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Originally Posted by DRM08
I think Gruden might be throwing Carr into the deep end of the pool a little too soon. He said he wants him to take on more responsibility and become a "CEO quarterback like Brady and Brees" with total control of the offense. I don't think Carr has the intelligence or accuracy to have that kind of control.
Mahomes always keeps his eyes downfield. He views the pass rush as an excuse to do his favorite thing in the world: improvise. The best strategy against him is to get the DE's to contain him in the pocket. University of Kansas DC did this to him in 2015 and 2016. Pat struggled a lot with it.
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This is how defenses try to play against Aaron Rodgers, but he has learned how to kill them from inside and outside the pocket. Patrick mentioned wanting to get to that level in that GMFB interview, even mentioning that he wants to be a guy who defenses just kinda hope they catch on an off day.. thought that was cool/funny.
If he can master working inside the pocket, he will be deadly. He showed strides from even the preseason I thought during W17 in that regard. Better footwork, smoother lower half mechanics. His upper half mechanics have always been spectacular.
You might be right on the Carr thing too. Gruden is very, very demanding of the position. You can tell when they show the old videos of him coaching Chris Simms. I think Jon expects his QB to be able to think and understand on the same level as him, and that's asking an awful lot. Not sure he's been very good at managing the QB's progress, and it sounds like he won't slow down for Carr either.