QB Assessment
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:07 pm
After 20 days of practices during summer camp, where are we with the QBs?
Most of the offense was put in during the 15 practices during the spring, so McDonald and Moussa have had the almost twice as much time with it than Cordeiro. McDonald is a third year player at UH and led the player run practices in the summer.
McDonald has improved a lot as a QB. He’s a physical specimen at 6-4, 205 and has a strong arm. He is also a gifted runner with breakaway speed. While still not the most consistent thrower, he’s tightened up his mechanics and is much more accurate than before. He’s has had the tendency of tucking much too quickly. However, he’s really been working at staying in the pocket and when flushed out to the side, he’s learning how to stay behind the line of scrimmage looking to throw first before running.
Cordeiro has experience in the run and shoot from his days at St. Louis and looks very comfortable with the system. He can make the reads quickly and can pull the trigger confidently. However, UH’s playbook is much bigger than St. Louis’ to combat the more sophisticated college defensive schemes and more talented secondaries. He’s making steady progress but may be still a little behind in being thoroughly indoctrinated in the entire playbook. It seems like he’s getting used to the speed of the college game. Cordeiro has a stronger arm than Chang as a college freshman and can make all the throws. He’s also athletic and can be a dangerous runner too, although I’m sure the coaches want him to get down or out of bounds before getting hit.
Moussa has the best arm. He’s very smart graduating in December from high school and being an early entry to UH in the spring. During the spring he struggled at times with the run and shoot reads and the speed of the game. But during summer camp he’s looked more comfortable and has made some great throws. Moussa still needs to work on his pocket presence and setting his feet to throw in traffic. He’s not as much of a running threat as McDonald or Cordeiro and needs to improve throwing on the move.
Cassell was at SMU with Jones for 2 years and started a game against Texas A&M before transferring to Sacramento State. Unfortunately his career has been marred by injuries. At times he has looked quite comfortable with the system.
Most of the offense was put in during the 15 practices during the spring, so McDonald and Moussa have had the almost twice as much time with it than Cordeiro. McDonald is a third year player at UH and led the player run practices in the summer.
McDonald has improved a lot as a QB. He’s a physical specimen at 6-4, 205 and has a strong arm. He is also a gifted runner with breakaway speed. While still not the most consistent thrower, he’s tightened up his mechanics and is much more accurate than before. He’s has had the tendency of tucking much too quickly. However, he’s really been working at staying in the pocket and when flushed out to the side, he’s learning how to stay behind the line of scrimmage looking to throw first before running.
Cordeiro has experience in the run and shoot from his days at St. Louis and looks very comfortable with the system. He can make the reads quickly and can pull the trigger confidently. However, UH’s playbook is much bigger than St. Louis’ to combat the more sophisticated college defensive schemes and more talented secondaries. He’s making steady progress but may be still a little behind in being thoroughly indoctrinated in the entire playbook. It seems like he’s getting used to the speed of the college game. Cordeiro has a stronger arm than Chang as a college freshman and can make all the throws. He’s also athletic and can be a dangerous runner too, although I’m sure the coaches want him to get down or out of bounds before getting hit.
Moussa has the best arm. He’s very smart graduating in December from high school and being an early entry to UH in the spring. During the spring he struggled at times with the run and shoot reads and the speed of the game. But during summer camp he’s looked more comfortable and has made some great throws. Moussa still needs to work on his pocket presence and setting his feet to throw in traffic. He’s not as much of a running threat as McDonald or Cordeiro and needs to improve throwing on the move.
Cassell was at SMU with Jones for 2 years and started a game against Texas A&M before transferring to Sacramento State. Unfortunately his career has been marred by injuries. At times he has looked quite comfortable with the system.