Why can't Josh call his own plays in a hurry-up offense

[Ford Pinto]

Jim Kelley did that and he was very effective. I think Josh may be a bit 'sharper' than Kelly and he has a great feel for what is going on the field. The great Ted Marchibroda let Jimbo do his thing. Why not Josh??

[YardRat]

Maybe he does.
Maybe he doesn't because he isn't sharper.
Maybe he does but the package is limited.

[Novacane]

Because Dorsey is a control freak?

[jamze132]

We don’t have a lot of insight into Josh’s aptitude. He doesn’t always make the right protection call or proper read. My guess is him calling the plays isn’t happening.

[sahlensguy]

Because Dorsey is a control freak?

Haha, probably. Hero ball is bad ops.

[OpIv37]

Who was the last QB to call his own plays? Manning? I don’t even think Brady did it. Offenses and defenses are a lot more complicated than when Kelly was calling plays.

[Woodman]

You better have a great Center .... depending on the play call ........ blocking assignments are critical and there was none better at that than Kent Hull ..... it ain't all the QB.

[Mace]

McDermott doesn't have the cojones to direct up tempo consistently, much less no huddle. Dorsey isn't going to defy his boss, Allen is going to keep trying to be a team guy.

McDermott doesn't unleash anything, he's motivational, not adaptive, and brakes when the gas pedal is needed because he's escared of screwing up what he probably already did.

[justasportsfan]

If you let Josh call the plays he'll call for Heroball all game. He's too emotional .