TigerJ
12-12-2006, 12:17 PM
I ran across this blurb in an article on young QBs in S. I. CNN.com
"Unless you're somebody like San Diego's Phillip Rivers or Dallas's Tony Romo, players who have had a few years to sit and learn, there's simply a lot for younger quarterbacks to digest, sometimes too much. Says Buffalo coach Dick Jauron: "There are so many things that can occur on a given play. You have to consider all the multiple fronts a quarterback can see and all the multiple pressures. He has to make decisions on all those things. I believe it's easy for us coaches to say that it's not a lot. This one more play won't be too much. But it is a lot, particularly if a guy is just learning."
Jauron and his staff have made a conscious effort to minimize the package they give to third-year quarterback J.P. Losman because they think it would still be counter-productive to throw too much at him. They're especially reluctant to give him too many complicated plays in passing situations on third downs, simply because they don't think he's ready to handle those challenges yet, especially not behind a weak offensive line. The Bills currently rank 30th in the NFL in third-down conversions because of that approach but they've seen Losman progress. After struggling mightily while trying to fit into Mike Mularkey's offense last season, Losman is gaining more confidence and his completion percentage has improved from 49.6 percent in 2005 to 63.2 this season."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jeffri_chadiha/12/12/comlex.nfl/1.html
More evidence that Dick Jauron and his staff has a better grasp of how to handle a young QB than did Mike Mularkey and his gang. Discus if you like.
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"Unless you're somebody like San Diego's Phillip Rivers or Dallas's Tony Romo, players who have had a few years to sit and learn, there's simply a lot for younger quarterbacks to digest, sometimes too much. Says Buffalo coach Dick Jauron: "There are so many things that can occur on a given play. You have to consider all the multiple fronts a quarterback can see and all the multiple pressures. He has to make decisions on all those things. I believe it's easy for us coaches to say that it's not a lot. This one more play won't be too much. But it is a lot, particularly if a guy is just learning."
Jauron and his staff have made a conscious effort to minimize the package they give to third-year quarterback J.P. Losman because they think it would still be counter-productive to throw too much at him. They're especially reluctant to give him too many complicated plays in passing situations on third downs, simply because they don't think he's ready to handle those challenges yet, especially not behind a weak offensive line. The Bills currently rank 30th in the NFL in third-down conversions because of that approach but they've seen Losman progress. After struggling mightily while trying to fit into Mike Mularkey's offense last season, Losman is gaining more confidence and his completion percentage has improved from 49.6 percent in 2005 to 63.2 this season."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jeffri_chadiha/12/12/comlex.nfl/1.html
More evidence that Dick Jauron and his staff has a better grasp of how to handle a young QB than did Mike Mularkey and his gang. Discus if you like.
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