Some Thoughts On Our QB Situation

[ShotgunDawg]

Just listening to Bo Bounds & it's like these media guys don't think.

"Gonna be a competition"; "Boff Stefens & Key will pl-aaaay"

Here is what's going happen:

- Tommy Stevens is going to start at QB for Mississippi State. Of course, don't argue with it.

- KT is going to be red shirted, but, since red shirts can play in 4 games, those 4 games will be used when he is needed as a "fireman" Meaning, if it's a blow out, he ain't playing. If we are at Auburn and the score is 21-17 in the 4th quarter & Stevens rolls his ankle, KT will play.

- The biggest debate with our QB situation is who gets the blowout snaps. Does Moorhead punt on Mayden & give those snaps to Shrader or does Moorhead believe enough in Mayden to give him snaps? With Schrader also red shirting, IMO it would behoove Moorhead to save Shrader's action for when he can play an entire quarter or so. No sense in wasting one of his games to kneel the ball or play one series.

Here is a guess of how the QB situation will shake out per game: In this I've got 7 possible games that KT could play in, but we can only use him in 4 of those.

This is not rocket science.

[msstate7]

Why RS key? If he isn't good enough to play this year, he likely never will be. We will have 4 scholarship QBs in 2020 if no one leaves. No reason to RS key unless it's help him save a year of eligibility to transfer out after the season

[Ari Gold]

Bo has no idea about what is going on at the QB position or anything for that matter when it comes to MSU football
He is a talking head..

[ShotgunDawg]

Why RS key? If he isn't good enough to play this year, he likely never will be. We will have 4 scholarship QBs in 2020 if no one leaves. No reason to RS key unless it's help him save a year of eligibility to transfer out after the season

The most important word in your post is "Likely" meaning that it isn't certain.

It would be absolutely foolish for Moorhead to play KT in more than 4 games unless the season dictated it. Perhaps KT isn't good enough, but you don't know if Mayden & Shrader are good enough either. Meaning it wouldn't make any sense to needlessly waste KT's eligibility.

Additionally, by redshirting him, you're doing KT right. He keeps two years to play &, if he doesn't win the QB job next Spring, he's got 2 years to transfer to ULL or Tulane, both of which schools he'd likely get immediate eligibility

[msstate7]

Well I think key has some serious running ability, so I'd use it this year even if Stevens is the primary qb. Sorta like how Joe used Stevens with McSorley

[Maroonthirteen]

Bounds is the only sports talk in Mississippi that talks about State and sec sports. His show is certainly the most knowledgeable of all shows in the southeast regarding MSU athletics. I appreciate his show.

[WinningIsRelentless]

Key is suspended the first two games of the season anyways.

[Jarius]

Key should have been redshirted last year. Playing him in more than 4 games was a huge mistake IMO. That's why I don't expect him to redshirt this year. Stevens will be the quarterback but I feel like KT will play in packages and not redshirt. I agree that he should do exactly what you have laid out, but I don't feel like that is what is going to happen.

[ShotgunDawg]

Well I think key has some serious running ability, so I'd use it this year even if Stevens is the primary qb. Sorta like how Joe used Stevens with McSorley

Here is Stevens playing WIDE RECEIVER FOR PENN ST. Also a few days ago, Moorhead said that he thought KT & Stevens had similar running ability

[ShotgunDawg]

Bounds is the only sports talk in Mississippi that talks about State and sec sports. His show is certainly the most knowledgeable of all shows in the southeast regarding MSU athletics. I appreciate his show.

I like the show as well, but sometimes he just sounds educated on some issues.

[ShotgunDawg]

Key should have been redshirted last year. Playing him in more than 4 games was a huge mistake IMO. That's why I don't expect him to redshirt this year. Stevens will be the quarterback but I feel like KT will play in packages and not redshirt. I agree that he should do exactly what you have laid out, but I don't feel like that is what is going to happen.

I disagree. I think it would be extremely easy to RS KT this year. IMO, if they don't redshirt him, it means they don't believe in him

[Jarius]

I disagree. I think it would be extremely easy to RS KT this year. IMO, if they don't redshirt him, it means they don't believe in him

Read my post again. I didn't say it would not be easy. I didn't say we should not do it. I said we probably won't do it. If we were going to do it we would have done it last year. it would have been just as easy to do it then.

[BrunswickDawg]

People are also assuming that KT is the #2. From what I saw in the spring, if KT hasn't improved Mayden could be fighting him for that spot.

[TrapGame]

Tommy Stevens is the only QB that can make the reads and push a ball down the field. I could tell that neither Bo or the douche nozzle from SDS have any credible sources at MSU.

[Scared_Hitless]

Tommy Stevens is the only QB that can make the reads and push a ball down the field. I could tell that neither Bo or the douche nozzle from SDS have any credible sources at MSU.

100% and for good reason they have been shit talking Moorhead since the day he was hired. I am surprised he even went on the show the few times he did. He is pandering too much to SEC country and forgetting his base by constantly downing the teams in the state. OM included when he started the offseason talk with have we ever had two more boring coaches in MS? I had to tune him out until actual gameplay starts. He must have forgotten the Croom and O years where we were battling for that elusive fourth win in the Egg Bowl.

[msstate7]

100% and for good reason they have been shit talking Moorhead since the day he was hired. I am surprised he even went on the show the few times he did. He is pandering too much to SEC country and forgetting his base by constantly downing the teams in the state. OM included when he started the offseason talk with have we ever had two more boring coaches in MS? I had to tune him out until actual gameplay starts. He must have forgotten the Croom and O years where we were battling for that elusive fourth win in the Egg Bowl.

Well to be fair, Ed O is hardly boring

[Scared_Hitless]

Well to be fair, Ed O is hardly boring

I mean your not wrong. He still trashes Coach O though daily.

[TrapGame]

100% and for good reason they have been shit talking Moorhead since the day he was hired. I am surprised he even went on the show the few times he did. He is pandering too much to SEC country and forgetting his base by constantly downing the teams in the state. OM included when he started the offseason talk with have we ever had two more boring coaches in MS? I had to tune him out until actual gameplay starts. He must have forgotten the Croom and O years where we were battling for that elusive fourth win in the Egg Bowl.

Bo comes off as a condescending jerk on the radio. He's probably a nice guy in person but his radio persona takes over on the air. His takes on MSU and OM this year have been downright laughable.

[BuckyIsAB****]

People are also assuming that KT is the #2. From what I saw in the spring, if KT hasn't improved Mayden could be fighting him for that spot.

Mayden was the best passer in the spring in my eyes as well. I went to one practice and watched the game on record. Im not sure Shrader will ever get a real shot. Him and KT are the most likely to transfer. I just dont think either throws it that well. Shrader had a lot of growing up to do as well.

KT has great intangibles and is a Dawg so he will stay till the end of the season but if I had to put money on it right now I would say he transfers in January and we have a real ''QB battle'' next year between Mayden, Shrader and Rogers. Rogers is planning on graduating early to make spring ball as well

[yjnkdawg]

Mayden actually fits a JoeMo type offense better than he does a Dan Mullen one. Unless something happens unusual (snakebit , injuries, etc.) at the quarterback position then I don't see Shrader taking any snaps that Stevens doesn't get this year. Then who would get the most or all of snaps that Stevens didn't get could depend upon the possible redshiirt for KT and who knows the offense better and who comes through as the best passer (I agree with Bucky's thinking on this).