re: Max Johnson was better than this board gives him credit for.

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Max Johnson was better than this board gives him credit for.

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I agree.

Max wasn't perfect. But, he was able to function with shite for an OL. And, he was very good at reading the defense and protecting the ball while still using the middle of the field.

Except for Burrow, we haven't had a QB able to use the middle of the field as good as Max did.

He was a poor passer downfield. And, he couldn't throw the ball while rolling to his right.

His game matches Jimbo's offense very well.

You’re right he was better in 2020 because the more DCs saw film on him the more they realized he could only do 2 things. By halftime of the Auburn game he had been completely figured out and exposed.

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I know the spring game kinda fired some people up about nuss, but make no mistake, it will still be a huge surprise if nuss is the starter.

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Not if Kayshon Boutte has anything to do with it. As Nuss not only outplayed Brennan and Daniels throughout the spring practices, but he also outplayed both of them big time in the spring game.

Meanwhile, Brennan has only two more games of experience more than Nuss and Brennan's experience came against exceedingly shitty teams and even then, his only victory was over the worse Vanderbilt team in several decades.

However, although Nuss has slightly less game experience relative to Brennan, he more than makes up for it with his far superior talent relative to Myles. Plus, Nuss was coached up his entire life by his NFL QB coach dad who imparted on his son all of his knowledge, experience, and wisdom and in which is astronomically far more valuable than the very lame experience that Brennan possesses.

In addition, Myles has a very good arm, I'll go along with that. However, Nuss has an elite arm. As Nuss completed several NFL level passes in that spring game that Brennan can only dream of throwing in his wildest wet dreams. As Nuss is a first round talent and Brennan is not even NFL draftable.

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Myles is a safe choice and his maturity impressed kelly. That’s the type qb you need to run an offense that nobody has ran before, on our team. If you listen to Kelly , I think he likes Brennan because he just makes the right decisions and reads

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Brian Kelly was being generous to all the QBs post spring game because he doesn't want any of them to transfer. As he was just as generous toward Nuss and Daniels, as he was towards Brennan. You are just emotionally attached to Brennan so you hear what you want to hear.

Nonetheless, Nuss not only consistently made the best decisions in the spring game by far, but he was also the only QB to score on all four of four of his possessions.

In fact, Nuss' drives took far less plays to complete and his drives were also far faster, smoother, and effective relative to the other two QBs in the competition.

As Brian Kelly said he wanted the spring game to be as game like as possible so he could see which of the three QBs would perform the best under game like conditions, and Brian Kelly got his answer. As Nuss proved for Kelly and everyone else to see that he was not only by far more talented than the other two QBs in the competition but that he was also the best QB in the competition by far.

Indeed, Daniels scored on just two of his five possessions and Brennan also scored on just two of his five possessions. However, if the truth be known, on that last score Brennan is credited with, he under threw the pass to the end zone badly and under normal game conditions, that ball would have been either intercepted or knocked down to the ground. As it was a fluke that Sage Ryan, the defender, knocked it right into waiting hands of Malik Nabers for the score. Take away that score, and Brennan had the worse performance of all the QBs in the spring game.

Brennan may be the safe choice, but the safe choice is far from the best choice. Moreover, on the football field Brennan certainly isn't anymore mature than Nuss. Plus, unlike Daniels and Nuss, Brennan is an immobile statue in the pocket almost unable to extend plays with his feet and who is easily rushed into making bad throws and interceptions.

Brennan also doesn't come close to fitting in Mike Denbrock's RPO spread offense at the same time. While, Nuss, on the other hand, is a hybrid of Patrick Mahomes and Johnny Manziel and to go along with that, he also has an elite arm relative to Brennan's good arm.

Sorry bud, but this competition is not even close, the redshirt freshman easily beat out with superior talent and decision making the two veterans. Moreover, Kayshon Boutte has also come out publicly to say he wants Nuss to be named the starter in the fall and I highly doubt that Brian Kelly is going to seek to piss off his most lethal weapon in the wide receiver room by naming Brennan the starter.

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Just watched footage on YouTube. Kid made some great throws and had super chemistry with Boutte. I think he would’ve been our starter this year

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I actually agree that he was undervalued but if in June ‘22 you had to go back and watch his YouTube to realize this than your opinion is irrelevant. He’s not here anymore. I’m not gonna argue who would’ve started this year but I do believe the 2 vets we have can provide the same overall production this year and our 2 young guys both have much higher ceilings.

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had super chemistry with Boutte

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This more than anything was his best quality

A superbowl winning quarterbacks son should not have major issues with holding the ball to long, throwing high or way short to wide open recievers, trying to force balls into tight coverage when don't have velocity. The Colts o-line won't matter with those issues

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So let the downvotes commence

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But i only get one.

I think Brennan will make us forget all about Johnson this year.

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I realize I'm wasting my time with this on tRant but it would be nice if at least a few of the tards on this board got it.

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The life accomplishments of the many of the posters on this board could fill a thimble. There’s increasingly less reason to come here anymore

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Moreover, Kayshon Boutte has also come out publicly to say he wants Nuss to be named the starter in the fall and I highly doubt that Brian Kelly is going to seek to piss off his most lethal weapon in the wide receiver room by naming Brennan the starter.

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I actually read your entire WOT. Most of it is a reasonable opinion to consider. You ruined it with your last sentence. If you think Brian Kelly is going to let one player on the team choose his quarterback for him, well......