Taosman
Your Cousin In New Mexxico
With Boeckman, are we seeing an end to pocket QBs at Ohio State?
Or is this just imitating a temporary fad?
Or is this just imitating a temporary fad?
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xcrunner
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I think it's using 2 incredibly gifted athletes as much as possible... And a decent amount of that for both Henton and Pryor, if/whenever they start will be in the pocket.
Tressel likes athletes at quarterback, so he can mold them into good pocket passers, who are just as good throwers as anyone else (see Troy's, what... 5 ints his senior year?) but can also scramble, run, and get out of the pocket to throw.
Tressel likes athletes at quarterback, so he can mold them into good pocket passers, who are just as good throwers as anyone else (see Troy's, what... 5 ints his senior year?) but can also scramble, run, and get out of the pocket to throw.
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Fad. Not to mention the fact that a mobile QB doesn't mean he's not also a pocket passer. But, in any case.... football is cyclical. As soon as enough Ds sell out to stop the mobile QB who can't throw real well, the pocket passer will be all the rage.
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I think it's more Tressel getting his style of QB into the system.
That's pretty scary for the rest of the Big Ten.
That's pretty scary for the rest of the Big Ten.
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Perhaps for a while, but things go in cycles in college football.
Edit - as BKB said two minutes ago.
Edit - as BKB said two minutes ago.
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I can't believe you guys are throwing pocket QBs at Ohio State under the bus!! WTF is wrong with you people?
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It's OK, Gramps... I know you and Nacho man are in a battle royal about some old guy stuff, or something. :pBB73;1130128; said:
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Deety;1130130; said:
He goes on cycles...sheesh.
Everyone at Ohio State will be developed into a pocket passer, regardless of how mobile they are (ala Troy Smith). By the time Pryor is taking snaps as the starter, he'll have been molded into a pass-first QB. Now, his freakish mobility will lead to more called QB-run plays and help him escape the rush, but he'll still be expected to go through his read progressions just like a "normal" QB on pass plays...
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I don't watch as much of the NFL as I used to, but last I checked pretty much every NFL QB was throwing primarily from the pocket.
Pryor is coming to OSU to learn to be an effective pocket quarterback.
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buckiprof
21st Century Buckeye Man
MililaniBuckeye;1130238; said:
Exactly. This is called developing the player so he has an opportunity at the next level. Which leads to Oh's post....
Oh8ch;1130245; said:
And if TP is successful, this could lead to future top notch dual-threat QB's looking to OSU for the proper development.
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rocketman
flying low
I think Tressel has a very complex, yet often times subtle system when it comes to grooming QB's. First, he puts the ball in the guy's hands. Then, he gets that guy to put the ball in the endzone. Then, he directs the guy to repeat that process as many times as he can, without making mistakes.
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rocketman;1130268; said:
Look, like most posters here, I really appreciate it when someone takes the time to explain the more technical aspects of the game.
But, whoa! Can you please slow that down a bit and explain some of the intermediate steps? I get lost in the complexity of it all.
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DaytonBuck
I've always liked them
The wave of the future at OSU is option QBs in the mold of Eric Crouch
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IronBuckI
Calmer than you are.
It's not my fault that the pocket was right in front of the bus. It's also not my fault that a pocket passer is, by definition, too slow to move out of the way of the bus. Now take your happy elitist ass back to the recruiting forum and give me some updates.osugrad21;1130131; said:
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