huskerguy said:
Like I said before Cody has shown the ability to make progress and has more progress to make.
Just look at someone like Terrell Pryor at Ohio St. Now I would guess that Pryor is a better talent that Green is because he is a better runner, but just for comparison purposes follow along.
Pryor came in as the most touted player in the nation out of HS. He played as a Freshman and I believe made his first start midseason. He has had many growing pains at OSU and seems to have maybe just finally got things down after the Rose Bowl victory this week.
Now I'm not trying to say Cody is Pryor because Pryor is a pretty special talent, but they have similar qualities. They are both tall, strong QBs, with big arms. It took until the bowl game of his (true)Sophomore year and over a year of starting for Pryor to look like he has things down.
I'll give that they are both tall and strong. I don't know how strong either's arm is actually. Cody throws with zip; doesn't mean he has a "big arm".
But Pryor is a freak who runs like a 4.3, and Cody is pedestrian by those standards.
Freshman QBs will have their struggles. The difference is those guys were once-in-years talents coming out of HS and started at big-time programs that had plenty of other guys at the position. Pryor forced his way to PT with a senior Boeckman entrenched, and Barkley had Parade All-Americans like Mitch Mustain and Aaron Corp.
Green is a 4-star ranked similarly to Kody Spano on the Rivals list of dual-threat QBs out of HS, couldn't beat out or even force some playing time against an injured junior who wasn't able to light it up.
I will say I agree that judging Cody now is crazy. Has nothing to do with his star status, but he's just a freshman who should've redshirted. Time will tell for Cody, he will hopefully have all of next year to sit and develop.
But I think when you look at the two extremes, in terms of attitudes regarding Cody's future, you have to acknowledge something: the "next Vince Young" prediction is far crazier than the underwhelming scenario, and there is a very distinct, real possibility that the light will never come on like it has to and he won't ever push his way to a starting job.
But hey, it's still too early to judge, but since people want to talk about it
let's be clear on what the possibilities/relative likelihoods of coming true are. There's been a lot of "sweet! Tommie Frazier Part 2" sentiment, and it's better to see that settle down as opposed to crash down hard in a couple years when we are still waiting for it to happen.
