Does Ramsey Have Some Trade Control?

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by Huddle

Well, if Salisbury and Clayton agree, I guess we can take that to the bank [forgive the sarcasm].

To answer your question...no...coaches don't tell a QB to take a seven-step drop and then plant. The QB might have four reads and he can't plant until he picks one. And, under pressure they bounce because it enables them to move quickly just as boxers stay on their toes before they plant to throw a punch.

One way for a QB to appear decisive is to cheat on his reads. Sliding quickly from your primary to your checkdown will do it. Tim Hassleback won a job with us by getting rid of the ball quickly, like a West Coast QB (I wonder who taught him that). There's no way in hell he was running through all his reads.

When Ramsey started, the ball was being distributed to different receivers. That's an indication that he was running through all his reads. Given our protection problems, it was probably a mistake on his part due to lack of experience.

I watched a Blitz a few weeks ago, when they showed how noticeably worse Peyton was when he was bouncing in the Playoffs, vs how he normally places his feet. I would contest that many times, Patrick doesnt even plant. he just "arms" it away from himself. And his inaccuracy when doing this is as obvious as his td/int ratio.

And i would argue that coaches do instruct their qb's on how many drop steps to take while reading a particular defense.