Right now, it’s irrelevant who the starting QB is for Nebraska in 2020. To me, barring injury, Adrian Martinez, appears to start the year as the starter. I prefer, right now, to go with the guy who has started for two years. McCaffrey is in his second year so knowing the offense will be better but very little playing experience. Smothers, like the above two quarterbacks, is a January enrolled student. It definitely hastens his development. But he still is a true freshman playing the hardest position in sports.
But the leash for AM should and will be shorter, IMO. He has to earn the job and play at a level to keep the job. Any QB should have a leash, it just depends how long it is by variables determined by Scott Frost and his assistants on offense mainly. So playing favorites isn’t my preference and I just hope whoever it is plays at a high level. Hopefully at a all-conference level.