ChiCity said:
Burn a redshirt to be a holder? I for one am a little confused by this. One would think that there are others on the roster that could fill in holding on snaps. If Safron gets hurt, then bring the kid in, but if Safron makes it through the year playing every game and Vercher is only the holder all year, that doesn't make sense...
Don't fret, Vercher is certainly going to play. As you said, it makes zero sense to waste a year of eligibility unless they have some sort of plan for him besides placeholder. While Safron may start every game in which he's healthy, I'm sure they'll ease Vercher into games in certain packages - probably similar to how Urban Meyer utilized Tim Tebow his freshman year at Florida when Chris Leak was the starter. That'd be my guess.