What might a deep quarterback room in 2020 mean?

Check out point number two in this tweet.

Some thoughts on JT Daniels addition at #UGA (if eligible this fall):

– Newman is & 100% still will be the guy
– Governor might be off the QB run game
– With a natty-level defense, ensures experienced QB in case of injury
– Would bet JT sent the first DM

— Brent Rollins (@PFF_Brent) May 29, 2020

Look, I know Stetson Bennett garnered a lot of love last season, but face it, the coaches weren’t sold on him.  One consequence of that, as we all saw on read option fakes, was that Fromm was severely restricted on when he could tuck the ball and run.

Daniels or no Daniels this season, there will be more than one scholarship quarterback on the roster besides the starter (whom I presume to be Newman).  If Daniels or one of Bennett, Mathis or Beck convinces Monken and Smart he can perform at higher than a placeholder level, what do you think that will mean for the playcalling?

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“Florida is the biggest boom or bust team heading into the season.”

Let’s take a deeper dive to see why.

KYLE TRASK IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TRUST THE BOX SCORE

It’s pretty easy to fall in love with Florida quarterback Kyle Trask’s box score from his 2019 campaign — he was 13th in the FBS in completion percentage at 66.8%, 23rd in yards per attempt (8.3) and had a solid touchdown to interception ratio of 25 to seven. Yet he ranked 73rd of 103 qualifying FBS quarterbacks in PFF passing grade at 66.4 — this was also not even in the top half of the SEC. Trask posted a PFF grade above 70.0 in only two of his 10 starts this past year.

First off, I will say Trask displayed tremendous accuracy in his first real taste of collegiate action as a redshirt junior. As a matter of fact, he was up there as one of the most accurate quarterbacks in the country. He finished the year tied for 11th in percentage of total passes being deemed accurate according to PFF’s ball-charting process and had one of the five lowest rates of passes that resulted in a quarterback-fault incompletion (i.e. overthrows, underthrows, ball behind receiver, etc.). Accuracy is king — it’s the most vital trait for a quarterback to lead a successful passing attack.

As good as Trask’s accuracy is, there is one thing that looms over his 2019 performance that doesn’t show up in the box score and gives us huge cause for concern for 2020. Trask was notably bad when it came to two important metrics PFF tracks: big-time throws (PFF’s highest-graded throws) and turnover-worthy plays (PFF’s lowest-graded throws and fumbles). Trask was one of only three quarterbacks to rank in the bottom 10 in both big-time throw and turnover-worthy play rate (along with Adrian Martinez of Nebraska and Quinten Dormady of Central Michigan).

The differential between his number of big-time throws and turnover-worthy plays is quite alarming…

Depends on your perspective, I guess.  Personally, I’m not too alarmed.

A peek at the new guy

Here’s a quick look from his freshman season at what JT Daniels brings to the table.