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[Dooley]

Davis' touch is not quite there yet. Anderson should be our backup QB. I can see Davis seeing the field strictly for read-option plays though. Maybe as the season progresses and he gets more throwing reps in practice, they can add some plays to his play sheet.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Davis' touch is not quite there yet. Anderson should be our backup QB. I can see Davis seeing the field strictly for read-option plays though. Maybe as the season progresses and he gets more throwing reps in practice, they can add some plays to his play sheet.

Definitely agree with the assessment on Davis. Albeit a small sample size, between watching the spring game and open practice he seems to have a lot of difficulty throwing accurate downfield and towards the sidelines on out patterns. Hopefully his time will come. If Williams is as good as advertised, I wonder if he ends up at #2 on the depth chart by season's end given the lack of experience in front of him.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Improved OL play sure as hell makes improvement from the QB more likely than regression. Not to mention improvement at the OL helps the run game, which also helps the QB.

Especially with a QB like Shireffs. His mobility generally wasn't so much a product of choice last season so much as it was necessity/escaping an imminent death at the hands of opposing D linemen. Improved o line play will totally help Shireffs to make the second and third checks in the progressions, which was one of his primary struggles last year, as well as have better discernment in deciding to tuck and run. I was afraid for his life far too many times last season.