First off let's start out by saying all qbs coming out of the draft have some issue or another. That's why they are considered prospects. They all have different issues and all enter different situation for the team that drafts them. So let's look at Blake.


Blake was a junior coming out and played 2 years in a college style variation of a pro style offense. He had no qb coach as well. He has mechanical issues in his foot work. Not major issues but things that can linger that can affect his accuracy and arm stregth if not corrected.


He also is going to a team with 4 new starters on the offensive line, a totally new back field and a revamped receiving corps with two rookies.


Now on to the question; the foot work issues are things you want ironed out prior to playing. This needs to be his new mechanical ability and basacically be his nature to do as such. It's easy to do it in practice but once the pressure is on and fatigue sets in people tend to throw all that learned behavior out the window and revert back to what they do naturally, unless he develops this skill to be his new natural behavior.


This is not something you can focus on during the season because the focus is installing game plans and practicing that for the week. With being the back up he can have a few more reps focused solely on the development process. Almost like an extended training camp. I don't think anyone feels he can't learn anything from playing day one but that is not where he is in his developmental process.


Now add the situation the current team he came to is in and it goes a little deeper than just his on short comings.

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