jerrym
02-03-2016, 10:40 PM
In an interview John Murphy, Saskatchewan Roughriders Assistant V.P. of Player Personnel, has given his assessment of former Argo Brett Smith's progress:
I thought Brett did a number of good things last year. You could see obviously by the production that's there. What wasn't there was the wins and losses and the turnovers were concerning and sometimes maybe the accuracy in terms of intermediate accuracy. He made some big plays rolling out of the pocket sometimes but you want to make sure that some of these younger QBs could've gone to the checkdowns instead of running as often as they did. You don't want to have your starting quarterback or developmental quarterback running so much out of necessity. You only wanting them running on designed plays or when the pocket breaks down. We understand the situation that those guys were playing under at that time of the season so you don't want to be too hard or critical at the end of the day. Starting quarterbacks are judged on wins and losses and that was a component that just wasn't good enough there but Brett did a lot of good things to make you realize the kid was only 24 years. Brett, coming out of college when he did, was only 21 years old and has already been with two CFL teams. Having a full training camp will be a difference-maker for him and how he plays in training camp and the preseason.
http://www.rodpedersen.com/2016/02/murphy-on-riders.html
I thought Brett did a number of good things last year. You could see obviously by the production that's there. What wasn't there was the wins and losses and the turnovers were concerning and sometimes maybe the accuracy in terms of intermediate accuracy. He made some big plays rolling out of the pocket sometimes but you want to make sure that some of these younger QBs could've gone to the checkdowns instead of running as often as they did. You don't want to have your starting quarterback or developmental quarterback running so much out of necessity. You only wanting them running on designed plays or when the pocket breaks down. We understand the situation that those guys were playing under at that time of the season so you don't want to be too hard or critical at the end of the day. Starting quarterbacks are judged on wins and losses and that was a component that just wasn't good enough there but Brett did a lot of good things to make you realize the kid was only 24 years. Brett, coming out of college when he did, was only 21 years old and has already been with two CFL teams. Having a full training camp will be a difference-maker for him and how he plays in training camp and the preseason.
http://www.rodpedersen.com/2016/02/murphy-on-riders.html