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Bo Hardegree – August 3, 2017 Download PDF version

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Quarterbacks Coach Bo Hardegree

(Obviously this is scary day for any quarterbacks coach, but what do you know and how prepared are you guys to play without QB Ryan Tannehill?) – “I don’t know anything. I don’t know anything, I haven’t heard anything. I’m just coaching day by day. I think we’ve had a great start to camp. We’re in a good spot right now. So like I said, I don’t know anything.”

(With QB Matt Moore, how ready is he? Obviously last year he filled in as a starter but how ready is he to take over the first-team role if he needs to?) – “I’m not going there yet, but I will tell you something about Matt Moore – he’s a pro. He’s a pro and I think all of you guys understand that.”

(Has there been growth you’ve seen in QB Brandon Doughty at all and what kind of growth have you had?) – “Absolutely. The best thing he’s doing is he’s really operating in and out of the huddle at the line of scrimmage with our protections, being able to … if a guy is in a wrong split, get him in the right split, and just situationally for young quarterbacks in this league, it’s so important to understand when it’s first down, when it’s third down, when you’re in the red zone, when to make a tight throw, when to throw the ball, live another down. So he’s getting a lot better. I’m looking forward to watching him and David (Fales) play when we get to preseason.”

(What is the big area of growth you’ve seen from QB Ryan Tannehill so far in Year 2?) – “I think he’s doing a great job just with communication with everybody. Everybody is on the same page. If a guy … If we’re running a route and he sees it one way, we’ll be … It’s great in the meeting rooms. Everybody is in an open forum, so we’re all on the same page when we come out on the practice field. He’s having fun. That’s most important.”

(We were just talking to Offensive Coordinator Clyde Christensen and asking him about TE Julius Thomas. He said it’s pretty much on the quarterbacks now to figure out where Julius likes the ball – high, back shoulder…) – “Absolutely. I think that’s with anybody. That’s the great thing about Year 2. You kind of find how these guys, when they’re coming out of breaks … Obviously you’d like everybody to be the same, but that’s why during the special teams period, these guys will come over and we’ll work on one or two routes and that way these guys can get their footwork right and kind of know those indicators to be on time with the ball.”

(Is there anything along those lines that you work on first? Is it what TE Julius Thomas is comfortable with? What QB Ryan Tannehill is comfortable with? Or what the offense might call for most?) – “It’s both of those guys getting on the same page with everything – what they are comfortable with, how am I going to catch this certain route or that, this is what I’m going to do, do I have extra time to do something more at the line of scrimmage? That way it’s just everybody … The ball is always going to be on time. There won’t be anything that shocks us.”

(In QB Matt Moore, you feel you have one of the what backup quarterbacks in the league? You think five best backups? It’s unusual to ask coaches to rank guys but is there anything that candidly you’re willing to say about what you think you have in him?) – “Like I said, he’s a professional. He’s a great quarterback. He is. So I won’t give him a rank, but he’s a great quarterback. I’m happy to have him.”

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