stillers4me
02-18-2011, 08:27 PM
....Ben Roethlisberger deserves credit for handling his four-game suspension in 2010, just like he deserved blame for putting himself in that position to begin with. And the truth is that his use of that time -- getting individual work in -- could wind up benefitting his play for years to come.
That's coming from the coach, George Whitfield, who had Roethlisberger for that month away.
"Quarterbacks, especially at Ben's level, spend so much time working on the offense, working on game concepts, working on the entire ship," Whitfield said. "They rarely get a chance to work on the cockpit, so to speak, and go over those fundamentals and mechanics. If you don't do that on a regular basis, you can kind of drift away..........
Read more @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e60726/article/cba-uncertainty-forces-personnel-folks-to-keep-open-minds
That's coming from the coach, George Whitfield, who had Roethlisberger for that month away.
"Quarterbacks, especially at Ben's level, spend so much time working on the offense, working on game concepts, working on the entire ship," Whitfield said. "They rarely get a chance to work on the cockpit, so to speak, and go over those fundamentals and mechanics. If you don't do that on a regular basis, you can kind of drift away..........
Read more @ http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e60726/article/cba-uncertainty-forces-personnel-folks-to-keep-open-minds