Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Quarterback

  • If this Super Bowl has taught us anything, it is that the cult of the quarterback needs to end. Like John Elway and Tom Brady can attest: your team may have the best quarterback, but that doesn’t mean you’ll win. In fact, history doesn’t side with the better quarterback, but with the better team. Here’s…

  • My hope is that the spread, and offensive coaching in general, will innovate the spread and realize the importance of the fundamentals.  We’re seeing this at Michigan in which Heisman-talent Denard Robinson is, for the first time as a junior in college, learning how to play his position.  There’s a steep learning curve when you…