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Why do coaches try to change athletic QBs into WRs and such? I'm not talking about athletes playing QB. I'm talking about QBs that just are good athletes period. Been looking at Bridgewater and he's a good QB and will be special at the collegiate level. Why are some coaches trying to change him to WR? He can play WR from the reports but he's a QB. Anybody else see where I'm coming from.
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Lockdown1 said:
Why do coaches try to change athletic QBs into WRs and such? I'm not talking about athletes playing QB. I'm talking about QBs that just are good athletes period. Been looking at Bridgewater and he's a good QB and will be special at the collegiate level. Why are some coaches trying to change him to WR? He can play WR from the reports but he's a QB. Anybody else see where I'm coming from.
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If their potential is better at WR than at QB then it makes sense to move them. A lot of these guys play QB in high school because they're the best athlete on the team. Just because they can play QB doesn't mean they should. Average QB or excellent WR? Which one would you choose?
 
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My view on the situation is the mind of the player and what the coach wants from that position. If the kid is a runner, and you don't want a runner, you won't want him playing QB. That's just the way it goes.
Certain QBs who are true quarterbacks, but are runners as well, could be better suited at WR if the coach specifically wants someone to sit and wait out routes. When you have a runner who can take off, that really hinders certain offenses. They won't start to get going because the QB doesn't give the play enough time to develop.
If you're a coach and you want your QB to let routes develop, you will try to not have a QB that leaves the pocket too quickly. When you get that QB, he gets into a panic state, and it ruins an offense.
 
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crusse10 said:
My view on the situation is the mind of the player and what the coach wants from that position. If the kid is a runner, and you don't want a runner, you won't want him playing QB. That's just the way it goes.
Certain QBs who are true quarterbacks, but are runners as well, could be better suited at WR if the coach specifically wants someone to sit and wait out routes. When you have a runner who can take off, that really hinders certain offenses. They won't start to get going because the QB doesn't give the play enough time to develop.
If you're a coach and you want your QB to let routes develop, you will try to not have a QB that leaves the pocket too quickly. When you get that QB, he gets into a panic state, and it ruins an offense.
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Cutcliffe made Ainge chuck the ball into the stands instead of either running OR waiting for the route to develop :)
 
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Sabanocchio said:
That's right and passes that were interceptions in '05 were incompletions in '06. :eek:k:
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Hey...You mean with basically the same team, we go from 5-6 to a 2nd tier bowl game which we should have won?

I guess I'm all for eliminating sacks...
 
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Lockdown1 said:
Why do coaches try to change athletic QBs into WRs and such?
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Because they make their living at assessing players and putting them in the best places to try and win games??

That would be my guess :)
 
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Brad Smith was a pretty good college QB at Mizzou. He is now a second string WR with the Jets. Happens all the time at all levels.
 
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Coaches do what they believe is best for the team, and they will always put their players where they will help the team the most.
 
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btrotter said:
because in High School, coaches usually put there best athlete at the QB position
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this. unless the guy cant throw at all. In most cases a guy who can run a 4.4 or even a 4.5 can easily outrun everybody on the field, so if protection brakes down you are assured a 5 yard gain.
 
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The thing about Bridgewater is that while he may be a pretty great QB, he's been called the next Andre Johnson in terms of WR. Either one would be great, and we may take him as a QB, but if a school has another solid QB and needs a WR or something like that, I can see why they would change that.
 
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bburger991 said:
The thing about Bridgewater is that while he may be a pretty great QB, he's been called the next Andre Johnson in terms of WR. Either one would be great, and we may take him as a QB, but if a school has another solid QB and needs a WR or something like that, I can see why they would change that.
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Is he really that good at WR? Because he's a good QB to me. And you have to think. If he has patience in the pocket to go along with his athleticism and arm he'll be unstoppable at QB. But if he's that good at WR for real it's a very hard decision for a coach.
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