Projected 2019 Starting Lineup

[zephyr]

Levi hasn't proven anything yet, he has a chance to show he's grown into the role now that he is the starter.

He proved last year in his limited role that he could help us win. Now, has he proven he can lead us week in and week out? no and that's what he has to prove this year.

[talktomewillis]

Napier has already said he expects Levi to take 100% of the snaps. That will change late in the game if it's lopsided.

[cajun_lannister]

Levi hasn't proven anything yet, he has a chance to show he's grown into the role now that he is the starter.

He has been a turnover machine in practice unless our Dbs have dramatically improved that's scary

All questions will be answered next weekend

[CajunT]

Napier has already said he expects Levi to take 100% of the snaps. That will change late in the game if it's lopsided.

Heard that in the press conference. I don't think that is what he will do the entire season. He said in the spring that he will play 2 QBs because you have to have someone ready to play if your #1 QB goes down.

[Rainman66]

He has been a turnover machine in practice unless our Dbs have dramatically improved that's scary

All questions will be answered next weekend

And who are you getting this information from? From everything reported on the two scrimmages, yes he had a couple of TO's, but his overall QB rating is light years ahead of any other candidate.

I 100% agree that Levi doesn't have the upside of probably any other QB on the roster, but he is the best option at QB right now. If he doesn't perform well, then I absolutely want someone else to get their shot, but that is true of every position on our team.

[talktomewillis]

Heard that in the press conference. I don't think that is what he will do the entire season. He said in the spring that he will play 2 QBs because you have to have someone ready to play if your #1 QB goes down.

I did not say it would be that way all year. If 'Ave or someone else is ready they may get time.

But I'm not expecting that any time soon unless a game is a blowout one way or the other.

[CajunT]

And who are you getting this information from? From everything reported on the two scrimmages, yes he had a couple of TO's, but his overall QB rating is light years ahead of any other candidate.

I 100% agree that Levi doesn't have the upside of probably any other QB on the roster, but he is the best option at QB right now. If he doesn't perform well, then I absolutely want someone else to get their shot, but that is true of every position on our team.

He's earned his opportunity on the field and in the locker room to be the starter. My only concern going forward with Levi is our ability to throw the ball down the field. From what I've seen and heard, he doesn't do that well. That is a concern for me because the better defenses in the conference played 7 in the box at times to stop our running game and we couldn't take advantage of those schemes last year. The same thing happened against Tulane in the bowl game.

[Rainman66]

He's earned his opportunity on the field and in the locker room to be the starter. My only concern going forward with Levi is our ability to throw the ball down the field. From what I've seen and heard, he doesn't do that well. That is a concern for me because the better defenses in the conference played 7 in the box at times to stop our running game and we couldn't take advantage of those schemes last year. The same thing happened against Tulane in the bowl game.

I don't disagree. For the short time Napier has been coach, I think he has been pretty transparent. He likes the abilities of the other QBs, but they all seem to be making quite a few bad decisions. Agree with it or not, Napier values decision making. Now the question is how he will handle it if Levi makes great decisions, but doesn't execute at a high level, and another QB makes decent decisions, but executes better.

[cajun_lannister]

And who are you getting this information from? From everything reported on the two scrimmages, yes he had a couple of TO's, but his overall QB rating is light years ahead of any other candidate.

I 100% agree that Levi doesn't have the upside of probably any other QB on the roster, but he is the best option at QB right now. If he doesn't perform well, then I absolutely want someone else to get their shot, but that is true of every position on our team.

He has had 5 Tos in 3 scrimmages QB rating in college means nothing

[Rainman66]

He has had 5 Tos in 3 scrimmages QB rating in college means nothing

That is obviously your opinion. Napier has mentioned QBR multiple times in his 1.5+ years here. He puts stock in it, so whether you or I do is irrelevant. QBR will be a large factor on who is starting at QB as long as Napier is here.

[CajunHeat77]

and exactly how much would you like to wager on this theory?

I like the kid but as I said, "intangibles" will only get you soo far. Levi is not Kyler Murray, he's got a "High School" QB arm and truth be told not the "great athlete" some people think he is. His best throws are those "floaters" down the field that seem to hang in the air forever (can you say pixs are coming). There's a big deference between being a "change of pace" QB and a starter, this team is far too talented for Lewis to be under center for the majority of the snaps. If Napier is going to be stubborn about it he could dig a hole that we won't be able to climb out of.

[RaginScotsman]

If Napier is going to be stubborn about it he could dig a hole that we won't be able to climb out of.

Has the staff done anything to make you doubt their decision making? Nunez was an average QB that competed well for us. The coaches maximized what he could do and it won us 7 games. The fact that Lewis has started games in the past and saw action regularly last year has put us in a better position to win this year. If the coaches believed that one of the other guys would be better, you'd see him playing.

Listening to reports and reading article about this team, the coaching staff is not going to force Levi to do something he can't do well. They've build a system for this offense to run and Levi simply needs to make the right decisions and execute. He's probably not going to win us games on his own, but he's certainly not going to be in a position to lose one on his own either.