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He's not a zone read QB, but he should do well in an up tempo attack. There's no reason he can't be the starting QB here unless he's just not good enough to win the job. The offensive changes should fit him just fine.

We tend to forget how athletic Conner is, he reminds me A LOT of Colt in that aspect. I think he will do great.

Brewer should be fine

Hell no. Kid will be the number 2 guy this year. He's accurate and smart. Very much like Colt. Don't sleep on this kid.

If ash makes the same jump he made this pass year into an elite qb, Any chance he takes off after his 2013 campaign? His personality tells me he will stay and get a degree.

I'm hopeful that most of the 2nd team snaps in the spring, summer and fall are taken by Brewer and Overstreet. It's more important to understand what we have with those two and develop them than waste any more time on McCoy.

That's what Brad McCoy would want. But I have a feeling Case will be a spectator for the rest of his career in the Burnt Orange.

Remember that his sister has left the swim team and transferd.

Brewer is more like a 4.8 guy and does not possess very good lateral quickness (I think he timed out at 4.56 in the short shuttle his senior year which is well below average, even for a QB). He is not a guy you want running the zone read very often because if the defense doesn't respect your running ability the play is useless. He was built for the spread where the system requires quick throws and accuracy. So that part of Applewhite's plan would suit him perfectly. I just don't see the zone read being something that Brewer would be particulary good at or suited for.

Could he run it a few times a game as a change of pace, sure, but he is not near as athletic as Overstreet, Swoopes, or even Ash. Brewer ran a little in high school (384 yds his senior year), but I wouldn't call him a dual threat by any means. His top end speed may be the same as Colt's but I'd venture a guess that Colt had better lateral quickness and was a better athlete than Brewer is.

I'll take anyone at backup QB over Case though... what a waste.

Correct. Look at Oregon. They ran the ball 686 times last yr and 667 if you take sacks out. Mariota ran the ball 87 times all yr. That is 13%. Mariota averaged under 7 carries a game, so the idea that you need to give the ball to the QB 20 times to be effective is fantasy. You just need a guy capable of punishing the defense when they over commit to the inside run. Couple 8 yds runs will do the trick. We are talking about 4-7 carries a game, unless the defense is giving away yards to the QB.

That, and the recruitments of Overstreet, Swoopes, Heard, and flirting with Nick Marshall. Pretty clear indication of the direction AppleWyatt want to go with the offense. Brewer is the last of the nonDT QBs recruited.