bigskydoc
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Anthony!":1y974tvq said:So wait a QB in his 2nd year and former starter has no awareness of were he is on the field? really and you want him as your backup QB, I mean he played college ball, the same rules this is his 2nd year in the NFL, he played HS ball and after all that still no awareness were he is on the field. Hmm that is a huge problem
You may be misinterpreting my desire to see TP taking second team reps against Chicago as a desire to see him as our #2 QB. I have no opinion yet on where TP should end up come Aug 26th (first roster cuts) or 30th (final roster cuts). I just want a reasonable opportunity to evaluate him in the job that he is competing for, the #2 QB. He has shown more potential than I expected, but we haven't seen enough to make a determination of if (or where) he fits into our system.
To make that determination, I would like to see him take second team reps against a good defense after he has had adequate time to learn our system, but before the first roster cuts. I think that it is appropriate for TJack to get the second team reps during the first two pre-season games, so the Chicago game is perfectly suited for moving TP into the 2nd slot for a final evaluation before the first round of cuts.
His lack of on-field awareness in the Denver game was concerning and looked like a huge problem to me.
Like I said.
bigskydoc":1y974tvq said:You would think that at this point in a running QB's career, knowing where the LOS is should be pretty automatic.
At the same time, I saw more from him than I expected so the LOS awareness issue is puzzling. Perhaps he was so focused on figuring out the system that he couldn't just relax and play. Perhaps he is used to reading the LOS by the position of the line, but our line was so blown up that he couldn't use his normal cues. I don't know.
When we brought him in, my hope was that we could get him to change positions. Now, I would say that my hope is that we turn him into a serviceable #2. Not necessarily our #2. If he gives us good showings on the second team against Chicago and Oakland, he might be good trade fodder. I could see us tucking him in at #3 for a mid-season trade to a team in desperate need but who has a spare lineman or a good draft pick.
- bsd