What Liam Coen’s “Quarterback-Friendly Offense” may look like

Mark Stoops described Liam Coen’s offensive scheme as being quarterback-friendly. This leads to a good question: what is a quarterback-friendly offense? That term is thrown around as much as the ole trusty, “Gotta win the turnover battle.” For those that didn’t know, I was a quarterback at Kentucky a long, long time ago. Passes were rare back then. Sliding and running out of bounds were frowned upon and were greeted with growls in the huddle. Jerry Claiborne coached teams ran the football and did so successfully with future NFL running backs at his disposal. Truth is, I was not a very good passer. Had a strong arm, but lacked the instincts, touch and anticipation that separates a thrower from a passer. I was a thrower.

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