Wrong position If Anthony Richardson really wants to have an NFL career, he needs to set aside his pride and switch to tight end. He has the size, the speed, the strength and the quickness to become a good one, if he works on it. His skill set is much like Kyle Pitts and maybe he has more talent. Frankly, I would be surprised if Coach Billy Napier considered such a move, having banked upon Richardson as his quarterback. And I know that it would be very difficult for Richardson to swallow. Sometimes, however, making the hard choices does make sense. Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson warms up before the game against the Eastern Washington Eagles at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on Oct. 2. The fact is that the Gators are not going to win the Southeastern Conference east this year, probably because their current passing attack frightens no one. However, even from the little that I have seen, Jon Kitna might be the answer. Even if he did not blaze a fiery trail this year, then probably for next year. In such a case, they might even have a threat next year similar to the one they had with Trask and Pitts. Richardson seems like a really great guy and it would be sad if playing the wrong position ruined his chances to have a long and very profitable NFL career. George Barnett, Micanopy I had mentioned this several weeks ago and still believe this. AR's passing is consistent as in completing somewhere in the 50% area. From what I have heard this is similar to where he was in HS and in all 7 games as a starter. It has been noted he just needs more experience but again we're into 7 games and nothing really has changed. JMHO you cannot win consistently in the SEC without a quality passer. Note the top 3 qb leaders in the SEC now, Bryce Young, Bennett, Hooker. No doubt AR is fast, big, can run. when chooses to, but under a 60% passer. I believe he has more INT's than TD's. All I'm saying is that in all of his time as a qb at UF he remains an inconsistent passer. I really do believe he can succeed at the next level whenever that occurs as a TE. I hope that BN will be open enough to have a fair and open competition for qb during spring ball. At any rate I don't believe this is a too far fetch idea. Just one fan's opinion.
I agree with @Gatorrick22 . . . AR has less than a season of experience playing SEC football. Plus he's had to learn two different offensive systems. We could see tremendous improvement between now and the end of next year. We've seen improvement since the start of this year (his first season as a starter). I think it's way too early to be saying that he'll never make it as an NFL QB.
I say give him another year in Napier’s system to prove himself as a pro-style QB. Let the NFL decide whether to convert him or not.
I am going to say that this is...premature. There are plenty of athletic college QBs who then become quality TEs in the NFL. He isn't going to transition this year...or likely during any time at UF. He can still be a TE in the NFL. Have you heard of Mo Alie-Cox? Or, if you want to go a bit further in projection, our own Trey Burton. I believe he still has the record for the most TD passes in a single game. Look it up and verify.
True, but a damn good QB can hide a LOT of other problems. As I have said before, when we play quality teams, we can win by either AR being transcendent, or we win the turnover battle. Otherwise, the other team has to do enough to lose the game. In the LSU game, none of it happened. It is what it is.
Really, really, really bad take. This guy has it when he has the supporting cast around him. There's a reason he looked really good last year (and against OU in 2020) and not this year. We haven't had a QB read progressions the way he does in a long time, and that includes Trask. Give him weapons and confidence that his line will hold and he'll be a great, great QB. The problem right now is that he does not have those things.
Okay, fine. A quality QB can hide plenty of problems, but not ALL the problems, if they manifest. Is this better?
Are you saying AR reads the defense better than Trask? I don't believe that to be the case currently. Maybe he develops to that level and that would be incredible.
Yes, I do believe that. Trask is a very talented guy but he was playing with generationally elite talent to throw to. We saw what happened when they opted out.
