Justin Fields was the prohibitive favorite after transferring from Georgia in 2019, but Day still wanted to see him put in the work to earn the job before naming him the starter. Fields had some game experience, but not much — and it was in a different offense at a different school. Two years ago, Day had three players vying to replace Fields — Stroud, McCord and Jack Miller III — but none had thrown a college pass so the coach was flying blind to a certain extent. Now McCord has been around for two years, and he has even started one game when Stroud needed to rest a sore shoulder early in 2021. For his part, Brown is more experienced than anyone in the last quarterback competition, too, especially considering he had a full normal year of college while Stroud and Miller joined the program in the middle of…
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