Looks like Coach PN figure it out that playing a QB Back-Up is important in case of injury. I suspect we will see more QBs mixing it up in 2017 unlike 2016.
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Pittsburgh has a two-fold objective at quarterback this spring: work on identifying a starter while also building depth.................It’s one thing to be on scholarship, of course. It’s another to have the experience to be able to play. And that’s what Pittsburgh found out in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to end last season. Peterman took every single meaningful snap in 2016, mostly because Pitt was involved in so many close games.............“We’ve got more quarterbacks that can actually get in a game and maybe do something. Last year, we were just too young,” Narduzzi said. “What happened to us in the bowl game, we didn’t have another guy to put in there once Nathan went down. Our backup comes in and throws two picks, so it’s a problem where you can’t play a backup all year, and he gets thrown in a big bowl game and doesn’t get it done.”..............Part of the reason Pitt was so devoid of quarterbacks when Narduzzi arrived was because of the revolving door at quarterback...............
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_...gh-needs-a-starting-qb-but-it-needs-depth-too
Excerpts:
Pittsburgh has a two-fold objective at quarterback this spring: work on identifying a starter while also building depth.................It’s one thing to be on scholarship, of course. It’s another to have the experience to be able to play. And that’s what Pittsburgh found out in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to end last season. Peterman took every single meaningful snap in 2016, mostly because Pitt was involved in so many close games.............“We’ve got more quarterbacks that can actually get in a game and maybe do something. Last year, we were just too young,” Narduzzi said. “What happened to us in the bowl game, we didn’t have another guy to put in there once Nathan went down. Our backup comes in and throws two picks, so it’s a problem where you can’t play a backup all year, and he gets thrown in a big bowl game and doesn’t get it done.”..............Part of the reason Pitt was so devoid of quarterbacks when Narduzzi arrived was because of the revolving door at quarterback...............
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_...gh-needs-a-starting-qb-but-it-needs-depth-too
