Dave Sez

Pack Picks Rivers' Replacement

NC State coach Chuck Amato named Jay Davis as the starting QB to succeed Philip Rivers. Davis is a redshirt junior, so he's been around long enough to learn the offense. Even better, he saw how Rivers ran it for the last three years. State has a ton of talent at the skill positions, so the potential is there for Davis to have a very good year. Could he pull a Tee Martin? Who knows, but the pieces are there. State after Rivers is the classic setting for the Ewing Theory. Rivers was individually brilliant, but the team never really won much of significance. Maybe now, with more all-around talent and less reliance on one player, they'll put it all together.

But then, Davis is just as likely to struggle. We'll see.