besides which, the stats argument is a weak one. for one texas doesn’t exactly have an illustrious list of downfield passers, and wasn’t exactly at the forefront of adopting the forward pass as a pillar of its offense. second, and more importantly, quinn ewers played for sark while colt and VY played for mack and GD. you let VY and Colt play for Sark and watch QE play for mack “scared to death” brown and you’ll really see the gulf in class between these qbs.
stats tell often tell incomplete stories or even flat out lies. this isn’t about stats on a page, it’s about performance. no shit QE has more passing yards and TDs than guys who played 20, 40, 60 years ago. those guys also happened to be alpha players on alpha teams, and they routinely took over games and led their teams to victories on the back of their play making and leadership. quinn ewers didn’t do that. his teammates did. his teammates who won thorpe, and outland, and lombardi, and doak walker trophies, and all american accolades, and national player of the year awards- those guys led the way while QE struggled to move the chains and score points despite his outstanding surrounding cast. again, i’ve never seen one guy get more obviously undue credit for his team’s success than quinn ewers. the fact that so many people think that he’s some sort of legend or even in the mount rushmore discussion is just baffling.