Jake Heaps will be BYU's starting QB for the rest of the season. Riley Nelson is out. He is set to have surgery on his non-throwing shoulder and will be on the shelf for the year. Jake Heaps will be the starting QB now. Thus settles the debate. No more "situational" reps, no more questioning who is the leader, no more alternating series. It is Jake Heaps' team now, for better or for worse. Let's hope it's for the better.
I believe that this will help BYU's offense development into the offense it needs to be. Instead of trying to tailor a successful product to fit a QB with different tools than his predecessors, they can prepare a very skilled QB, of the same ilk as his predecessors, to succeed in this offense. There will be no more stacked boxes. The field will be spread. The RBs will have more room in the running game. There will be more space for the WRs and TEs to get open. Heaps will get more reps and throws in practice. Everybody will have an opportunity to flourish in what BYU's offense should look like and generate the chemistry that has been so desparately absent the past two games. The defense could use some time to rest with longer offensive drives, an opportunity to play with a lead (which they were very good at against Washington, but haven't had much opportunity since), and a chance to get coached up on the sidelines between series. I think this will end up being a blessing for BYU's offense by eliminating any hesitation of giving Heaps full control of the reins. I feel sorry for Nelson, but you have to move on. I wish they would have come to this decision without the injury, but it will be the best thing for this offense.
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