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DRC: What we learned in spring practice Part IV -- Jason Bean is at the top of the backup QB heap, for now


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Bean may have had a helluva spring and his running may be better suited to Reeder's offense but Vito did a poor job in his writeup of the bowl results.  He lumped the three backups together when Martin had good passing statistics and Bean and Shanbour fared poorly.

Martin was 7 of 12 (.583) for 110 yards (9.2) and a TD.  Bean was 0 for 2 and Shanbour 2 of 8 for 24 yards with no scoring.

I believe that Martin is the better passer and Bean the better runner.  The backup under those conditions would be situational with neither clearly number two.

I'm also in the camp of trying Bean at wide receiver.  He definitely has the speed and quarterbacks are usually sure-handed.  

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25 minutes ago, GrayEagle said:

Bean may have had a helluva spring and his running may be better suited to Reeder's offense but Vito did a poor job in his writeup of the bowl results.  He lumped the three backups together when Martin had good passing statistics and Bean and Shanbour fared poorly.

Martin was 7 of 12 (.583) for 110 yards (9.2) and a TD.  Bean was 0 for 2 and Shanbour 2 of 8 for 24 yards with no scoring.

I believe that Martin is the better passer and Bean the better runner.  The backup under those conditions would be situational with neither clearly number two.

I'm also in the camp of trying Bean at wide receiver.  He definitely has the speed and quarterbacks are usually sure-handed.  

75 yards of Martin's passing were on 1 play when we were down 38-7.   And that play was made by Jalen Guyton as he ran wide open for a pretty simple pitch and catch.

You can click on the highlight here, it's the first scoring play of the third quarter: http://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=401032054&wsVar=us~ncf~gamepackage,desktop,en

I'm not saying Bean should be handed the backup job by any means, but I think comparing stats in a game where everything past the first half was mop up time is a bit unfair.  

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I think we have a deeper and more talented QB bench than I can ever recall.  

There is going to be a huge drop off when Fine graduates no matter who we have.  He is probably the best QB we have ever had.

the bigger issue to me is not the play or ability of backup QB’s but rather the development of the offensive line.  Think of what Fine could have accomplished if our line was improved and deeper.  Our new QB’s could benefit from this as well.

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