I watched a interview with Terry Bradshaw about this situation. He said he agreed that Phil should be starting at QB while Phil was at Louisiana Tech. Terry had nothing but good things to say about Phil.
I saw that interview on youtube... blew me away with how sincere and humble Bradshaw was about the relationship he had with Phil as 2nd string QB. “Blond Bomber? Ducks are flying... ducks are flying high today”.
Great stories. Just search “Bradshaw Leno Duck Dynasty” in youtube and it comes up as the top “hit”.