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I really think that the bottom line is this: If you look back at the first year, with Dalton at QB, that is what he wants from his offense. He wants to get the ball down the field quickly, primarily with the passing game, and score. We really haven't gotten that with Pohl over 2 years. We even witnessed that blazing first half against Ball State last year where Woodson looked like he might be able to be that guy, but it appears that hope for him being that guy faded rather quickly after that. So, I think you will see us continue to move in another direction until we find the guy who can do that. Now that other potential candidates to give Terry that kind of guy have arrived, I don't have a feeling that we'd go backwards again.

By 'if he can play' I meant the game of football (not just QB) at this level. If Chapman turns out to be a special athlete, but can't yet beat out Pohl due to lack of experience or maturity, then I would not like to see him holding a clipboard for much of this season. Trot him in there in 2015 and use his skills as a weapon, even if it might not be at QB. I do think he has a good shot for a lot of playing time at QB this year (maybe the starter) and next year there is nobody else now so he should be the guy, but if he has special skills - play him somewhere often as we need help on the O.

Balsy - that some kind of crush you have on this Chapman kid. I hope you're right, but you may want to tune down your glorification of this newcomer till he does something.

+1. I completely agree Skip. I think Woodson was definitely a guy Bowden hoped would evolve into the QB to run his system, if I'm not mistaken...Woodson was Bowden's first QB recruit. Clearly the QBs on the roster were not getting the job done, and they've brought in a guy to compete. I'd have to go back and look at the limited action we saw Hirschman in his time here, but it even looked like Hirschman was better at running this offense than Pohl. I don't hate Pohl...but we have to admit that he's not a Bowden guy, and the offense has never looked all that fluid with him under center.