Yet you lead with the dumbest of all propositions, "Start the Senior regardless with no competition to see who is the best player"
Tanner had a horrible year last year. Absolutely aweful. He couldn't see the field, and more importantly, he couldn't stay healthy. Why you would think he should be named a starter without competition shows how little you understand about football.
You might want to let Aaron Roderick, Kalani Sitaki, and Jeff Grimes make the detmination after a fair competition. If its Tanner, great, lets support him. But if its not...lets support that player. Even if he's a freshman.
But after last year, lets not pretend that Tanner is the EASY answer for QB.