Purple Insider: Its QB whispering time

[StickierBuns]

https://www.purpleinsider.football/p/cam...whispering

Interesting article contrasting the book 'The Quarterback Whisperer' by Bruce Arians and how it relates to what KOC is doing with JJM and JJM's innate/tangible abilities as it related to success and the position.

[MaroonBells]

Another good read. 

"All of this started to make me think about the value of having a former quarterback and play caller as the head coach. The entire week is built around the idea of creating the most comfort possible for the quarterback and playing to his strengths. Not that defensive coaches can’t achieve this with QBs — Belichick won a decent amount of games with Brady — but having the man in command of the franchise and its most important player tied at the hip would seem to be a cheat code."

In hindsight, I'm so happy we pulled the plug on the Zimmer/Spielman thing and brought in KAM and KOC before we drafted our QBOTF. Offensive HCs seem to be a growing trend, with KOC, Sirianni, Reid, Payton, Shanahan and McVay having a good amount of success. Cool thing is that among the above, KOC is the only one who actually played QB.

[Zanary]

Another good read. 

"All of this started to make me think about the value of having a former quarterback and play caller as the head coach. The entire week is built around the idea of creating the most comfort possible for the quarterback and playing to his strengths. Not that defensive coaches can’t achieve this with QBs — Belichick won a decent amount of games with Brady — but having the man in command of the franchise and its most important player tied at the hip would seem to be a cheat code."

In hindsight, I'm so happy we pulled the plug on the Zimmer/Spielman thing and brought in KAM and KOC before we drafted our QBOTF. Offensive HCs seem to be a growing trend, with KOC, Sirianni, Reid, Payton, Shanahan and McVay having a good amount of success. Cool thing is that among the above, KOC is the only one who actually played QB.

Signed.

Not to knock Teddy, but he was the personification of what Zimmer wanted in a QB: good enough for the position, good teammate, good with media, played the game plan, and took little of his focus off of the defense and clock control. Teddy was manageable in terms of personality, skills, game planning, and being a good soldier...but, even Bradford was a challenge as he had twice Teddy's arm and didn't shy away from big-risk plays. Then came Case, who was a lucky improvisor in the right place/time, and finally Kirko; every QB after Teddy had bigger arms and/or ambitions than Teddy showed on the field. Those traits were positives for the team, for the receivers (just look at recrods set by Diggs, Thielen, and JJ), but not for a "grind like it's 1973" head coach that treated offense like an afterthought.

[Montana Tom]

Very insightful article. Not taken from the perspective of all time winning QBs, but from Arian's very specific observations about four very different individuals...and how their habits and attitude align with JJM.

Can't wait for TC to start.