Quote:I've said before but I remember being at the spring game where Murray and Mettenberger were battling it out to win the starting job. And Mettenberger was head and shoulders the better player. But then he went and pulled a Roethlisberger while hanging out in Valdosta. Would have been interesting to see how their careers played out if Mettenberger hadnt make that mistake. Would he have spent 4 years as a starting QB under Richt, put up a bunch of numbers, and be flirting with a first round pick? Would he have gotten injured at some point allowing Murray to spell him as the backup potentially creating a QB controversy? Or would Murray have gotten fed up and transfered... maybe back home and become the USF starting QB.


Murray seems like the 2nd/3rd day QB you take if you want a great team player, a guy who will help the starter read defenses from the sideline, and who would be just good enough to help a team not go in the tank for a few games while the starter is injured. But you've got the understanding that the odds of him turning into a fulltime upper level NFL QB is almost zero.


Mettenberger seems like the 2nd/3rd day QB you take if you want a guy who has the potential to be a fulltime upper level starting NFL QB with the understanding that he most likely will not develop into that guy as most guys drafted 2nd/3rd do not. But atleast he has the chance to.