Quote:Knowing your hot read on a blitz isn't going through progressions.

 

The way I recall the game was just as I said. If the first option didn't come open and he had to go somewhere else he seemed to get lost trying to go to his second or third read.

 

I would find that disturbing as a texans fan, considering this isn't a new scheme or system to him.

I would chalk that up to first game jitters more than being lost. He was confident and poised but any QB will have some nerves to work through on a first start. He'll have a big challenge Sunday since the Bengals blitz heavily but the few times he saw a blitz he seemed to handle it well.


Again I'm not getting too excited about Mallett but so far he's made a good impression. I would like for him to succeed, because a division with Andrew Luck, Blake Bortles and Ryan Mallett could be interesting and make the division fun again. But obviously the chances of that happening are still slim.

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