Quote:I know this will work on his mechanics and what not but how does he get better at pre-snap and in-play reading of defenses?  That's what killed him this year with all the bad INTs.

 

Not a troll post but really asking?  Does that come from him working with his QB coach?  OC?  Does Tom House help at all in that realm?  Just more experience?

 

 

Quote:Exactly, Jeremy!

 

Bortles' issues are mental. Physically, he has it all, but if you cant go to a line, identify the defense and it's weaknesses, and make adjustments as warranted, well, that's just a head issue.

 

It's like any other complex skill that you want to learn; you break it down into steps, you work on the individual steps one at a time, then you start to piece them together. It's how John Wooden used to coach up his basketball teams.

 

Because you want the act of delivering the football to border on being instinctual. You need to be careful with the exertion, but you want to whittle down the time between when the player sees the opportunity to when he releases the ball. Passing coaches will put a player in all kinds of situations where he learns how to deliver the ball quickly and in correct form. Then, the player takes that back to his coaching staff and they work on where to deliver the ball.

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