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Friday, August 8, 2008
QBs will get blasted, have a blast
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I spoke yesterday with Craig Candeto, a quarterback at Navy from 2001-‘04. He had been there for two seasons when Paul Johnson was arrived, and was primary signal caller for PJ’s first two seasons.
You won’t be surprised to learn that he loves the offense.
He did point out, though, there there are ways to slow it.
“There are a lot of things a defense can do to give you a false read. The best teams defending it were the ones that saw it, like Air Force,” he said. “A defensive end can crash down on the fullback and make it look like he’s going to tackle him, put a hand on him, and then bounce outside on the quarterback.
“A linebacker can be running at you, and at the last second run to the pitch.”
There was more, but the point was the offense is not failsafe. Of course. Nothing is. Candeto also went out of his way to point out that the quarterback get hit A LOT in this offense, to the point where his passing game may be affected because, “you’re going to end up with sore hands, elbow, shoulders … you get hit almost every play either carrying the ball or carrying out your fake.”
Bottom line, though, he loved it.
“I’m a huge believer in coach Johnson, and a huge believer in that offense,” Candeto said. “He’s not taking over a team that was 0-11. I think if the guys buy into the program, I’m not saying national championship or anything, I think they can have a winning season and go to a bowl game.”
Back LATER today WITH some practice UPDATES, although probably not from the morning session (I’m working on football section stories today).
Matt
