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The Heisman Trophy and NFL Potential are two completly different things, which explains why there are so many Heisman Winners that wind up as NFL busts or perpetual Back-up QBs.
The Heisman is supposed to be given to the Most Valuable College player that exemplifies good sportsmanship and classroom achievement. In other words,, a role model. Since there isn't always a clear cut leader in that department, it usually goes to the STAT Leader...which has very little to do with value to the team.
Bennett deserves consideration for the Heisman as much as anybody on the list. Can he, or Young, or any of the other QBs on the list, be successful in the NFL? It's impossible to know for sure, but, this season will answer that question.
If Bennett can't succeed with all the weapons at his disposal and the support of possibly the best offensive coaching staff in the Nation, his career as a Football Player is probably over after 2022. However, from what I've seen, that won't be the case.
He has one of the best long balls and touch-passes, I've ever seen. He hits his target over the middle, in tight qtrs, consistently. He has a knack for putting the ball where only his receiver has a realistic shot at catching it. He had to, because his receivers have had problems getting separation. Most of his passes last year were "contested throws". He hasn't had the distinct advantage of throwing to the likes of Waddle, Smith, Riggs, Williams, Metchie, Jeudy, Ridley...etc.. He had a banged up WR room in 2020 & 2021. His best and most available WRs, last year, were Jermaine Burton, AD Mitchell (Fr) and Ladd McConkey (RS-Fr). Burton was nothing "special". Not in the same league with the aforementioned BAMA WRs.
Bennett, WINS. Outside of the occasional hiccup pass, he is one of the most consistent and successful QBs in College Football. All QBs have the kind of miscues he's had...but, for some reason, he's been under a microscope, since he took the field in 2020. Joe Cox wasn't vilified as much as Bennett has been and there's no reason for it. His 3 losses over the past 2 years are nothing to be ashamed of.
In 2 yrs, lost to BAMA twice...but, 1 was a Championship game and he scored 24 points, both times. Not exactly shutouts. His other loss came against FLA, after he was injured on his 2nd TD of the 1st half. He had a 14-0 lead at the time he injured his throwing shoulder. The only backup UGA had to replace him with, was an inexperienced D'Wan Mathis. Result....LOSS. Not his fault.
These media guys selecting J. Gibbs and J. Burton that high on their respective position lists, tells you everything you need to know about the out-of-wack BAMA prognosticators and how deep their noses are in Saban's butt. LOL. Burton, is not that good...Sorry. Who will they blame for getting it so wrong, when BAMA loses 2 or 3 games this year? And, 1 of their losses may be to Texas in week 2.
Talk about intangibles...how do you think BAMA's veteran players, that have been waiting their turn, feel about those Transfer guys getting all the press and opportunity? I smell discontent brewing in the BAMA locker room.
Are you telling me, that the mighty BAMA had to go to the transfer wire, to bring in a competent WR, RB, OT and DB? And, those guys are better than anybody else on their team...at that position? C'mon...their apparent lack of depth and porous OL with a "pocket passer"...along with a very tough SEC West schedule, should be good for at least 1, if not 2 regular season losses. God help em, if Young has to run with the ball...that's not in his wheelhouse and could result in injury. They may not even win their Division this year. LOL
BAMA's premature 2022 greatness and UGA's undervalued and underestimated 2022 potential, as projected by the biased media...will fade like a thick ocean fog on a sunny Winter's day, once the season starts. As we reach high noon in the 2022 season (GAvFL) and the fog begins to lift, UGA will be on top and BAMA will be exposed.
I expect a surprise to come from the West. It will be a surprise, cause nobody has covered or picked any other team to win the West, besides BAMA, in...I don't know...12 years or so. LOL
Stetson Bennett will not be an NFL draft pick! I'll be content if he can just get us back to the CFP. Go Dawgs!