Jeff Driskel: Made for the Spread-Option

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Here is a post with "hope". Check out the incoming Gator QB for 2011. He can make all the right throws, run the option, plow through the line after a stuffed dive play, and run for his life when the line breaks. Those sound like useful skills for an Addazio-coached offense! Check out his video highlights and imagine the parallels to this year's Gators.

http://florida.scout.com/2/1013519.html

This little nugget is also plaguing Brantley. Let's hope Driskel is taking notes and avoids this:

The superlatives are numerous when describing his game. He's got the cannon for an arm. He can run by most defensive linemen and linebackers. He has a lightning fast release. He shows nice touch on underneath routes, and he sees the whole field.

So what does Driskel need to work on to reach his full potential?

For lack of a better description, I call it the Jay Cutler syndrome. ...Cutler...felt he had to make the impossible happen to elevate teammates that were less talented than him. Cutler got in the habit of forcing the ball and making bad decisions.

Driskel needs to avoid that temptation. There's such a thing as trusting too much in one's own arm and forcing passes rather than throwing it away and taking the incompletion. When pressured, Driskel has a tendency to try and make the impossible happen and putting the ball at risk of an interception.