Two Quarterbacks?

by hailtogeorgia on Apr 21, 2009 4:06 PM EDT

After reading Bill King's column about whether or not we should think about using Logan Gray to spell Joe Cox this year, I began thinking about the possibilities. Obviously, we all remember this from Greene and Shockley, but I do think it would be interesting to see it with Mike Bobo calling the plays instead of Mark Richt. I would like to see Gray come in and make a play or two with his feet. Nothing against Joe Cox, but much like David Greene, he's no Prefontaine.

Looking at the situation, I think it's very similar to our former pseudo-dual quarterback system. A starter who is known to be very accurate and has a veteran's knowledge of the playbook, but unfortunately does not have the footspeed to add another dimension to his game, coupled with a backup with a fairly good arm, not so great accuracy, but the wonderful moniker of "dual-threat".

Certainly, this could go either way, and I'm sure we will see it used atleast once this season. However, I also think it opens up a great opportunity to run a wild(dawg) formation. We could bring in Gray for a presumable change of pace, then string him out wide and put any one of our stable of runningbacks in the backfield. I'm not normally high on this formation, but I think it would be nice to see Richard Samuel get the ball directly and bust some heads, or have Carlton Thomas squirming around like Jacquizz Rogers. Thoughts?

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In an ideal world, I’d have Logan Gray getting 20-30% of next season’s significant snaps (or, in a less-than-ideal-world, Aaron Murray), for the simple reason that it will pay to have a starter in 2010 with significant in-game experience.

However, I think our QB strategy this season will be dependent less on what we’d like to do and more on what the situation demands. I have faith in Cox, but there is little actual, objective evidence regarding his in-game performance; he could be the next Greene or (less likely) Shockley, but he could also be JTIII redux. We just don’t know, and anointing him now as the next Greene could leave a lot of folks in for a big surprise.

If Cox doesn’t pan out, then Gray may be the starter by necessity. If Cox loses the job, I have a feeling that competition would be open to the freshmen, which means we might even see Aaron Murray on the field. While some people seem to be clamoring for him to get the starting job already, I think any scenario that has him on the field this season in anything other than mop-up duty would be less than optimal (I saw Stafford play as a freshman, but not Greene; maybe that colors my perception of freshman QB starters).

So . . . basically I think it’s fun to speculate, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. I think a Cox/Gray tandem would be awesome, but Cox could break his leg on the first play at OkSt and Gray could turn out to be a bust and then who knows.

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by wwcmrd? on Apr 21, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

I think CMR & CMB would be crazy not to put together some type of package for LG. Mainly because it would force opposing defenses to prepare for both QB’s. Additionally it opens up the playbook for a multitude of sets and plays. Now granted you don’t want to out think yourself but throwing an extra wrench at opposing DC’s schemes won’t hurt us. It would also be a tragic waste of talent to have Gray holding the clipboard all season.

by deanpat92 on Apr 22, 2009 7:41 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed

All the teams in the NFL are putting a “Wildcat” formation in the playbook not because they necessarily intend to run it, but because it makes it one more thing that opposing defenses have to prepare for during the week. I like the idea of keeping our opponents on their toes during the week because they have to be ready for special sets with Gray.

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by AuditDawg on Apr 24, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions