Who would you rather have Aaron
Murray of Georgia, AJ McCarron of Alabama or Johnny “Football” Manziel of Texas
A&M? I’m sure every will have their opinion, but the big question is who is
the better quarterback of the three?
Well the media has spoken, releasing
the All-SEC Preseason Teams during the of the SEC’s Media Day.
According to the media, in this respective
order: Manziel was voted the first-team quarterback, McCarron second-team
quarterback and Murray was the third-team quarterback.
All three will be NFL quarterbacks that’s not of the discussion, but who is the better quarterback of the three?
Who would you rather have at the quarterback position for your favorite college football team?
Each of the three quarterbacks
bring something to the table.
Aaron Murray of Georgia is on track
to break every major quarterback statistic in the SEC. The three-year starter
for the Dawgs is entering his senior season with the expectations in Athens
being extremely high, coming off of a 12-win despite falling to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game 32-28. Murray has continued to improve after each season,
increasing his completion percentage, yards and touchdowns totals. After coming
off of his best season to date of 3,893 yards and 38 touchdowns, its highly
possible that Murray can throw for 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns with the
offensive weapons he’ll have in his arsenal. The question isn’t of Murray’s
skill level, but of his ability to win the big game. We’ll find out sooner
rather than later when the Dawgs travel to South Carolina to take on Clemson in
their season opener.
When it comes to AJ McCarron of
Alabama, one word and one word only comes to mind when I think of McCarron and
that’s “winner”. The senior quarterback that leads the Crimson Tide, continues
to get better year in and year out. As McCarron’s role increased his production has also increased, as a sophomore he managed the game, and that’s all he needed to do
throwing for 16 touchdown passes and 2,634 yards. His junior season is where he
took off, throwing 30 touchdown passes and on 2,933 passing yards, the best
stat of all is his three interceptions. The guy not only goes through his
progressions well, but he doesn’t make mental mistakes, decision making is what
separates good quarterbacks from elite level ones, McCarron is an elite level
quarterback. He once managed games, now he wins them.
This may not have been the best
summer for Johnny “Football” Manziel, but I have no doubt in my mind come
August he’ll be ready to go, if not suspended by the NCAA. Not only did Manziel
set the record for SEC quarterbacks for having 3,000 passing yards and 1,000
running yards, the ultimate dual-threat quarterback. For those who may not know
he also was the first freshmen to win the Heisman Trophy, that’s sort of a big
deal. He took the SEC by storm in his first year leading A&M to double
digit wins and a Cotton Bowl victory of the Oklahoma Sooners. Manziel finished
the season with 26 touchdowns through the air and 21 rushing, he is one of four
players to record 20 passing and rushing touchdowns in a season.
College football is here and the
time is now the lights have never been brighter for the three quarterbacks.
There will be plenty of great headlines, how will Manziel perform after his fun
filled summer? Will McCarron three-peat? Is this the year Murray wins the big
game?
The answers to the questions
currently are unknown as of now, but they soon will be answered.
Justin Tyree
ESPN 730 Charlotte Bobcats Insider and College Football Blogger
Twitter: @JTyree704
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SportsFromMyEyes
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