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You keep talking about the spring game defense. I said it doesnt matter who it was bc it doesnt. If you can throw you can throw man idc whose defense it is. He took reps for the Orange Team and the White team, so idk where yal are getting this 3rd team stuff from. Either way the other Qb's still faced the same competition and they didnt look like him. The fact that they look how they did against a depleted defense says alot. That makes your 1st team 3rd team argument bs bc mostly everybody on defense were backups. He was perfect on throws for the white team and lit it up with the orange team. He had more total yards then Hooker & Mauer combined. That's just the spring game but we have seen all 3 guys play in live action before. U aint winning with Hooker throwing 25+ times a game. BM is the ideal Qb for this offense but he is far too inconsistent to be trusted. You can bring up his 45 yard pass and its still doesnt matter bc he aint consistent. I actually dont think you understand my argument so I'll be clear. Hooker is probably the 4th best passer on the team. BM has the skillset but makes poor decisions, which is like putting air in a tire that has a hole in it. Bailey looks like the best QB in the spring and he looked like the best QB last year when he got to play. U can throw out all the stats you want but Bailey is still a better passer then those guys and there is no question that he is a better decision maker then both guys.You are drawing an ironclad conclusion based on a small fraction of the facts.
And yeah, it does matter who he's throwing against. I'm not criticizing him for it. He took advantage which is what you hope your QB will do. But let's say that's UGA's secondary rather than UT's scout team. Will they cover tighter? Will that change HB's decisions? Where does that leave him if the best option is to run? You also have to look at who his success came against last year.... and Maurer's the year before for that matter and Hooker's at VT. It all matters.
FWIW, it wasn't the downfield stuff that made his numbers look good last year. He was 42 of 51 for 469 yards in throws that traveled less than 15 yards. That's valuable and important. You'd obviously rather have consistency hitting those throws. But he was 5 of 15 in throws that traveled further than 15 yards for 110 yards. That is good. Not great. So it isn't his performance last year throwing the ball downfield that "proves" he's the best throwing deep. Against the #1 D, Bailey had one deep throw for 37 yards according to the stats on UTSports.com. Maurer had the deep throw to Hyatt for 45 yards. So that doesn't prove your argument either.