Blake Barnett

[Bull Dozer]

I see a kid who hasn't played this much in consecutive games since high school. He's still growing and getting back into a comfort zone with every game. He had some issues trying too hard against Illinois for 3 quarters instead of letting the game come to him. He was needlessly forcing the ball with that cannon of his into coverage and needlessly throwing rockets for throws that needed touch. In the 4th quarter he settled down more, took what the defense gave him, and started putting more touch on his throws. That jump ball to Salomon was beautiful and thrown with the perfect amount of touch. He made multiple throws on those late drives that he was throwing way too hard in the 1st 3 quarters with perfect touch late in the game. He's still yet to play a complete game and when he does this offense will explode like the 2015 Cincinnati game.... 

[Orlando Bull]

Just getting back in town, didn't get to watch the game, and haven't caught up on things... but, keep in mind that BB hasn't really played in like 3 years and is just now getting his real experience at this level. He's more refined than a freshman most likely, but, certainly not to the level of a seasoned junior yet. He has all of the tools, can his feel for the game be accelerated? We'll see...

[Ricky the Bull]

He is our best quarterback and I trust the coaching staff to make him better at it.  

Let's enjoy the wins.

[DELdaBull]

Once we get that guy that played the last 3 minutes of the 3rd and the fourth quarter we will be amazing 

[hm101]

Absolutely gorgeous throw to solomon

[DontPushMe]

He looks the part. Still threw for over 400 yards and brought us back after an awful start. 

He'll be fine

[Gat-Rat Bull]

3 minutes ago, DontPushMe said:

He looks the part. Still threw for over 400 yards and brought us back after an awful start. 

He'll be fine

I'm with this

[Who'sYourData?]

He could certainly be better.  He is not yet completely settled in.  But QF had games with 8 or 10 incompletions into the dirt in a row.  BB looks great so far.

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

I have zero issue comparing him to Ryan Tannehill (a first round draft pick, albeit a questionable one, and a ho-hum NFL QB). Little slower, but more accurate. Give him another year's worth of film, and I think you'll have NFL scouts giving him some pretty high marks. QBs get drafted very highly all the time just based on potential. He's probably already on the radar.

[E.T.]

He got here in May and when fall camp started he didn't get most of the #1 reps and didn't until the final week. He's learning a new offense in a very short time.

He's doing great!