One of the things that Martz did with his QBs, that I think Sam really needs is to challenge his QB to throw downfield. I think Bradford has the mindset of not taking any chances, which is why his TD to interception rating is so good. But Sam has such an accurate arm that I believe if he was willing to take more chances our offense could really push the ball downfield much more often and efficiently. I remember all of the stories about Martz calling out Warner and Bulger in practice to force them to throw to trust his WR and throw the ball longer.
If Sam became more willing to throw it longer our offense could become more deadly. My biggest beef with Sam is that the vast majority of his throws appear to be within 0--8 yards of the line of scrimmage. If he threw more intermediate routes I think we'd move the ball much better and Sam's numbers would improve. I guess the question is why use a QB with such an accurate arm to throw the ball 6 yards? The vast majority of QBs in the NFL can accurately throw the ball within 6 yards. But Sam has the ability to be much more accurate than the average QB as he is very accurate in longer passes. We need a coach to push him to throw it there. I don't really care if his interceptions go up as long as we score more and win more games.
We don't really know what Sam's ceiling is under those circumstances. Kurt was very accurate, but so is Sam. I personally believe Sam's overall accuracy and especially his downfield accuracy are among the game's elite today. What could Sam do with an OC who takes the chains off the downfield passing game like Mad Mike would.
