Purp
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I disagree. Max seemed very accomplished for a true freshman (hell, for a junior) at knowing where guys were supposed to be, moving through progressions, and seeing the entire field. I don't think that was a huge weakness for him at all.Downing will get lots of work. Not sure if Eli Williams will be 100% but even so we will be thin at QB for the spring.
One of my biggest questions will be the development of Duggan. Will he learn to read Ds better and especially develop some touch on his passes. He showed better progress towards the end of last season but still could not handle blitz packages very well. He has a quick arm but his vision and awareness of where his receivers were seemed to be a huge weakness. Hopefully so soph slump.
I do agree that he seemed to struggle recognizing defenses, handling blitzes, and putting the right touch on passes. I wonder how much of that, especially the back half of the season, was due to his inadequacies as a true freshman QB and how much was due to a turnstile OL. I think it's most likely a fairly even split between the two.
He definitely has a lot of things he can improve, but I really don't have much concern that he will. He strikes me as the type of kid who puts in all the extra work you want from a QB and leader. I feel pretty confident he'll sort things out quickly.