Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Agree, and probably because Jimmy isn't the kind of athletic QB that would make scramble drills worthwhile to practice.
If Fields/Lance is the pick, Kyle will have to incorporate more scramble drill type offensive plays to take advantage of the QB's athleticism. Maybe even something designed like the Play Action Boot Pass where if Fields/Lance has pretty much play-faked the entire 11 man defense, he has the greenlight from Kyle to run to the end zone (or something like that).
The entire offense goes to other level with those guys. The run game would be nuts.
our RZ issues greatly improve. You got a man down on defense that has to spy. You get to dictate coverages, especially on 3rd down (you're not replaying man).
I mean just look at what QBs give kyle the most issues...why in the world would he not want that?
I dont know the actual reasons he may not currently want that. But maybe he likes what he likes? Again I don't know why he likes pocket QBs vs Mobile QBs seemingly at this point in time, but I agree it makes mores sense from my perspective to have that athletic dimension you say, as long as the QB intangibles aren't unduly sacrificed for athleticism.
I think its the intangibles that he's focusing on, and that I think is the main reason Bradys won so many Lombardies. As you said intsngibles are really hard to judge and evaluate, and stats and records aren't enough to make those kinds of judgments. Film helps, for sure, but even that isn't a guarantee that #3 pick going to be great in the intangibles department at the NFL level.
What i will say is that Kyle (at worst) will make the #3 pick good enough to not get fired. I think he's that good a coach. Specially if he can make a guy like Mullens a serviceable QB i think he can do anything.