Quarterback Kyron Drones may be the only silver lining from Saturday's game in Piscataway for the Hokies. (Ivan Morozov)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — If there was a silver lining from Virginia Tech’s 35-16 loss at Rutgers — and you’re digging fairly deep when that’s the first part of the sentence — it’s that Kyron Drones played well enough in his first career start to think the Hokies will be OK at quarterback going forward.