If it were up to me I would start Paddock next week with the following reasoning. Iowa’s defense is good. Really good. If Altmeyer starts they will shut him down and he’ll probably look not too good. Then everyone will be saying “what a stupid move. paddock was doing great and you bench him.” Then the question becomes, who do you start against NW? Now you’ve really got a qb controversy. What a terrible thing for Luke to go through. He is our guy for the next two years most likely, so we don’t want that bad fan blood hanging over his head.
So, start Paddock. Most likely Iowa shuts him down (hope I’m wrong) and we lose, 14-6, or something like that. Then you can start LA against NW without all the second guessing, what-ifs’ from the fan base. If Paddock really struggles in the first half, you can put Luke in for the 2nd half. If Paddock shines again and we win, it’s a great call by coach B and he tells Luke, we have to stick with the hot hand, and Paddock finishes out the season as starter. The Vikings draft him in the first round and he leads them to the Super Bowl in his rookie year. (Why not?)
Case closed. Explain this logic to Luke, he’ll get it. Everyone is happy.