re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

Pretty much every team that has won a title in recent years except for us had a dual threat QB. Cardale Jones at Ohio State. Newton. Tebow. Winston wasn't one, but almost all of the others were. We've won half the titles over that span. We haven't had great QBs (I even argue that AJ wasn't one... he was really good, but not great, IMO... if he were, with all of that other talent on the field with him, how did we ever lose a game?), but have generally been so much better than everybody else at the other positions (and solid and relatively mistake-free at QB) that it didn't matter. It's getting tougher and tougher to do that without a top QB. It just happens to be more difficult to find an ELITE passing QB (that isn't a dual threat) than a dual threat (that's a great runner and sufficient passer). IMO, if we take a pocket passer over a dual threat guy, the pocket passer had better be a MUCH better passer than the dual threat guy. If it's close and all other things are about equal (intangibles, off the field stuff, ability to learn and be coached), I prefer to take the dual threat guy every time.