(From podcast)
Once we decided to go "less spread", Bradford was the #2 QB in the league (over 3 games). He’s a tall QB who can see over the lineman,over tall DBs – he can see the field, and you’ve got one of the more accurate QBs who can see the field.
Just to paint a picture – against Houston, up 17-6 against the 2nd ranked defense at that point, 2nd and 11 play, DE screaming off the edge, right as he hits Sam, Sam is able to hit Jared Cook with a dart for a 34 yard gain. We then go down and score a TD with a slant to Brian Quick to take a 24-7 lead. Those kinds of throws don’t grow on trees.
Here’s one of the best factors – the day after Sam had his surgery, the first week is away from the building, away from football. I walk down to see Sam, Reg says he’s kind of moping. I go down and see him just to lift his spirits and he says,
“You know what Les, it’s the first time I had to watch the Rams on TV that I didn’t know what the game plan was, didn’t know where the ball was supposed to go, how we were attacking the defense, what we’re trying to do in different situations…. It was the most miserable day in my life.”
So you look at this from a metric standpoint, from a physical standpoint, with those intangibles are the reasons that Sam’s our QB
Once we decided to go "less spread", Bradford was the #2 QB in the league (over 3 games). He’s a tall QB who can see over the lineman,over tall DBs – he can see the field, and you’ve got one of the more accurate QBs who can see the field.
Just to paint a picture – against Houston, up 17-6 against the 2nd ranked defense at that point, 2nd and 11 play, DE screaming off the edge, right as he hits Sam, Sam is able to hit Jared Cook with a dart for a 34 yard gain. We then go down and score a TD with a slant to Brian Quick to take a 24-7 lead. Those kinds of throws don’t grow on trees.
Here’s one of the best factors – the day after Sam had his surgery, the first week is away from the building, away from football. I walk down to see Sam, Reg says he’s kind of moping. I go down and see him just to lift his spirits and he says,
“You know what Les, it’s the first time I had to watch the Rams on TV that I didn’t know what the game plan was, didn’t know where the ball was supposed to go, how we were attacking the defense, what we’re trying to do in different situations…. It was the most miserable day in my life.”
So you look at this from a metric standpoint, from a physical standpoint, with those intangibles are the reasons that Sam’s our QB
