I would say HH met my expectations of taking care of the ball. But, isn't that a minimal standard for any QB?
Because Sims has been a disaster, its a little early to get carried away with setting the bar too high.
I think HH can become a good QB, but is he gonna be a difference maker? Not hardly.
I'm gonna add to these comments after I watched the highlights of the game.
It seems the speed of the game has helped HH. Could be because its the first time he's taken any important snaps in a game and the adrenaline almost forced him to speed up his actions.
He backpedaled much faster than he had previously shown, normally, he is kind of pedestrian backpedaling and taking too long of strides and not being on his toes prior to the step up to throw. I thought that was a marked improvement from what he had shown. He also turned his shoulder much quicker which really helps him get into the throwing motion.
He still tends to have that ball too low, and not enough of the ball away from his body to throw the long ball well.
He does have plenty of arm strength, but as time goes on I'm hoping he can clean up some of the things that might be preventing him from being a real good long ball QB. At a minimum, NU needs him to present a real threat of going deep.
The coaches do have to clean up the space relationship between HH and the RB on any play action type passes. I did see one real nice play action that turned into an HH run, but at least it looked like something that could make the defense bite.
It would be nice to see our receiving corp play each QB draw with the idea that HH will get through the line and then have the receivers already engaged in blocking the defender, that way HH has a chance to run for much more yardage. When that QB has broken into open space, the closer we can get those receivers to the defenders the better it is.
Back in the day, those numerous long runs were accomplished by the receivers getting into the defender and taking them off their feet. Its hard to do with little guys like Kemp, Fleck and Bullock.
