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Current New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Bill O’Brien held that same position for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2021 and 2022. O’Brien helped Alabama to a 24-4 record in those two seasons, and an appearance in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship, but he also said at least one very dumb thing that he might regret now, given the opportunity.
During media appearances this week for the upcoming College Football Playoff, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe told reporters that O’Brien told Milroe that he should not be a collegiate quarterback. The Katy, Texas native was a four-star prospect and one of the top dual-threat quarterback recruits in the nation, but that didn’t seem to matter to O’Brien.
Alabama QB Jalen Milroe says his former OC and current Patriots OC Bill O’Brien told him he should not be a quarterback.
“How would you feel if I told you that you sucked?”
“Look where I’m at right now. So who gets the last laugh?”pic.twitter.com/xurEAr61ge
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) December 28, 2023
Milroe’s first season as a starter was 2023 after Bryce Young departed to become the No. 1 selection in the NFL draft, He struggled in that role at first, was benched in Week 3, and then came back hard. From Week 4 through the SEC Championship game against Georgia, Milroe completed 130 of 192 passes for 2,079 yards, 16 touchdowns, four interceptions, and a passer rating of 122.7. Not that Milroe is a fully-developed starter yet — he’s still putting things together — but the growth he’s shown through his year should have put such ridiculous proclamations to rest.
The problem with what O’Brien said, if that’s the way he said it, is that it made Milroe the latest in a very long line of Black quarterbacks who have not been given the time to grow afforded to their…
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Author : Touchdown Wire
Publish date : 2023-12-29 02:18:34
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