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I don't think he is saying it is bad to play to his strengths. I think the problem he has that several of us do is he should pass more when the opportunity presents itself. We blew away GT and he only had 6 passes. That was a great opportunity to open up the playbook a little more and get more passing opportunities. We all know he can run, he needs to get some gameday experience passing. We have Stanford and at least one bowl game (hopefully two) and then his next game experience will be OSU. I would like to see him throw more this weekend if we are blowing out Stanford like we did GT.
Small nitpick - while he had 6 pass attempts, he had more RPOs/called drop backs than that where he took off and ran. Right now he has no idea what he is doing as a drop back passer… which is fine, if he can learn over the off-season and progress heading into next year… but I think it’s hard to “open up” the playbook for someone who can’t run the playbook. I actually think they’re doing an admirable job of mixing him in and getting him to see live bullets in competitive situations. Time will tell if he can reach his “potential.”