BYU Fall Practice - Day 3 Report

Italics wrote:
I don't think it's so much that Nelson can't run our offense, but that by using Nelson, we are not taking FULL advantage of the extremely talented receiving corps we have. Apo. Chambers, Ashworth, and Jacobsen are all fast and athletic, and need a QB who can drill the ball and do so accurately. If our receiving corps were less impressive, I'd consider Nelson much more, but I'd rather see what Heaps can do with the pieces we've got this year.



And just think of all the young talent we've got this year... a year from now, when they are all more experienced, it'd be great to be THEN breaking Heaps in...

Couldn't you argue that by going with Nelson you actually ADD to the offense, because now the defense can't just sit back and defend the pass, but also have to account for the QB to break containment and run? Nelson can get the ball to the receivers AND take advantage of gaps when the pocket breaks down.



There are strengths that both QBs bring that I have confidence the coaching staff can utilize to exploit the opponents.



But you are correct, there is SO MUCH talent in the program that future is AWESOME! Even though Bronco was exaggerating a little when he said 50 of the 64 who travel could be underclassmen, it's not by much. 2010 might be a little rough, but 2011 and beyond could very, very exciting!

byucougar1 wrote:



Heaps took the second snaps and after getting sacked by Jordan Richardson, he hit Cody Hoffman for 7 yards then tossed a beautiful score in the right corner of the end zone to Ross Apo.

I expect to see ALOT of this in the upcoming years. With Apo's height we will be going to the corner a lot.



here is the link: http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/60/10009716/Harmons-halftime-BYUS-offense-slaps-around-defense-in-blue-zone-Tuesday.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

jonnylingo wrote:

Heaps took the second snaps and after getting sacked by Jordan Richardson, he hit Cody Hoffman for 7 yards then tossed a beautiful score in the right corner of the end zone to Ross Apo.

I expect to see ALOT of this in the upcoming years. With Apo's height we will be going to the corner a lot.



here is the link: http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/60/10009716/Harmons-halftime-BYUS-offense-slaps-around-defense-in-blue-zone-Tuesday.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Especially with the touch Heaps can put on the ball. That's one thing that really sticks out at me from his highlight video - he has BEAUTIFUL touch on the ball when lobbing it to the corner, or dropping it in between bracket coverage.