Kevin O'Connell on QB Skills Translating From College to NFL

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00:00 >> Can the quarterback in college adapt to the NFL game because the concepts are so

00:04 different?

00:05 And why do some teams have such success doing it and others don't?

00:09 >> Yeah, I think it is a real thing.

00:12 You turn on the tape and you're seeing certain successful offenses,

00:17 explosive offenses, teams that are putting up a ton of points.

00:21 But you're trying to figure out if this play right here, this third down play,

00:25 does this translate to what we're gonna ask him to do in our offense or

00:30 other teams are asking themselves the same questions right now.

00:34 And I think what you try to do is find the traits first and then go back and

00:38 apply those traits to them doing certain things that maybe they don't even know

00:43 they're doing at the time.

00:45 Maybe you ask about them, ask it about here in Indianapolis,

00:48 maybe it's throughout the rest of this process.

00:51 Just trying to piece together the best possible profile you can on the player and

00:56 you're doing that for their benefit.

00:58 So when you do bring them into your building, you know exactly how they learn.

01:02 You know exactly the best way to teach them your offense, to give them reps,

01:06 walkthrough reps, time on task.

01:08 So by the time it becomes competitive for them, every day is a growth moment.

01:13 Every day is a growth moment, positive.

01:15 There's negatives, there's days where you can choose to attack the quarterback

01:19 position a certain kind of way.

01:21 And we're trying to find guys that like to do that to really be, and

01:24 not only in our quarterback room, but our entire organization.

01:27 It's about guys that love football.

01:29 It's a guy, are they tough?

01:30 Are they smart?

01:31 Are they accountable?

01:32 And does the game make sense to them that we can then apply our teaching and

01:36 what we wanna do to build an offense around that player each and

01:39 every day that we get them.