No one has ever said that Thompson

would be some great QB. What was said is that he would be able to manage the game. Passing isn't a huge part of our offense any way. Go back and look at how many times we ran it last season as opposed to passing, 317/553. Not saying we don't need to pass it but running is a bigger part of our offense. I'm sure Dylan could hand it off just fine. It doesn't matter anyway because Shaw came back to practice today with a regular full contact jersey on. He's playing like I said before.

Not sure what you read about Byrd? Byrd does have great speed and his pass catching ability surprised last Fall practice. I don't think anyone hyped him up like you made it out. As for the reason he didn't contribute more? There are more than one reasons. 1) He was a freshman and had good WRs ahead of him on the depth chart. 2) He dug himself a hole by being suspended the first 4 weeks of the season by the NCAA for his involvement in the SAM organization. Never got back in stride after that. 3) He was undersized last year and as I said many many times before last season, he needed at least a year in a college workout program to reach his full potential. Hyped up as the next xmen? No I'm not quite on the level of Dabo as far as unrealistically hyping players into what they are not (IE Hot Rod the next Spiller lol)

But if you're that harsh about the subject of playing inexperienced players at key positions, I wonder how you feel about having a OL full of them? DL too really? Those are easily two of the top three positions in football. If you take away the OL it doesn't matter who you have at QB, RB, or WR. So let's hear how many more losses an inexperienced OL and DL will get you?