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Originally Posted by BWillie
I don't care what anybody says, that was a wasted year when we had him and Smith and used Smith. You learn by playing, more than watching, always.
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Im actually going to disagree. Processing the game, sure, learn on the fly. But when it comes to footwork and technique, Id rather get it right in practice first before you establish bad habits on the field. His footwork was a total mess in his first preseason. Struggled to throw even simple screen passes. His approach to barreling over defenders and not throwing the ball away would have gotten him killed.
I said in year 1, Favre and McNabb and big Ben learned on the fly. That led Favre down a path of getting hit a ton when he didn't need to. Big ben has never truly embraced running an offense that doesn't involve tons of freelancing. One could argue that these habits were learned on the field early because they realized they could get away with them.