You could end up being right but the same size is too small to make any firm assessments at this point.
He certainly shows potential and that is what folks in the building like about him. Even more, they like the fact that he seemed poised and unflappable. Spencer played with a makeshift offensive line at times and receivers who weren’t very good. He never got down on them or himself. Rather, he went out and played as if he had top-notch talent around him, approaching every game with the belief they could win. That impressed people because it showed a sense of leadership and maturity on his part that he never embraced any notion of being at a disadvantage, even though he often was.
Another good point. There is no reason to crown Spencer at this point. But there are people in the building who’d like to move on from Carr and roll with Spencer. Carr’s contract complicates it and it’ll ultimately depend on what Moore decides. But Rattler definitely has a lot of fans on Airline. Does that mean they’ll stop looking to add to the room? No. They are continuing to scout the position as evidenced by some of the attention to Jaxson Dart this past week. That’ll continue. But their belief is that against some of their toughest competition all season, Spencer went out and showed tremendous promise while playing with backups. Sure, he didn’t win a game but he showed flashes. He has to get more consistent (though the lack of second half adjustments as teams switched up their approach to defending him often let him down) and he has to get stronger — something he’s focused on this off-season. There are little things. Footwork, speeding up his clock though you kind of saw vast improvement on that front from the earlier part of the season when he started versus the second time. But there are things he shows that you cannot teach. The arm strength, accuracy and ball placement, and overall moxie. Those are the reasons you try to develop him and even for Kellen will likely be the things that appeals though his concern is the same as many of ours—you haven’t seen enough to know if you got the one. But giving Spencer a chance to be the starter and to play with starting-caliber talent could start to answer the question. But the only way that happens is if they wipe their hands clean of Carr and let Rattler compete to be the starter.