This is how I'd like to see Brad Smith's pass attempts go. Safe/easy pass patterns that he can throw only if the receiver is open. If not, then he keeps the ball & runs or throws incompletion. As long as Smith has the discipline to avoid pass attempts which require a quality throw for completion then it's a good thing. Helps keep the defense more honest against wildcat runs.
lol. um.. no. having said that. schotty seems to like having it in there. whether or not it became the rage after the phins, or whatever reason its in the playbook. come the offseason if we are to find out we aren't gonna use it at all, i'd be thinking how to utilize smith, but other than that i probably wouldn't care. so its not like i'm in love with the formation or anything... so if its there. we should at least try to give it higher percentages for success. unless the point is to prove its not too successfull ( que someone telling me the net yards from all WC plays ) lol.
He's a FA. I think he's got some real ability. Could return punts, too. If they could get him on the cheap, I think he'd fit in great here.
In response to the OP, I never want to see Brad Smith drop back from under center again. He either makes a quick read out of the shotgun or throws it on a bootleg. Either way, he has to have the chance to take off and run from the moment of the hike, not after he's finished his dropback. That's the only way he can be a danger as a passer.
Hey, I'm not arguing with you. Bess is one of the few guys on that team that was ever a danger, maybe one of 4 on the offense during Sparano's tenure.
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Well I meant by you saying his arguments are "asinine" and "junc logic" obviously that would goad him whether they are true or not. I'm not saying your argument is whats shitting on him, well technically it is, in the sense that you win because Brad Smith is obviously able to throw a pass in the NFL.
Not is a straight drop back play like they called yesterday. Roll out - run/pass option if the receiver is uncovered - yes.
the pass yesterday actually wasn't bad at all, it was just miscommunication. Smith threw the ball before Edwards made his break on the CB. It appears as though he thought that Edwards was going to break to the outside of the CB, so he threw what would've actually been a really good ball. Instead, Edwards broke to the inside (which definitely seemed to be the right decision because it was wide open since the S crept up into the box). If Smith had read this correctly and thrown it deep towards the middle, we could very well be talking about a 60ish yard TD
That's of course one of the reasons why you don't do it - Smith has taken so few (if any) reps as a dropback QB that expecting him to be able to read something like this (and expecting his communication with receiver to be good enough that they're both on the same page) is IMO asking way too much. Obviously I voted yes on the poll, since as many others have noted, players with far less ability to throw the ball have successfully thrown passes on halfback/wide receiver option plays. The key is for the linebackers/secondary to be confused enough that they let someone get away from them and it's an easy completion. The Jets should leave the tough reads to Sanchez.
I hated how they made it into a conventional pass play, they should have kept him in shotgun. They didn't sell the fake by feigning run.
Is that really a question? Brad Smith might be the best player in the NFL to throw out of wildcat formation.
Yeah, I mean just keep him back there in shotgun and run the same play. What difference does it make? Its not like Brad has never handled shotgun snaps along with Mangold.
The fact that Brad Smith is a former BCS QB means he should be able to thread the needle between linebackers if need be. I'm surprised we haven't tried to use him more often in this capacity.
I'm not saying that Smith cannot due it but that's hardly proof enough that a plAyer can do that in this league. Pat White was a former BCS QB, how did his career turn out?
I don't watch a lot of CFB admittedly, but I find it hard to believe somebody could be a BCS QB without being able to throw a ball with some zip and accuracy. Could be wrong...
Not that college success always translates to NFL success, but Smith threw for 8,000 yards in college. Yeah, his toss to Cotchery in last year's AFCCG game was underthrown, but it was a clutch completion. I thought he did a great job Sunday running the ball. I wouldn't mind him throwing the ball in certain situations.
