The Iowa Hawkeyes find themselves in a bit of a quarterback conundrum once again and, unfortunately, it is not due to play, but rather injuries plaguing both graduate Cade McNamara and junior Brendan Sullivan.
McNamara has been out with a concussion and missed the last two games while Sullivan exited the UCLA game due to injury. The one silver lining is that the Hawkeyes have a bye week to get them both healthy.
But, if they are healthy, the starter is still an unknown. In an effort to see who would start, offensive coordinator Tim Lester was asked who he would start if both were healthy.
“I would let them compete. It would be a great week. It would be like a real live, you know, ‘You guys have both done a lot of great things and you affect our offense differently. Let’s see who’s playing well.’ It would be a great battle. I wish that was the case, but rarely is that the case. Camp’s like the one time that you can have a real live competition. But, I don’t think that’s going to be the case. My guess is that’s not going to be the case this week,” Lester told the media.
Lester took the smart path here with a diplomatic answer on who he would hand the keys to.
Reading between the lines of Lester’s comments, it sounds like the starting quarterback will be a forced hand due to lingering injuries plaguing the quarterback depth.
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