Bryce’s Footwork

[Cover2Safety33]

I remember all offseason hearing about the work Canales was doing to retool Bryce’s footwork. Which was a bit weird since Canales was initially complimentary of his footwork when hired. Given how much worse Bryce looks this season compared to last, especially his footwork, how much blame does Canales bear for the regression of #9?

 

I see so many other things wrong with Bryce’s play, but footwork is fundamental for a QB. If his footwork was changed, and he’s having to think too much about that fundamental, the rest of his game is going to suffer. I never saw his stupid jump pass before this year, so something must’ve introduced that idiocy to his game.

 

Basically, my question is whether our QB whisperer coach put an end to Bryce’s career with this offseason focus on footwork?

[Tr3ach]

3 minutes ago, Cover2Safety33 said:

I remember all offseason hearing about the work Canales was doing to retool Bryce’s footwork. Which was a bit weird since Canales was initially complimentary of his footwork when hired. Given how much worse Bryce looks this season compared to last, especially his footwork, how much blame does Canales bear for the regression of #9?

 

I see so many other things wrong with Bryce’s play, but footwork is fundamental for a QB. If his footwork was changed, and he’s having to think too much about that fundamental, the rest of his game is going to suffer. I never saw his stupid jump pass before this year, so something must’ve introduced that idiocy to his game.

 

Basically, my question is whether our QB whisperer coach put an end to Bryce’s career with this offseason focus on footwork?

0.  That's why Canales learned Bryce is unfixable.   He literally has to have terrible footwork.   It's how he has to try to compensate for being too short to see over the line.  He has no other choice.  Then the fact he has to have bad footwork puts all his throw power on his already below average arm.

[thennek]

If I recall correctly, footwork was something that came up last year under Reich.  I am going by memory, but I think it was along the lines of 'we plan to address this in the offseason'.  Reich was fired not long after.  Does BY have bad footwork due to him over-compensating for his size?  He definitely has happy feet as he clearly is not comfortable in the pocket.  Canales seems like a very positive coach, it would hard to believe he is the reason BY is worse but I supposed if BY always had bad footwork, he may not have felt comfortable changing it.   And if Canales really was working on footwork, it did not improve....at all.   I do think Canales should have played him in pre-season and that was a big miss.  I think there is a lot more to this story than we know.  

[Bear Hands]

Bryce’s footwork looks the same as last season. He slowly backs up parallel to the LOS and then goes into a tip toe shuffle. 

There’s no retooling of footwork, there’s a way you should dropback to maximize leverage, upper body strength and throwing velocity, and he doesn’t do it. And it appears can’t be coached into doing it either.

If he simply sticks with what he’s comfortable with then he should be in the CFL because you can’t do that, at his size, in the NFL.

[raleigh-panther]

It is really fairly simple why he looks worse 

yes his footwork is bad. Yes he is small. Yes his field vision is poor 

nfl defenses have the book on him  now based on the film

there are some routes he simply cannot throw

DCs  know this and sit on the few routes he can and stop the run game also

no reason to guard mid or long  range throws because he can’t do them 

this offense cannot function with him in it 

no different than Reich’s   He is a pro offense killer

No one finished him. He is a bad design and fit for the nfl and the book is out

i mean, a fingernail takes him down, if he doesn’t run into his own lineman 

Edited September 18 by raleigh-panther

[kungfoodude]

Canales has very heavy "yes" man vibes, IMO. I hope he isn't like that behind the scenes.

[Jackie Lee]

He definitely did the jump pass thing last year, Canales didn't teach him that lol

[Newtcase]

Anyone blaming Canales for Bryce is smoking some heavy stuff.  Bryce is awful, was always awful, and is tiny to boot.  

[CRA]

19 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Canales has very heavy "yes" man vibes, IMO. I hope he isn't like that behind the scenes.

I think Canales' main reason he got the job.....is because of the work he can put in behind a podium.  I think that's really why Tepper hired him.  Main reason Ron Rivera got hired in DC IMO was because they needed the boxes he checked publicly as they endured what they were going through. 

He is polished and says all the nothingness in a manner Tepper probably has been dying for.  Rhule was horrible behind the mic.  Frank was horrible behind the mic.  Canales can get up their and sing and dance and say whatever needs to be said in the moment. 

The whole positive of Canales and there really was only ONE primary one we were sold.....has already been flushed down the toilet. 

[rayzor]

[frankw]

There is no coach who is going to fix his "footwork" because it is ingrained in him as how he compensates for his physical limitations.

All this talk of what he does outside the pocket is because he cannot function within the pocket and no QB is ever going to be successful in this league that way.

[Johnstonny]

2 hours ago, Cover2Safety33 said:

I remember all offseason hearing about the work Canales was doing to retool Bryce’s footwork. Which was a bit weird since Canales was initially complimentary of his footwork when hired. Given how much worse Bryce looks this season compared to last, especially his footwork, how much blame does Canales bear for the regression of #9?

 

I see so many other things wrong with Bryce’s play, but footwork is fundamental for a QB. If his footwork was changed, and he’s having to think too much about that fundamental, the rest of his game is going to suffer. I never saw his stupid jump pass before this year, so something must’ve introduced that idiocy to his game.

 

Basically, my question is whether our QB whisperer coach put an end to Bryce’s career with this offseason focus on footwork?

Would really like an accurate account of exactly how much work Bryce put in this past offseason.....those accounts are as rare as wins are here.

Edited September 18 by Johnstonny

[Johnstonny]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Canales has very heavy "yes" man vibes, IMO. I hope he isn't like that behind the scenes.

They all are when talking to Mr Big....

[mrcompletely11]

why did yall think that this off season was going to be different?