Backup QB

[BigRedBuster]

The safest place for TA is in the pocket. It is how plays are designed and are to be run efficiently and effectively. Footwork, pocket presence and balance it is an art. Shoot P. Manning and T. Brady are virtuosos in this medium . TA understands this, IMO , qb runs should not be designed so much as stagnant but as intuitive to the happenstance of each play.

Soooo....no designed QB runs.

 

 

Oooooook

[cfullm1]

 

The safest place for TA is in the pocket. It is how plays are designed and are to be run efficiently and effectively. Footwork, pocket presence and balance it is an art. Shoot P. Manning and T. Brady are virtuosos in this medium . TA understands this, IMO , qb runs should not be designed so much as stagnant but as intuitive to the happenstance of each play.

Soooo....no designed QB runs.

 

 

Oooooook

 

Eric Crouch dis-agrees... However with this current staff, that's what they want from Armstrong. We all know Riley is a pass first type coach so it makes sense what he's doing and hopefully TA can continue to improve this art, however it might be a couple years until Riley gets the right QB for this system in place.. Unless that person is Fyfe and he can get him up to speed sooner than later. I'm not sure if TA is the QB that fits the Riley system, he's just the guy that has the most experience right now and their best option.

[Cougar74]

Yeah a probable philosophical viewpoint that differs on system values, skill set, and exposure. I get what E. Crouch and others are saying but designed runs can not only impede qb development, cause injury, or even worse lead to a turnover culminating in a complete bog down for the offense hampering others abilities such as a running back or wide reciever. That outcome is unacceptable.

 

Not everyone can play qb like E. Crouch as great as he is. IMO TA keeps working he will facilitate the offense that is successful. remember TA is same guy that left Ann Harbor with a victory .That was cold. Give him a little time.

[BigRedBuster]

Yeah a probable philosophical viewpoint that differs on system values, skill set, and exposure. I get what E. Crouch and others are saying but designed runs can not only impede qb development, cause injury, or even worse lead to a turnover culminating in a complete bog down for the offense hampering others abilities such as a running back or wide reciever. That outcome is unacceptable.

 

Not everyone can play qb like E. Crouch as great as he is. IMO TA keeps working he will facilitate the offense that is successful. remember TA is same guy that left Ann Harbor with a victory .That was cold. Give him a little time.

There are a number of things in your post that are just not so.

 

A well coached running QB is not more prone to injury than one that stands in the pocket getting pounded on by 300 lb D linemen.

 

Running a QB does NOT impede development of RBs and WRs. Sure, if you do it 15-20 times a game it may, but nobody here wants to see that. 5-8 designed runs that are successful helps everyone else on the field including RBs and WRs.

 

There also is absolutely no reason why a QB running should lead to more turnovers than an RB running and ESPECIALLY more than throwing the ball.