Pete Golding was asked Monday how important it is to have a backup quarterback who can step in and run the offense. He did not answer with this season. He answered with last season. You start last year with Austin, he said, and then Austin gets banged up, and then this guy named Trinidad comes in and has the year he has. That is the whole case in a sentence: the quarterback the opposing head coach just called probably the best in the country was the backup fourteen months ago. Golding went further - if you do not have a quarterback who can operate the offense at a high level, it is hard to win in this league, and if you do not have that, you are not going to win a championship. It can be as simple as a helmet coming off. He called Deuce Knight a big piece of the offseason puzzle. Then in segment two: Kirby Smart called Trinidad Chambliss probably the best quarterback in the country. But if you ask which Ole Miss player the NFL likes most, the answer has been Will Echoles for a while - Bleacher Report's updated board had him eighth overall, ahead of Chambliss. He is on the Outland and Bronko Nagurski watch lists, made his 23rd straight start against Auburn, and scored the game's first touchdown from the one. Golding was asked about him and answered about something else entirely: the best thing about Will is that he is not going to bring it up. The charity work in Oxford and back home in Houston. An unbelievable heart, and he comes from the right people. To be fair, draft boards in November are opinions, not results. Is the backup really that important? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #Rebels #NFLDraft
Pete Golding was asked Monday how important it is to have a backup quarterback who can step in and run the offense. He did not answer with this season. He answered with last season.
You start last year with Austin, he said, and then Austin gets banged up, and then this guy named Trinidad comes in and has the year he has. That is the whole case in a sentence: the quarterback the opposing head coach just called probably the best in the country was the backup fourteen months ago. Golding went further - if you do not have a quarterback who can operate the offense at a high level, it is hard to win in this league, and if you do not have that, you are not going to win a championship. It can be as simple as a helmet coming off. He called Deuce Knight a big piece of the offseason puzzle.
Then in segment two: Kirby Smart called Trinidad Chambliss probably the best quarterback in the country. But if you ask which Ole Miss player the NFL likes most, the answer has been Will Echoles for a while - Bleacher Report's updated board had him eighth overall, ahead of Chambliss. He is on the Outland and Bronko Nagurski watch lists, made his 23rd straight start against Auburn, and scored the game's first touchdown from the one.
Golding was asked about him and answered about something else entirely: the best thing about Will is that he is not going to bring it up. The charity work in Oxford and back home in Houston. An unbelievable heart, and he comes from the right people.
To be fair, draft boards in November are opinions, not results.
Is the backup really that important? Tell me in the comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #Rebels #NFLDraft