....he's given no reason to doubt that he at least has every other tool needed to help the Gophers take the next step in the West Division.
"But I feel really confident in my arm, and I feel like I can make all the throws."
...he has proven plenty of times that few quarterbacks can deliver a better deep ball to the post than he can. When he's in rhythm, there's no shortage of evidence he can deliver a pass where it needs to go. And in terms of selling and executing the play-action game, Leidner is just about perfectly suited to give the Gophers what they need.
Add in his toughness, a passion for breaking down film, his leadership and his ability to rack up yards by running, and all the pieces appear to be in place for Leidner and Minnesota to take a step forward.
"Look at us, you're not going to be an extremely high-percentage team when you don't have a lot of screens or bubbles or stuff like that," quarterbacks coach Jim Zebrowski said. "Watch the teams that are no huddle, they pitch jet sweeps that count as a pass. You can be 10-for-10 for 200 yards and never throw the ball more than 36 inches.
"Mitch was an extremely accurate long-ball thrower....and his quickness getting the ball out of his hands is 100 percent better than it has been There were some throws with people in his face that he's making now, quick, accurate fly-route throws. He's gotten better."
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...nal-puzzle-piece-for-minnesotas-mitch-leidner
"But I feel really confident in my arm, and I feel like I can make all the throws."
...he has proven plenty of times that few quarterbacks can deliver a better deep ball to the post than he can. When he's in rhythm, there's no shortage of evidence he can deliver a pass where it needs to go. And in terms of selling and executing the play-action game, Leidner is just about perfectly suited to give the Gophers what they need.
Add in his toughness, a passion for breaking down film, his leadership and his ability to rack up yards by running, and all the pieces appear to be in place for Leidner and Minnesota to take a step forward.
"Look at us, you're not going to be an extremely high-percentage team when you don't have a lot of screens or bubbles or stuff like that," quarterbacks coach Jim Zebrowski said. "Watch the teams that are no huddle, they pitch jet sweeps that count as a pass. You can be 10-for-10 for 200 yards and never throw the ball more than 36 inches.
"Mitch was an extremely accurate long-ball thrower....and his quickness getting the ball out of his hands is 100 percent better than it has been There were some throws with people in his face that he's making now, quick, accurate fly-route throws. He's gotten better."
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...nal-puzzle-piece-for-minnesotas-mitch-leidner
