Wow.
This kid's good. He's running one of the fastest hurry-ups I've ever seen right away against San Diego State, whom they beat in a huge upset. Eastern Illinois the FCS team beats San Diego State. And you know who else they very nearly beat? Northern Illinois, who beat Iowa and is undefeated and went to the Orange Bowl last year. Came within 3 points. Garoppolo threw 6 TDs in that game.
Getting back to the San Diego State game, I just timed 5 seconds came off the game clock from a 2nd down run which moved the sticks, into the next 1st down run play. Now, they had to pause the clock to move the sticks of course, but that's still fast. Perhaps more impressive is from whistle-to-snap on that 1st down run to a 2nd down deep touchdown pass, only 11 seconds passed on the game clock. There was no moving the sticks or anything so that means literally 11 seconds passed from the time the runner was on the ground and the whistle blew to the time everyone's lined up and snapping the ball. And since everyone has to be set for 1 second before you can snap it, that means it took them 10 seconds.
That's blinding speed. Can't do that if you've got a dummy at quarterback.
You've got to see this. Not a great play but an interesting one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4zrAfoBuiw&feature=player_detailpage#t=1316
Offense is going with some gimmicky 3-OL look in the middle with one more OL on each wing. Garoppolo wants the little shovel pass against the depleted box but actually decides against it, because he sees a defensive end bearing down on the player ready to pulverize him. Makes a quick decision to pull the ball back in, eludes pressure long enough to avoid the sack and throw the ball away. Pretty keen.
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