Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Goatie:
But he is playing football in practice and on the scout team. That is sharpening him up but putting the theory of learning the play book into his head without the pressure of a real game. So then he can make his mistakes and learn from them without it damaging the team. He needs to know the plays down pat before being thrown into the lions den so they are automatic. Then he can be more situationally aware as he does not have to concentrate on trying to remember complex plays. He just executes while being able to look around and not get killed.
You are keen to see him play. I get that. But be careful what you wish for because if you get your wish he may not play for long before getting broken for good.
He's not playing meaningful football at practice...he's not even running the same offense, if he's playing the other QB on scout drills. He's not running our offense. So what mistakes are you talking about? What is he learning?
I keep asking this question and no one will answer it...so do you think Lance would have looked better week 5 vs AZ if he....got all the first string reps through TC/OTAs, preseason, practices and started week 1? He's been "developing" aka not playing football for 5+ months and then got tossed into the game week 5....do you think him sitting that long helped him vs AZ or would him playing football for the past 5 months with the starters and in game helped him week 5?
My understanding is he gets 10-20% starter reps.
The point of the scout team reps is it not only helps him to see how other systems work but helps teach him how to read a defense, our defense. That also teaches him the speed of the NFL.
