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I think a lot of it has to do with Miller being hurt, and the lack of talent at QB that Mullen left. I think clearly Napier is trying to play the long game as well and doesn’t want to chalk up this season as “whatever” while he gets his guys in place. That I can actually respect. There’s exactly one team left in our schedule that we can’t beat. He wants to win, and that might mean keeping AR healthy.

But as @GatorJ said, Uk’s defense not only refused to watch him run like he had against Utah, they openly stated they weren’t going to allow it. From a mental standpoint, AR is struggling with these new looks. He’s also dinged up a bit already which for help. I’ve not seen him with tremendous space to run like week 1 but just not taking it.

Massaging the depth chart is not in the forefront of my thinking if I'm Napier in game four of his UF tenure. No. I want to build some momentum, some confidence, and what better way to do it than in front of 103k crazies at Neyland and a national television audience? I want to help my players make a statement now.
 

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Sorry, not aiming at you. What I said was thinking out loud for Napier.
No worries. That does not bother me. If Miller was available I would HOPE things would be different. We'll see
 

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Sorry if this was posted already, but yesterday Napier made it official that Jalen Kitna is the designated backup quarterback. Since he made a point of doing that, I suspect we may see Kitna on Saturday if AR flounders again?

 

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WTF? Kitna was already on roster. Billy brought in Miller. Where TF is Miller?
 

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Maybe Mullen knew more about QBs that we gave him credit for.

Right.

He chose the giraffe over a Heisman finalist for two seasons and then reluctantly executed the most potent offense we’ve seen in over a decade.

He “developed” EJ for three seasons and then unleashed him on the gator nation as the next big time QB for UF.

Meanwhile he clearly did absolutely nothing to develop AR for two seasons and now we have a third year QB that looks like a true freshman.

One would think that the “QB Whisperer” would have gotten at least one of these action’s correct but he didn’t.

AR is at the bottom of the development curve and may run short of time to become the QB equal to his potential which would be the biggest miss of all
 

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WTF? Kitna was already on roster. Billy brought in Miller. Where TF is Miller?
From the article I linked above:

Kitna saw his opportunity to climb the depth chart arise during fall camp when redshirt freshman Jack Miller III, an offseason Ohio State transfer who had long been expected to back up starter Anthony Richardson, suffered an injury to his right thumb that required surgery. Kitna had returned to practice from an undisclosed offseason procedure around that time.

Miller has yet to fully recover from the operation, with Napier having deemed the timetable for such an injury as a "subjective opinion" last Wednesday. That being said, Napier has said on numerous occasions in recent weeks that Miller has continually made progress.

His time away from practice, however, has resulted in Kitna obtaining Miller's previously projected role.

"Jack is still to be determined relative to his role Saturday and potentially going forward," Napier said. "He has made significant progress. He’s got a football in his hands now. I think it’s just more about his comfort level physically and mentally with the thumb and where it’s at.”

Not long after Napier's time on the teleconference, UF's Week 4 depth chart was released with Miller being listed as out against the Tennessee Volunteers this Saturday.
 

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So if AR has a twitchy hamstring, a history of injuries, and no back-up you're okay with a walk-on running the offense?

However, I do agree. I don't play conservative, but do you see where I stand in Pick-Em?

Napier knows football. There is something here no one can tell us. IMHO
If AR doesn't run then he is terrible and probably one of the worst qbs on the roster. There is no point of playing ar15 if he isn't running. I'd say the walk on is better than ar15 without his legs.

It's a loser mentality. Let him play to his full potential. Run him like hell.
 

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AR can at least run more plays than Kinta. We are even more limited without AR. We could possibly run both if AR is still a head case. ALA Tebow/Leak.

On another note, if Napier did run a few a for big yardage, the potential threat may open up more for the RBs.

I'll add, 2023 can't get here soon enough, IN SO MANY WAYS.
 

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Right.

He chose the giraffe over a Heisman finalist for two seasons and then reluctantly executed the most potent offense we’ve seen in over a decade.

He “developed” EJ for three seasons and then unleashed him on the gator nation as the next big time QB for UF.

Meanwhile he clearly did absolutely nothing to develop AR for two seasons and now we have a third year QB that looks like a true freshman.

One would think that the “QB Whisperer” would have gotten at least one of these action’s correct but he didn’t.

AR is at the bottom of the development curve and may run short of time to become the QB equal to his potential which would be the biggest miss of all
AR is in year 3
So your saying hes a slow developer?
 

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He’s the OSU transfer but I don’t know about a busted thumb. Rub some dirt on it.
He had surgery on that thumb, he’s not coming back until it’s healed, probably a few more games. He would be the backup if healthy. Since he’s not, Napier named Kitna 2nd string.
 

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AR is in year 3​
So your saying hes a slow developer?

Can you say, Cousin Eddie?
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He had surgery on that thumb, he’s not coming back until it’s healed, probably a few more games. He would be the backup if healthy. Since he’s not, Napier named Kitna 2nd string.
Thanks for clarifying.
 

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I think a lot of it has to do with Miller being hurt, and the lack of talent at QB that Mullen left. I think clearly Napier is trying to play the long game as well and doesn’t want to chalk up this season as “whatever” while he gets his guys in place. That I can actually respect. There’s exactly one team left in our schedule that we can’t beat. He wants to win, and that might mean keeping AR healthy.

But as @GatorJ said, Uk’s defense not only refused to watch him run like he had against Utah, they openly stated they weren’t going to allow it. From a mental standpoint, AR is struggling with these new looks. He’s also dinged up a bit already which for help. I’ve not seen him with tremendous space to run like week 1 but just not taking it.
True, and they caused the mental struggles from a physical one. They went dirty with a low late hit rolling up on his right ankle on his first drop back pass. That was definitely intentional and they got rewarded for their cheap shot with the win likely from AR not being to run or pass effectively since. I hate Bob Stoops cretin brother.
 

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AR can at least run more plays than Kinta. We are even more limited without AR. We could possibly run both if AR is still a head case. ALA Tebow/Leak.

On another note, if Napier did run a few a for big yardage, the potential threat may open up more for the RBs.

I'll add, 2023 can't get here soon enough, IN SO MANY WAYS.
You know how old the average age of folks on this board is? The last thing they want is to skip a year that could be one of their last:deadnanner:. Plus we have one loss and there's nothing we've seen that suggests we will be more likely to contend for anything in 2023 than 2022, so a little early for wishing this season was over.
 

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True, and they caused the mental struggles from a physical one. They went dirty with a low late hit rolling up on his right ankle on his first drop back pass. That was definitely intentional and they got rewarded for their cheap shot with the win likely from AR not being to run or pass effectively since. I hate Bob Stoops cretin brother.

For such a nothing school in our world, they’ve given Tebow a concussion, destroyed Franks’ ankle, blatantly twisted Trask’s ankle moments later and went low on AR. Darnell Dockett himself would be impressed with that resume. We need to start blowing them out again.
 

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You know how old the average age of folks on this board is? The last thing they want is to skip a year that could be one of their last:deadnanner:. Plus we have one loss and there's nothing we've seen that suggests we will be more likely to contend for anything in 2023 than 2022, so a little early for wishing this season was over.
It appears Napier's players are performing better than expected.
In 2023 the team will know the system better
In 2023 we have several big 4* plus DL and DB coming
I'm ok with 2022 as a building year...much of the Gator Nation is not
2023 should be MUCH better
2022 is an election year...Enough said

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It appears Napier's players are performing better than expected.
In 2023 the team will know the system better
In 2023 we have several big 4* plus DL and DB coming
I'm ok with 2022 as a building year...much of the Gator Nation is not
2023 should be MUCH better
2022 is an election year...Enough said

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Verbal commitments are nice, but until they sign, and then until they actually make it on campus in a healthy state ready to play, you don't really know how much help is coming. And then, generally Freshman don't make a huge impact, especially on defense so it will be 2 years before we can judge the impact of the next class. In the meantime we will lose Miller and Burney and most likely Cox after this year. People rag on Burney, but the dude is athletic. He ran down the USF RB from behind 30 yards down field while our DB's were nowhere to be seen and he saved our azz against Utah, that's for sure.

Again, we have 1 loss so technically nothing is off the table even if reality says we aren't ready to challenge for anything this year. There's zero guarantee that next year's team will be any more likely to challenge for the East, you only get so many seasons to watch, and the offseason is brutally long, so to say "wait 'til next year" before the Tennessee game is strange at best.
 

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