It’s funny mentioning the safe route, when so many fans were frustrated with the “safe” route that was JT Barrett. Your entire first paragraph describes Barrett to a T!
How can you say that Haskins turns the ball over more? How can you say that Haskins can’t avoid costly turnovers and move chains? Did you not watch the game last year in the 4th quarter ? It doesn’t seem like yo did...
Yes, I agree that either would be a fine starter. But we’ve had steady and consistent for the last few years, set a lot of records, had some good times. But also had a large number of frustrated times with an average arm. From the small sample size from Burrow, his arm is good, while Haskins has a great arm that puts the ball in windows that are of nfl size.
What I took from the spring game, is that Haskins was playing like he was the starter and was slinging the ball around in a scrimmage, but I HIGHLY doubt he would be free wheeling to sling it around in an actual game. Burrow played like a man fighting for a job and settled on safer intermediate and safer routes(sound familiar
) as he stayed within his limitations.
And let’s all stop with the talk of running, sounding like Haskins is a Peyton Manning/pocket sitting duck type QB. If memory serves me correctly, Mr. Haskins had a heck of a run in Ann Arbor last year, and his HS film showed a kid that COULD run if he had to, but preferred using his arm. Isn’t that what we were looking for this year?! And it was essentially what Cardale provided us, but we had stubborn OCs.
Either can win games, and probably conference titles, but I see one guy as a guy that can put the ball in a tight window to winCFP games as threaten defenses with his “sneaky” running ability while also allowing the RBs to be you know, Running Backs
