BTN Analyst: Malzone Looked Best At QB

I have really learned to not trust an ounce of DiNardo's evaluations. There's a reason he was a bum coach and is stuck on BTN.

That being said, I thought what Marcus Ray had some interesting evals yesterday. He said no one QB excels at all phases of the passing game: Malzone is best rolling out, extending plays, and throwing on the run, but has trouble seeing in the pocket sometimes. Speight is the best drop back passer, exceling in the pocket, but can get caught from the backside on bootlegs. Morris looks best throwing screens and has the strongest arm but has the least accuracy and doesn't have/know when to employ the touch that Speight has.

I kind of believe his observations. I think that each of the three main guys battling now have their different strengths. It probably depends on which situation you view them in, one can seem like the better QB and the next moment it could be another. I don't think there is clear seperation yet between the three.  

If there is one thing I've learned over the past three years it is not to take DiNiardo's words with a grain of salt, it's to not listen to him at all. We should have some clarity after the spring game, until then I don't think we'll know much.

Since it was DiNardo, I'm going to take this with a HUGE grain of salt.  Have heard great things about Morris as of late, but it all depends on which practice you watch.  No consistency at this point.

If DiNardo says that Malzone looked the best, then I am confident that Morris and Speight are better.

We keep hearing different stories from different sources. Obviously all of these guys at QB have parts of their game that Harbaugh can work with. Morris - Best arm, Speight - Best drop back passer / solid touch, Malzone - less bad habits, most agile, ability to forget the bad on a moments notice. Add in Rudock (hopefully) and I'm confident Harbaugh will be able to find a serviceable tarting QB.

This is going to be a long summer... this is the third "best QB" thread in four days.  Sigh!

...whoever looks good depends on the play call.  Right now, each QB has significant strengths/weaknesses such that if they're in there when the call plays to their strengths, they look good.

Whichever QB can improve on his weaknesses the most will be the starter.  They'd better hurry up, though, b/c if they don't do it soon, Gentry and/or Rudock will have a great shot to win it.

Steve Lorenz spelled Harbaugh wrong. Article invalidated.

but what does dinardo's nose think?

at defensive tackle.

 

if you were to watch 3 consecutive practices, you would probably name 3 different starters. There is a long, long way to go. I'm more interested in the body of work and how they fit into whatever the base offense is going to be. I'm confident we'll have a game manager the first year. 

loves everyone during the offseason.  Nothing new from year to year, really.