QBs, coaches want longer QB skirts

[Grits and Shins]

[whine] Don't hit my fragile QB at the knees when he is running the play option ... he should have the same protection as a potential runner as he does as a passer [/whine]

 

If you don't want your QB treated/hit like a RB then don't have him run the ball and don't have him run plays where one of the options is for him to run the ball.

Edited August 24, 2015 by Grits and Shins

[Shorttynaz]

I was gonna start a conversation about this. While I think Suggs is a dirtier (than most) player, I don't agree with the flag. You wanna protect your QB, don't put him in harms way

[SoxBandit]

I think the point they were making was that they play in question was not a true "read option"...it was a basically a straight hand-off from the shot-gun formation.

 

Is any quarterback that hands off from the shotgun formation at risk of being hit in the knees? If so, we are going to see a lot less draw plays called.

 

 

 

[Grits and Shins]

I think the point they were making was that they play in question was not a true "read option"...it was a basically a straight hand-off from the shot-gun formation.

 

Is any quarterback that hands off from the shotgun formation at risk of being hit in the knees? If so, we are going to see a lot less draw plays called.

 

 

 

 

I suspect that they have seen Chip Kelly's QB run the ball from that formation, thus they considered it a play option. Either way it was clear he was not intending to pass the ball which makes him fair game.