Interesting to compare Harbaugh's thoughts on the QB position compared to what we hear from Kirk and Brian.
Harbaugh talking about JJ McCarthy:
Harbaugh talking about JJ McCarthy:
- "If you’re accurate in practice, you’re usually going to be accurate in the game, but not always. Because it’s like a golfer that plays the same golf course every single day and he’s gonna get really good at practice but what’s it like when they get to play a different course under different conditions? So, you don’t know till you know.”
- “Off he goes, he drops back, and then he runs over to his left, circles back to his right, back to his left, runs it, or throws it, to an open guy. Man, I love it, I just love it.”
- “I thought he played a really good game. I dance a real fine line of not taking his special talent and overcoaching it. I do not want him to be a victim of overcoaching. So when it’s all said and done, it’s just, ‘do you J.J., play your game’. It’s really good. Just protect the ball.”
- "What are we looking at? We're looking at metrics. Not just games. Practice. You're talking about decisions, reads, timing, location, all those things. The good news with the quarterback position it's very tangible. There's not a lot of gray area when you are grading those factors."
- "What would be the upside?....I'm not interested in making a change for change's sake. What I'm looking at is I'm saying what's the upside? I don't know. There's unknown there. I know what Spencer has done. I know what Spencer can do, and I know what he does every day."
- "The mobility aspect, certainly understand the question; but the reality is the majority of the passing game, it needs to happen on a timeline, and the minute that timeline is compromised, now all bets are off. Now it's backyard football...I don't know that the mobility -- just having a guy running around, I'm not sure that's going to solve any of our issues. You're not going to be any more open just because a guy is running around."
- "[Alex] is practicing well. It's just that, in our opinion, Spencer is practicing better."