan doesn’t, except maybe poise. The one knock against Brennan is lack of mobility, and TJ is the same. Max has that one attribute that I think gives him an outside chance of beating out a healthy Brennan. Not likely, but possible.