How Hard Will Chad Kelly's Transition Be?

[Rich]

Kelly's mobility puts him at an immediate advantage over MBT. If he is able to put in the work; learn the playbook, do the film work on the other teams, read Canadian defences. On this championship caliber team he can do very well. He will be extending plays that wound up in sacks taken. That Grey Cup run is a sack if MBT is still in the game.

As football evolves it seems that the limited-mobility, drop-back pure pocket passer is becoming a thing of the past. As defences get more and more sophisticated, a QB who can make plays with his feet is becoming more and more of a necessity. The two QBs in the super bowl were two of the most mobile QBs in the league, and this trend is not likely reversing.

For most of the last 10 seasons the Argonauts have had limited-mobility drop-back pure pocket passers at the helm, and as great as those guys were I’m really looking forward to the excitement that a quality mobile QB brings to an offence, especially an offence as loaded as this one. It creates more possibilities on every single play.

[OV Argo]

As football evolves it seems that the limited-mobility, drop-back pure pocket passer is becoming a thing of the past. As defences get more and more sophisticated, a QB who can make plays with his feet is becoming more and more of a necessity. The two QBs in the super bowl were two of the most mobile QBs in the league, and this trend is not likely reversing.

For most of the last 10 seasons the Argonauts have had limited-mobility drop-back pure pocket passers at the helm, and as great as those guys were I’m really looking forward to the excitement that a quality mobile QB brings to an offence, especially an offence as loaded as this one. It creates more possibilities on every single play.

And if the current Argo staff shared your thinking on the value of mobile, athletic QBs Rich, then why didn't they draft Tre Ford when they had the opportunity last season? Ford blows away most if not all NCAA ball QBs they could hope to sign in speed & athleticisim; and he had great passing stats in college ball. And former U Sports starter at Saint Mary's - Kaleb Scott - who is a real run threat QB, is still playing with success over in the pro league in France - wonder if he would be interested in a CFL try-out? Or several years Mac starter Andreas Dueck - very accurate passer with decent mobility - pretty sure he is available as a FA. No, better to sign a bunch of Div. III level QBs with zero clue about Canadian ball, but they could say they have a bit of mobility instead, and much more importantly, they're American only, so maybe they believe they've signed another Patrick Mahomes like talent.

[Rich]

And if the current Argo staff shared your thinking on the value of mobile, athletic QBs

You raise an interesting point, OV. We don’t really know Dinwiddie’s thinking on this, but we can speculate: What type of QB best suits his offensive philosophy?

He cut his coaching teeth working with Bo Levi, who wasn’t especially athletic. But reading about some of his plans for the Kelly offence makes me wonder if mobile/athletic might be right up his alley.

[ArgoRavi]

You raise an interesting point, OV. We don’t really know Dinwiddie’s thinking on this, but we can speculate: What type of QB best suits his offensive philosophy?

He cut his coaching teeth working with Bo Levi, who wasn’t especially athletic. But reading about some of his plans for the Kelly offence makes me wonder if mobile/athletic might be right up his alley.

From what I have heard Dinwiddie say, like any good coach, he is planning on tailoring his offence to Kelly's strengths.