That’s the word out of camp today.
Though he seemed to do a bit better in the red zone drill, throwing for a touchdown and also running one in, during full team sessions, Brohm reportedly struggled mightily, holding the ball too long, staring down receivers and generally looking unsure in his play over all.
Now, it’s June. It’s shorts. And he’s not exactly working with the ‘A’ team. (I mean, he threw a touchdown to Devin Frischknect for Gods sake *apologies, it was actually Kole Heckendorf – Who? Exactly* who, to his credit, apparently made an amazing catch with Tramon Williams all over him) But for Brohm to come out in mini-camp and still be struggling with many of the same parts of the game that he did last pre-season is disconcerting to say the least.
I found this Tweet from Tom Pelissero of particular interest:
Will blackmon came untouched on slot blitz. Brohm would have been annihilated in a game
When a corner comes on a blitz from the slot, that is more often than not the quarterback’s responsibility. (hattip: Chris over at Smart Football)
Now, in the video above, Logan is scheming against a 4-3 defense, and the blitzer in question is a LB instead of a corner, but the concepts are the same. No doubt Brohm is seeing things a bit muddier due to Capers 3-4 scheme and hard-to-determine blitz tendencies. But make no mistake, that is a rudimentary concept displayed in the video above. Brohm should be at least at the level where he knows to check a corner in the slot and to get the ball out to his hot read if he comes on any blitz.
Don’t color me panicked on Brohm, but color me concerend.















