Biff Cooper wrote:FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Interesting ITW as usual. Mike saying he wanna be the QB of this team is probably the right way to play. Julius and ANT have to focus more on scoring. This a a question of balance, something we were missing last 2 years. Keeping the ball too long cost us important Turnover against big teams. If we find this balance, we gonna be hard to beat.
Nice to see Mike healthy again, looks 5 years younger than last year.
The way the question was asked, Mike is saying that the way for him to personally be the most effective is to have the ball in his hands and be the QB of the team. The question did not go into whether that was the best way for the team to play.
I think your interpretation is probably correct though that Mike has enough confidence in himself still that he wants the ball in his hands more because he thinks he can run a more efficient offense than if Ant, Randle, DDV, etc. are quarterbacking the offense.
My interpretation of the Brit conversation with Finch was that the PG position was going to continue being more of a low usage spot. Especially when he was talking about Rob needing to be able to play without the ball in his hands when he has Ant and Julius on his team. I do maybe sense a bit of Mike planting the seed a bit to try and convince Finch that the PG being the QB more might be in the best interest of the team.
I agree with you with a small ''nuance''. When Finch was talking about the clutch time, he pointed out that he want ANT focus on scoring more than handling the ball. I think we may have a mixed this year. Mike will play less but i am convinced that he will be the ballhandler at clutch. Time will tell.