I hope that we continue to rush the ball really effectively. I think we can build on that. When we rush the ball and do a good job with our screen game, I think our drop-back pass game will continue to improve. ... That's usually the last thing to come together.
Quotes about drop-back (9 Quotes)
Now all of a sudden, you've got a moving target. You can't cookie-cutter him into a drop-back quarterback mentality. He provides too much of a threat to a defense. He can change the field position with one run.
Our biggest thing is we can't fall behind early like we did. We can't become predictable on offense. Where we have had effectiveness over the last four or five years is when we can mix up the run and the pass. When we are effective running the ball then we can get our play-action going. We can get our drop-back going. We keep defenses on their heels and keep them off-balance because they don't know where we're coming.
With Gerell, you have to make him find you, ... He likes to scramble a lot, and he is on the run and has to find you. With Mark, he is more of the drop-back passer who will sit and go through all of his reads to find you.
There's no doubt, ... When you can run the football, it sets up the pass. We have become more of a play-action offense because of these three guys. Last year, 90 percent was all drop-back. With L. D. we have gone to a lot more play-action and the defense has to respect that.
Brian had a nice day. He only threw nine passes, but completed six. We're looking to set up the play-action pass and try to keep U-32 off-balance. But as far as our drop-back passing, that will have to go on the back burner for awhile.
Jeff is the classic drop-back guy. We will have no designed run for Jeff like we did for Alvin Cowan '05. He is an excellent play-action guy and has gotten a great feel for the screen game through the spring and preseason.
I think Curtis has made a lot of strides in the drop-back passing game. It was not his forte last year. He needed to make a lot of work on it and I think he has.
Dan didn't like play-action we didn't have a running game, so consequently we didn't have play action. Most of the stuff we did was drop-back passing or the shotgun, and Dan always was looking down field. He could sense where the pressure was coming from and quickly get the ball off.