![]() You don’t need to try and fake out an entire 7-man pass rush. Sometimes, you’re just trying to not fall out of field goal range on 3rd-and-13. You don’t need to let the entire town hear and see you. Sometimes, you’re just trying to go from home to Publix. It’s like owning a muscle car and wanting to floor it every time rubber meets the road. I mean, anyone with Richardson’s skill set could fall into that mindset. You’d rather have that ability than not, but it’s also easy for a quarterback to think he can always escape pressure and make the heroic play. There are really no words for this so just watch. Richardson has incredible ability when a play breaks down, which was evident even on his incompletions:Īnthony Richardson did a lot of spectacular things on Saturday but one of the most impressive, in my opinion, ended up being an incomplete pass. Richardson can still be an elite quarterback even if the passing game is more of a work in progress, but there’s certainly room for improvement. A 17-for-24 line for 7 yards per attempt reflected that. (This is the part where you, reader of this column, say “well that’s only a problem if Florida is somehow losing.” Touché.)Īs brilliant as Richardson’s debut was against a solid Utah squad, we still saw a pretty conservative passing game. He hasn’t had to lead his team back in obvious passing situations down 2 scores in the 4th quarter. Like, starting 4 games against an SEC defense in a month’s time. We forget there are things that Richardson still hasn’t had to do. Saturday marked just the 3rd such occasion in his career in which he attempted double-digit passes in a game. That’s adjustments from defenses - like not turning your back on him in single coverage without a spy - and adjustments from Richardson. I do, however, think we need to see what adjustments are made. I do think that Richardson’s turnover rate, which was 1 interception for every 13 passes, will be improved naturally with more consistent reps. But before we go off comparing Richardson to arguably 2 of the top 5 quarterbacks to play the position in the 21st century, let’s keep some perspective in mind. As long as Richardson is healthy, he’s QB1, no questions asked. Florida fans have every right to be excited about Richardson after getting the occasional tease last year in Dan Mullen’s system. I’m not all aboard just yet.ĭon’t get it twisted. It’ll ramp up even more if Richardson takes down another ranked foe when Kentucky comes to town Saturday.īut I won’t be the conductor of the Richardson hype train. 4 behind the likes of Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and Caleb Williams.Īll aboard the Richardson hype train? Buddy, it left the station sometime during Richardson’s breakout game on Saturday night. Depending where you look, he went from barely in the preseason top 15 in odds all the way up to No. ![]() Richardson watched his Heisman odds go from +4000 all the way up to +1900. ![]() : Florida Gators news September 4, 2022 Napier claimed that Richardson was so good that his wife could call plays for the Gators quarterback.īilly Napier on Anthony Richardson: “My wife can call plays with that guy at quarterback.” #Gators Those are advantageous attributes to boast for a player with Richardson’s physical traits, which are already being likened to the likes of Vince Young and Cam Newton (miss me on any comparison to Newton). The Florida signal-caller was poised and prepared. Richardson wasn’t just must-see TV in his debut in Billy Napier’s system. As long as Richardson is in a Florida uniform, he’s a viral play waiting to happen. ![]() Or when a dude casually rips off a 45-yard touchdown run because the defense played man coverage and failed to spy him, shaking one’s head and smiling is standard protocol for that, too. Yeah, that’s what you do when you watch someone make plays that are superhuman. ![]()
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