The "Football Brainiacs" claim Cody Thomas is looking like the best QB.

[Landthief 1972]

Quarterbacks

– Was told that Trevor Knight “started” with the first team offense.

– Cody Thomas continued his late week surge and, again, appeared to be the best of the three quarterbacks, according to what I was told. While it wasn’t by a large margin necessarily, Thomas did seem to take the most first team reps.

– Was told Thomas seems to have the quickest release and is able to stand tall in the pocket, get the ball out quickly & hit receivers with consistent accuracy. Which really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise — setting aside the memories of Thomas struggling in last year’s offense, of course — considering Thomas ran a similar system in high school…quick slants, stop routes, bubble screens, etc. Just got the sense from what I was told that Thomas has a really live arm.

– Also told that Thomas had a nice TD on a deep corner route.

– Knight appeared to show the most field generalship, but one source still contended that Thomas was the overall better performer. Knight evidently also hit someone in stride on a go route for a long touchdown.

– Was told that Baker Mayfield seemed a little indecisive today and tended to want to get out of the pocket a little too much.

https://thefootballbrainiacs.com/ou-...-notes-8-15-15

[swardboy]

AND, he has a mean curveball...er,

[Tear Down This Wall]

Is he the kid someone told me would play for the Yankees someday...even though he quit baseball?

[stoopified]

IDK who will start at qb this year and I don't care who ends up as the starter.What I do care about is that we get MUCH better qb play,whover the starter is.Sixty plus percentage completion rate and at least 2-1 TD to Int ratio. That is the minimum level we need to compete for a Big 12-2 title
let alone a payoff shot.

[hawaii 5-0]

Agree.

I don't care who starts as long as the offense keeps moving and putting up points.

5-0

[dwarthog]

Those Brainiacs "was told" a bunch of stuff....

Is that a 3rd party "was told" site or do they actually watch scrimmages and practices etc.?

Sounds like a good solid competition is taking place for the starting role.

[swardboy]

AND I READ an SB writer insist from personal observation that Knight and Mayfield are far more mobile than Cody, which will be essential in this offense. I, on the other hand, don't know squat...

[dwarthog]

Tulsa World has an article on the QB race today.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextr...1da348768.html

More fuel for discussion.

[BermudaSooner]

AND I READ an SB writer insist from personal observation that Knight and Mayfield are far more mobile than Cody, which will be essential in this offense. I, on the other hand, don't know squat...

Why does the QB need to be mobile? I thought the whole point of this offense was slinging the ball around quickly. Those TTech QBs haven't been very mobile. 1-2 step drop and throw.

[dwarthog]

Why does the QB need to be mobile? I thought the whole point of this offense was slinging the ball around quickly. Those TTech QBs haven't been very mobile. 1-2 step drop and throw.

We like the illusion that our QB is a running threat. Until he gets nailed by a couple of dudes with bad intentions playing defense and we lose him for a game or two or three or ............

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

IDK who will start at qb this year and I don't care who ends up as the starter.What I do care about is that we get MUCH better qb play,whover the starter is.Sixty plus percentage completion rate and at least 2-1 TD to Int ratio. That is the minimum level we need to compete for a Big 12-2 title
let alone a payoff shot.

We are going to need better than that. According to most of the reports, we can't stop the run. They are giving all the credit to the running backs, but that doesn't add up this early with this many new starters on the line. My thinking is that we are going to need something like a +1 to +2 TO margin to offset our defense. So given last year's dismal numbers, I'm thinking around 24 TOs generated.

Extrapolating the math, we are going to need that ratio closer to 8-1 (assuming 32 TDs/4 Ints) because we are going to lose 8 fumbles.

[badger]

TFB is a fun site to read, but as with any reporting site, if they're the only ones reporting it, take the reports with a grain of salt

It would be the ultimate upset if Cody gets the starting job. They all have college football game experience and of the three, Cody's game time was the least impressive thus far, IMHO.

but by all means, start the guy that performs the best in camp, especially when we're facing the daunting task of Akron in the opening week. If he can't perform well against Akron Zip Zip, then he's only a good practice QB... but if he does, then offseason wasn't a fluke.

[Tear Down This Wall]

Why does the QB need to be mobile? I thought the whole point of this offense was slinging the ball around quickly. Those TTech QBs haven't been very mobile. 1-2 step drop and throw.

We don't need a mobile quarterback. If the coaches will wake up and look around the roster, they'll notice Perine is there and design the offense around him.

All we need is a quarterback who can handle the snap from center, turn half way, then hand the ball to Perine.

[KantoSooner]

I've got three years left! Sign me up!

[kbsooner21]

Still didn't read anything that "claimed" anything...

[BoulderSooner79]

We don't need a mobile quarterback. If the coaches will wake up and look around the roster, they'll notice Perine is there and design the offense around him.

All we need is a quarterback who can handle the snap from center, turn half way, then hand the ball to Perine.

We did that last year and man could be beat up the likes of Kansas and ISU. Perine had a solid game against Clemson and we barely managed to avoid being shutout. Even if we can get Perine 30 touches a game, the QB better play a lot better than last year on those other plays or we'll be looking at WVU as our highest quality win again this year.

[Landthief 1972]

Still didn't read anything that "claimed" anything...

You're seriously going to split hairs on the choice of the word "claim" when the second through fifth bullet point in the QB section says:

Cody Thomas continued his late week surge and, again, appeared to be the best of the three quarterbacks, according to what I was told. While it wasn’t by a large margin necessarily, Thomas did seem to take the most first team reps.

– Was told Thomas seems to have the quickest release and is able to stand tall in the pocket, get the ball out quickly & hit receivers with consistent accuracy.

– Also told that Thomas had a nice TD on a deep corner route.

– Knight appeared to show the most field generalship, but one source still contended that Thomas was the overall better performer.

Followed by a less-than-stellar statement regarding Mayfield:

Was told that Baker Mayfield seemed a little indecisive today and tended to want to get out of the pocket a little too much.

They wrote the article, they quoted sources, ergo, they are making a claim.

[badger]

Mobile quarterbacks should be like Aaron Rodgers instead, where passing is the top priority, but you can run for a first down if nobody's open.

If you'd rather run-first, play running back.

[BoulderSooner79]

TFB are what they are. They clearly do have contacts with people either inside the program or who are allowed to view practices/scrimmages. And much like eye witnesses at a trial, those contacts can be unreliable. I enjoy the coverage because at least they write about OU football when little real info is coming from the program. I don't bet money based on the info, and I'm not going to get my feelers hurt if report something bogus. Just light entertainment and the price is right.

[KantoSooner]

Its the best pure OU football site I've come across.