Word: pocketed
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...Wilford has always been regarded as the one with the stronger arm. Give him time to stand in the pocket and find an open man downfield, his teammates thought, and Brad Wilford will put the ball where it needs to be. But for the past three years, those same teammates that praised his arm also questioned Wilford's brains. If Brad could only just display a head like Rich's, they used to say privately, he could challenge Linden for the starting...
...Linden, on the other hand, was always known as the one that could made huge plays happen. When the pocket broke down and there were no open receivers, Linden could scramble across the field and pick up a scrap of positive yardage. Sometimes he may have tried a little too hard--no one will ever forget his heartbreaking fumble that set Yale up for the game-winning field goal in The Game last year--but he was never faulted for his agility and athleticism...
...high school, we moved the pocket a lot and we ran a lot of rollouts," Walland said. "We ran options that required the quarterback to really read the play. That prepared me for the concepts of what we were doing in college, if not the level of play...
...Whoever takes the snaps must be able to react quickly and be highly mobile. Often, the defense "gives" a quarterback scramble and this style of offense welcomes the movement of the pocket and a fleet-footed passer...
...really a drop-back passer," he said. "I'm more of a scrambler, moving the pocket and making plays. I bring two options of running and passing and go to them both...