PHOENIX — The backdrop varies.
There was the time Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback Gardner Minshew was missing an off-platform, dump-off throw in practice. He needed to more firmly brace his core, quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson explained.
There was the time, too, when third-string quarterback Ian Book needed to prepare for a possible game-day activation after just two weeks in the building. Johnson called Book to his office, determined which 10 to 15 plays he was most comfortable with, and then distilled their nuances.
“If it’s two-high [safeties], let’s read this point here,” Book says Johnson relayed, “and if it’s one-high, let’s read this point here.