Pruitt said that the deciding factor in those early losses was poor QB play. Don't have to talk to a fan... "reasonable" or otherwise. Pruitt said the reason JG was benched was that too many plays down field were being missed.There you go again with a woulda coulda shoulda comment. There are several factors that had we done better we would have won the 1st two. You blame it all on JG while any reasonable fan will tell you that more factors than QB played a role in us losing the 1st 2 games. Bad QB play, bad defensive play, terrible offensive gameplan, lack of a running game, drops, turnovers and bad coaching all while playing minus 2 of our best defensive players all played a role in those losses.
It isn't all on JG any more than it can be all on anyone. But the others played as expected or perhaps better. He did not... and his subpar performance was the difference.
You can't gameplan around a QB playing completely different on gameday than for a month in practice. I know you want to deny JG's weaknesses and the costs of them... but a "reasonable" fan... just wouldn't do that.