Iowa named Nathan Stanley as its starting quarterback, bringing up one question: Was it the right move?

Iowa announced its starting quarterback on Monday.

Kirk Ferentz and his staff decided to elevate Nathan Stanley to the starting role, opting to go with Tyler Wiegers as the No. 2.

Two Daily Iowan staffers break down whether the starting quarterback decision was the correct choice.

Adam Hensley, sports editor:

No — Do I think that Iowa made the right decision by promoting Stanley to the starting quarterback?

Yes, I do.

But I’m here to play devil’s advocate.

Wiegers has experience going for him. This will be his third season with the Hawkeye program.

Granted, Brian Ferentz will have a new offensive system, but Wiegers has a season up on Stanley in college. He redshirted in 2014, but that time was spent learning and absorbing techniques on playing in the Big Ten.

Wiegers didn’t make any major mistakes when suiting up for Iowa in 2015, backing up C.J. Beathard.

He completed his first and only pass in Iowa’s season-opener against Illinois State, completed another pass in garbage time against North Texas a few weeks later, and then finished 1-of-2 against Northwestern, connecting on a 22-yard pass.

Hawkeye fans know how the 2016 story went — Stanley leapfrogged Wiegers and earned the backup role, appearing in seven games.

Kirk Ferentz and his staff made their decision on who will be the starter, but if Stanley struggles early on, don’t be surprised if Wiegers sees playing time.

Because unlike the past two seasons, there wasn’t a clear-cut starter to begin spring camp.

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Sean Bock, reporter: 

Yes -— Kirk Ferentz went with youth over experience in deciding who would be the starting quarterback for the 2017 season-opener.

Sophomore Nathan Stanley will take the first snap under center over redshirt junior Tyler Wiegers.

As a freshman, Stanley completed 5-of-9 passes for 62 yards, but he has displayed great potential this off-season, showing he can run the show despite limited experience in his first season. 

At the Kids’ Day at Kinnick scrimmage on Aug. 12, Stanley was unofficially able to connect on 13-of-23 passes, totaling 153 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions. 

The one thing that jumps out when watching Stanley throw is his arm strength. At 6-5, 235 pounds, Stanley can make big plays with his arm, which will be necessary to keep a balanced offense. 

While all eyes are on the Iowa rushing attack this fall, the passing game will have to establish itself if the Hawkeyes want to be in the top tier of the Big Ten this year.

With his exceptional passing ability, Stanley can put the passing offense on the same level as the rushing attack, which would make the Iowa offense very difficult to contain. 

Along with Stanley’s inexperience as a starter, the wide receivers are also a big question mark heading into the season, which makes it hard to project how effective passing will be. 

If Iowa wants its passing attack to be a threat this season, I think the staff made the right choice in picking Stanley to run the show. His passing ability gives him a higher ceiling at this point than Wiegers and other candidates, which makes him a better option at quarterback.