If I’m being honest, which I try to be, I would say we are a run first, then play-action fake offense (you get the drift). But I haven’t seen how either QB executes that. Will take a look tonight but I don’t think the spring game will tell me too much.
Greg said in his presser that the spring game isn't much of a measure - "more for the fans" and to give the HS kids a big stadium look he said.
OB is a funny spot in that there are a lot of things to learn and only a dozen games a year to learn them. Guys that start out good can go bad and vice versa. My high school QB was mediocre. We had an all-state basketball TE but coach didn't want to pass to him. Half the OL was great (one went to NYG camp) and the rest a disaster.
When my friend went to college he was doing well but by Jr year he was throwing lasers. If you ran out for a long ball you could hear it coming without looking (Namath was like that). I didn't even want to catch for him and get my fingers jammed. He end-up with 7 yr pro career (most in USFL). He went to a NYG camp and Belichick used to call him "Whip" because he could throw far and hard .
In any case, 16 yr old Ashokan would never have belived his QB bud would be in a Dallas Cowboy camp and Sports Ilustrated photos with Danny White. Running backs can get by on some raw ability but a QB has to have skills, support talent and QB coaching. We see lot of talented QBs get drafter but they go to teams that wreck QBs.
People could hate on Vedral, but for having no blocking and oft injured receivers, he was good at what he did on that particlular team. Then people wanted Wimsatt to start without even knowing much. "We have a real QB recruit why are we not using him?" I used to read. Then people started hating Wimsatt and wanted someone off the bench. Now the Greek is seen as a deliverer but its too early to see that. If he was that good Minn would not have let him go so easy.
Need to see the OL and new WRs (Greg said the room is a lot improved this year ). Maybe one of the other guys starts to flash. You can get surprised by guys maturing and getting good coaching and support talent. I can see a starter making a mistake and people will start hating and calling for the other guy and then they will hate him lol.
This is supposed to be the "mastery year" for GW in Kirk's system so he should start to flash early if he's on schedule. Greek knows Kirk's system so he shouldn't be too lost in playbook. Only a few real games will tell. This is one of those years where you see "the lights go on" for some players. When asked about this spring's practices Greg said "it felt like I was watching a real football team that's developed, and not just watching a bunch of guys running plays." That's a big deal for a football team.
GW's boss skill is the way he eats-up yardage on his bursts. He's not a scrambler like Kyler Murray. If he gets medium sized gap with a little room to make a hard cut he can be gone for 40 yds. He has a huge stride. I saw it first thing in his HS tape. If he gets the accuracy polished he could scare DCs because you cant lean pass over run and vice versa
