Mailbag question: Biggest improvements from year one to year two for quarterbacks

Posted at 4:00pm -- 12/31/2009


GBMW,

Where do you expect to see the biggest improvements from year one to year two with regards to Tate and Denard?

Thanks,

James B.

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Thanks for the question.

The biggest difference in our opinion will be the overall knowledge and feel for the offense that both should acquire. As with a regular option offense, it takes many reps to become proficient at running the spread offense by identifying the correct keys and making the proper calls.

For T. Forcier the improvement we expect to see is his ability to check down and take what defenses give him. At times he had a tendency to force things or prejudge where the ball was going and what he was going to do with the ball.

D. Robinson's biggest improvement will be his basic fundamentals, such as footwork and steps, etc. He never had the advantage of spring practices, so his room for growth is larger than Tate and we expect him to improve this spring.

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