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Kevin Hogan didn't take the starting job until the 10th game in his second year. IIRC, it took that long to master the playbook. Is it possible Brown is on a similar timeline?

Sure its possible. However, one must remember that the current playbook is not the same as the one TT used. To a significant extent, Brown will be starting over. He would be a year+ away on that Hogan timeline. A QB running an "NFL offense" also has many more reads and decisions at the LOS that he must make. TT's offense had significantly less of that. In fact, one of the frequent criticisms of using an NFL offense in college is that QB development takes too long. Chip Kelley at Oregon was the opposite of that with the coaches made all the decisions and signaled them in via animal posters :-). The consensus is that in today's college football, Kelley's approach is correct. Luck et. al. do not agree.

[Goose]

Kevin Hogan didn't take the starting job until the 10th game in his second year. IIRC, it took that long to master the playbook. Is it possible Brown is on a similar timeline?

Sure its possible. However, one must remember that the current playbook is not the same as the one TT used. To a significant extent, Brown will be starting over. He would be a year+ away on that Hogan timeline. A QB running an "NFL offense" also has many more reads and decisions at the LOS that he must make. TT's offense had significantly less of that. In fact, one of the frequent criticisms of using an NFL offense in college is that QB development takes too long. Chip Kelley at Oregon was the opposite of that with the coaches made all the decisions and signaled them in via animal posters :-). The consensus is that in today's college football, Kelley's approach is correct. Luck et. al. do not agree.