What if Casey Thompson never hurt his thumb

[akhookem]

I’ve been itching so bad for football that I’ve began rewatching 2021 games before the season fell apart because that’s far enough back for me to not remember every sequence of the game lol. Casey Thompson against Texas Tech, TCU, and OU was a gamer. Say whatever about the competition or defenses he was doing it against but there are plenty of impressive plays and throws he made. I mean he made throws that Quinn, as much as I love him, missed repeatedly deep. Deep posts, the corner fade to Joshua Moore against OU. Strangely enough that offense with him seemed to have more consistent accuracy on the deep ball than we’ve seen since. I just think Casey was better than we give him credit for because he was on a bad team and got hurt and finished the year poorly. Hearing people talk about KJ Lacey and his “chain moving” style of play and gamer-ism he has I’m excited to see KJ in 2028 if he wins the job.

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Texas wins 7 or 8 regular season games and plays in a bowl for sure imo.  I also wonder how the Arkansas game goes if Thompson had been named the starting QB from game 1.  Honestly, the offense Texas had in those three games in the 2021 season is the offense I think Texas will have over the course of this season.

The OL was not good back then either, and they still had that level of output offensively.  They should be able to replicate that production in 2026.  Hopefully Coleman can provide similar or superior production to a true freshman Worthy and Wingo is superior to any #2 WR Texas had in 2021.  While there aren’t any RBs as good as Robinson and Johnson, I do think the running game will have a strong output with Brown, Smothers, and Cooper.  Plus this team has better TEs.

[akhookem]

1 minute ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

Texas wins 7 or 8 regular season games and plays in a bowl for sure imo.  I also wonder how the Arkansas game goes if Thompson had been named the starting QB from game 1.  Honestly, the offense Texas had in those three games in the 2021 season is the offense I think Texas will have over the course of this season.

The OL was not good back then either, and they still had that level of output offensively.  They should be able to replicate that production in 2026.  Hopefully Coleman can provide similar or superior production to a true freshman Worthy and Wingo is superior to any #2 WR Texas had in 2021.  While there aren’t any RBs as good as Robinson and Johnson, I do think the running game will have a strong output with Brown, Smothers, and Cooper.  Plus this team has better TEs.

Yep I agree, I just remember watching Casey in that stretch I had a lot of confidence in him executing and moving the ball. He just took what was there and really didn’t miss or shank throws. Really hope the offense can get back to that level of explosiveness but also balance it had in that stretch. Sark is dangerous when he is in his flow and things are working like he is designing