Chip Scoggins: Gophers' QB platoon plan looks like a bad sign

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per Chip:

Playing quarterback is difficult enough without them looking over their shoulder, or wondering if one mistake will cause a trip to the bench. Rotating quarterbacks can affect the timing of the entire offense.

Fleck inherited this problem. The biggest failure of the Kill-Tracy Claeys tenure was their inability to recruit and develop a legitimate Big Ten quarterback. They thought Nelson would become a star, but that vision never materialized.

This isn’t a new issue for the program. The Gophers haven’t had a quarterback selected in the NFL draft since Craig Curry in 1972. How many of their previous quarterbacks would even be categorized as above-average? Not many.

Fixing that problem should be high on Fleck’s priority list. He has a quarterback committed in his 2018 class (Brennan Armstrong from Ohio) and presumably will continue to address that position every recruiting cycle.

http://m.startribune.com/gophers-qb-platoon-plan-looks-like-a-bad-sign/441088463/

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