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er, uh…. Gunner Stockton will need energized assistance from 21 other teammates on the field. He can't do it alone…
@osmosiphobe…I might could agree that Stafford was borderline elite, although I still mostly believe he was simply a great, above average QB. He was elite in the history of UGA QBs, but he wasn't an elite QB in my eyes except for his arm strength. He was drafted as the #1 QB in 2009, but there were very few other really good QBs in the draft that year. That's another reason he decided to enter his junior year. Mark Sanchez went to the Jets at #5 and Josh Freeman went at #17. That was it for QBs drafted until much later in future rounds.
Stafford wasn't even considered as a finalist for the Heisman in 2007 or 8, and his college career completion % was only 57.1%. That wouldn't fly now. He reminded me of Jake Fromm with a better arm. Stafford was a great game manager. Aaron Murray was a better overall passer and had a higher completion rate. But Aaron didn't get drafted until the 5th round. Again, these guys were great for Georgia and broke records, but I don't consider them in the elite bunch of Top college QBs over the last 25 years. Stetson is the Georgia QB that gets mentioned mostly and is in many Top 25-30 QB lists for the last 25 years, but even he is not anywhere near the top of those lists.
I bet Gunner watched the tape hundred times now, figuring out what he needs to improve on to beat those Gumps. Get R Dun, Go Dawgs!!!
Stetson played his best ball in the biggest games. The bigger the game the better he played! Legends are made in the playoffs, not the regular season. Time for Gunner to go win the SECC MVP!
@reddawg1 In the fourth quarter of the first CFP championship game he was at his best — but for most of the first three quarters he was not at his best, and UGA's defense managed to keep Bryce Young out of the end zone and keep the team in striking distance, and then Jalen Carter blocked a field goal, and next play James Cook busted a 60-yard run and Stetson finally heated up.
QB evaluations have to be looked at by games as a whole, not by quarters or minutes, or even by yardage necessarily. Making the big throw(s) late in the game, coming up clutch. Of course if Adonai doesn't make that highly contested catch then, it's not a clutch throw, right? Bryce Young threw for almost twice as many yards as SB in that game, but he made the wrong throw at critical juncture. If he tucks the ball and runs there , he picks up 20 yards minimum and BAMA is in business.
But the fact that SB won what 4 MVP awards in playoff games proves the point. I still don't believe a 7-8 yard forward movent (about 15 yards overall in distance) of the football is a fumble.
THe last TD drive against Ohio St by SB will go down IMHO as one of the best clutch drives ever in college football.