This is so important to our season and we have had some bad luck in this area

These kinds of scrambles are what concern me with Shapen staying healthy. It's a fine line for coaches, you don't want to have a guy playing hesitant, but it's not difficult to envision a knockout shot on a run like this. pic.twitter.com/RJuNQVglPf

— Travis Roeder (@Travis_Roeder) June 29, 2022

Since Petty in 2013, how many seasons (if any) have we had a starting QB not miss some amount of time due to injury? We've had rotten luck with starting QBs getting hurt over the last decade.

Johnny Bear said:

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Since Petty in 2013, how many seasons (if any) have we had a starting QB not miss some amount of time due to injury? We've had rotten luck with starting QBs getting hurt over the last decade.

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Yeah. I also think that's just pretty normal. One reason I hated to see GB transfer. He would've likely started some games here again this year.

From what I saw last year, Shapen has better arm strength than Brewer, better accuracy than Russell and better both than GBo. And all three of those guys were very mobile, like Shapen. That to me means Grimes/SB can reliably coach him more into the pocket and feel really comfortable about him guiding a prolific offense.

My educated guess is that, like most college coaches guiding first (full) year starters, they're going to settle his feet down a bit from the wild running guys like Shapen tend to do in HS. He's going to be mobile and take hits, but I would be shocked if you didn't see a smarter runner who uses the slide and sidelines way, way more in 2022.

I hope his ability to throw the ball on time and in target with Oline experience will help negate any need to run the ball with him as often, designed or off script. That being said, I hope we have some receivers who show out this year.

Blake Shapen staying healthy all season is the difference between a potential 10-win season for the Baylor Bears, and maybe just 6 victories.