The Kelly conundrum.

Is this modern philosophy of, "If something (or someone) isn't 100% perfect then we have to worry and obsess that it (he) will turn out to be total crap."

I thought Golson played great on Saturday. Remember, he hasn't played one down of college football. And Hendrix, he's barely played. I don't understand this obsession we have of making snap judgments on every player based on extremely small samples. Several posters here made the "astute" observation, based on one half of football at Stanford, that Hendrix had certain deficiencies in his game that were permanent problems.

Let's get real. Until a new QB has at least a couple of games under his belt, it's hard to make certain definitive statements about him.

Do you have anyone to talk to, other than this board?

By the way, it has to be Golson. We know Rees is terrible, and Golson can do everything that Hendrix does better than Hendrix can.

But I imagine Kelly will play it safe and go with Rees on a short leash.

let them post more on your behalf.

One thing that needs correction is getting the plays in, the offense set and the plays off much quicker. Right now Golson seems to have the farthest to go in that area but I would argue that all have issues and it has to be as much Kelly's problem as his players. I don't know why he has the problem here that he didn't seem to have at Cincy but he needs to fix it.

The way I see it, ND will be using a lot of different player packages and formations with the tight ends, slots and wide receivers. If they can get set and run the plays before the defense has a chance to adjust they may get some good mis-matches. I think uptempo will also help get the running game into a groove and they definitely need to put emphasis on the run. Even with an average corps of wide receivers ND offense can put a lot of pressure on any defense providing they keep up tempo and eliminate mistakes. Daniels looks talented but he needs to learn to go 100% through the whistle on every play- I wish Kelly could transplant some of Atkinson's aggressive attitude into Daniels.

AlbanyIrish...you used to make me crazy but after you stood up when I asked for prayers for a friend I've looked at your posts, as Johnny Cash might say, "with a different point of view". This is a good question. Perhaps, as you say, the defining question. If we get good play from the QB position Aaron Lynch will become a footnote in our history. My humble opinion; go with the guy with the most "upside". That seems to be Golson. He will make mistakes, but I believe he might have the skills to make plays. That's something we haven't had in awhile.

You do okay being a comedian, but logic defeats you

You can't teach arm strength or foot speed.

And I laughed at that Helen Keller crack.