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Carolina Ram (Charlotte)
Mr. Wagoner, Bradford seems to be such a polarizing subject but I never hear anyone breakdown his skill set. What he does better than most NFL QBs and what he does worse. Does he lock on to receivers, is he able to recognize defenses pre-snap, etc... Also are his receivers running the routes as designed? Do they recognize the defense and make the adjustment to the route they should make? In other words are they consistently where they are supposed to be when they are to supposed to be there? I appreciate any light you can shed on the subject. Thanks
Nick Wagoner
(1:53 PM)
I think that's a fair question. First, some good: Bradford has a really good grasp of the offense and has a great understanding of how things are supposed to work when everyone is doing their job. He throws a really nice, accurate deep ball and in general is a pretty accurate quarterback (who has been the victim of countless drops in his career). His arm isn't the strongest in the world but he has plenty to fit it into tight windows and hit the deep out. Some bad: He struggles at times to go through his progressions and his pocket presence is lacking. He's quick to go to check downs and often refuses to throw the ball into coverage. Some of that may be a mistrust of his receivers to win one on one battles but sometimes you have to put faith in your receivers to go up and get it. And, of course, he's had his share of injury issues in half of his NFL seasons. That counts for something too. For the most part, he hasn't had much help from receivers to answer that part of the question. It's a young group and they miss sight adjustments fairly often.
Carolina Ram (Charlotte)
Mr. Wagoner, Bradford seems to be such a polarizing subject but I never hear anyone breakdown his skill set. What he does better than most NFL QBs and what he does worse. Does he lock on to receivers, is he able to recognize defenses pre-snap, etc... Also are his receivers running the routes as designed? Do they recognize the defense and make the adjustment to the route they should make? In other words are they consistently where they are supposed to be when they are to supposed to be there? I appreciate any light you can shed on the subject. Thanks
(1:53 PM)
I think that's a fair question. First, some good: Bradford has a really good grasp of the offense and has a great understanding of how things are supposed to work when everyone is doing their job. He throws a really nice, accurate deep ball and in general is a pretty accurate quarterback (who has been the victim of countless drops in his career). His arm isn't the strongest in the world but he has plenty to fit it into tight windows and hit the deep out. Some bad: He struggles at times to go through his progressions and his pocket presence is lacking. He's quick to go to check downs and often refuses to throw the ball into coverage. Some of that may be a mistrust of his receivers to win one on one battles but sometimes you have to put faith in your receivers to go up and get it. And, of course, he's had his share of injury issues in half of his NFL seasons. That counts for something too. For the most part, he hasn't had much help from receivers to answer that part of the question. It's a young group and they miss sight adjustments fairly often.